Chapter 1 Review

Question 1

What is Social Science

Answer 1

• It is a process
• It takes time, and lots of steps and it unfolds over time
• It produces knowledge, a big important goal to contribute to something
• It combines principles, outlooks, and ideas

Question 2

What are the sources of knowledge?

Answer 2

1. Authority
2. Tradition
3. Common Sense
4. Media Myths
5. Personal Experience (very powerful)

Question 3

Authority

Answer 3

Accepting something as true because of a person in a position

For example, during COVID, we relied on doctors

Question 4

Tradition

Answer 4

Form of authority because things have been done that way for a long time

For example historically

Question 5

Common Sense

Answer 5

When you accept something as true because it appears in the media more than once, for example, violent crimes raising

Question 6

Personal Experience

Answer 6

When you accept something as true because it has happened to you

The “seeing” and “hearing” believe the situation

For example, saying the Canadian health system doesn’t work because you wait many hours in the waiting room

Question 7

Basic Research

Answer 7

This is the research that goes broader and applied to different contexts

Advance fundamental knowledges about the real world

Question 8

Applied Research

Answer 8

Research is being carried out to solve or address a specific question or concern someone has

Question 9

Purposes of a study

Answer 9

1. Exploration
2. Description
3. Explanation

Question 10

Exploration

Answer 10

Examining a new are to create new questions they can address in the furture

Question 11

Description

Answer 11

Majority of what social science research it

It clarifies things, presents a picture of the specific details of a situation

Question 12

Explanation

Answer 12

They are used to examine cause-and-effect relationships

They are the least common types of research

Encounters an issue that has already been recognized and described but you wonder why they are

Question 13

Types of Longitudinal Research

Answer 13

1. Time Series
2. Panel Study
3. Cohort Study
4. Case Study Research

Question 14

Time Series

Answer 14

Gives researchers the ability to stability or change over time

The sample does not contain the same people each time information is gathered

Question 15

Panel Study

Answer 15

Type of research where the researcher observes exactly the same people, group, or organization across multiple time points

Question 16

Cohort Study

Answer 16

We May or may not observe the same people but it is people who have similar experiences, for example, they all graduated in 2026, same age etc

Question 17

Case Study Research

Answer 17

Uses a very small study of cases

Doing an extremely deep dive into a community or organization so you can stick with them for months or years

Question 18

Quantitative Data Collection Techniques

SEEC

Answer 18

1. Survey
2. Experiments
3. Content Analysis
4. Existing Statistics

Question 19

Qualitative Data Collection Techniques

Answer 19

1. Qualitative Interviews
2. Focus Groups
3. Field Research
4. Historical Comparative Research
5. Content Analysis

Question 20

Media Myths

Answer 20

Learning through tv or new but can be incorrect