Chapter 3 Flashcards
What is sociological research?
answer questions and test hypotheses, research method depends
What is sociological scientific research
Develop a research question
- designing the research
- collecting data
- analyzing data
- develop conclusion
What do scientist care about for their results
validity, reliability and generalization
Qualitative research
unstructured, does not rely heavily upon statistics, & focused on question asked
Quantitative
use statistical methods
mean
average
mode
most common value
median
midpoint
What tools of research do sociologists use?
surgery, interviews, participant observation, controlled experiments, content analysis, comparative, historical and evaluation research
Covert Participant Observation
not telling subjects that they are being observed
concept
abstract characteristic or attribute that has potential to be measured
Concept analysis
meaning in cultural artifacts such as books, songs & other cultural communication
Hawthorne Effect
effect of research process itself on the forums or individuals being studied
the act of studying them itself changes them
Deductive reasoning
creating a specific research question about a point, based on a general principle
Inductive reasoning
arrive at the general conclusions form specific operations
