Second week lecture notes

Question 1

6 key premises of science-

Answer 1

• Empirical
• Logical and rational
• objective
• info is systematic and public
• science is skeptical
• knowledge is culmative

Question 2

Sociological investigation is about:

Answer 2

The assumptions of science
&
The challenges of applying them to the study of the social world

Question 3

obstacles of applying science to the study of social life-

Answer 3

• ethics
• cost
• limited control over people
• subjectivity
• research presence can affect the studies

Question 4

Sociological scientific inquires aim to:

Answer 4

Determine the logical patterns of regular social life

Question 5

Hypothesis:

Answer 5

Statement of the relationship between two or more concepts(Variables), based on what you expect to observe in the empirical world.
-a little more specific than a theory

Question 6

Conceptualization:

Answer 6

Clearly spelling out in words what you mean when you use a certain concept in your hypothesis

Question 7

Operalization:

Answer 7

The process of transforming abstract ideas into a set of concrete indicators that can be observed and measured

Question 8

Research process:

Answer 8

Paradigms, theory, hypothesis, conceptualization, operalizanation, data collection, analysis of data, tie back to theory.