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| Sociological Perspective/Imagination |
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| The special point of view of sociology that sees general patterns of society in the lives of particular people |
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| Unverified statement of how different facs fit together |
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| Reasoning that transforms observations into a general theory |
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| Transforms theory into specific hypothesis suitable for testing |
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| a Logical system that bases knowledge upon empirical evidence |
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| information which can be verified by senses |
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| a mental constant that represents some part of the world in a smaller simplified form |
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| a concept whose values change form case to case |
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| a procedure for determining the value for a variable in a specific case |
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| Operationalizing Variables |
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| Specifying exactly what is to be measured before assigning a variable |
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| consistency in measurement |
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| actually measuring exactly what you intend to measure |
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| a relationship in which change in one variable causes the other to change |
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| a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables |
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| variable that depends on another variable to change |
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| a relationship in which two or more variables change together |
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| correlation that looks accurate but is being caused by something you can't see |
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| a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment |
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| personal neutrality in conducting research. Reflecting exactly what is present in reality in research |
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| a systematic plan for doing research |
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| a systematic plan for doing research |
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| a research method for investigating cause and effect under highly controlled conditions |
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| you think that one thing causes another, always phrased if, then. Derives from theory, unproven statement of correlation |
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| any deviation from what is really true |
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| change in subjects behavior when they known they are being watched compared to when they don't know they are being watched, source of bias |
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| The people/things that are the focus of research |
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| a part of the population that represents the whole. Representative random sample |
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| a research methog in which subjects respond to a serries of statements of questions on a questionnaire or in an interview. open ended and closed ended questions |
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| research instrument consisting of a series of questions and other prompts for the purpose of gathering information from subjects |
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| series of questions a researcher asks a respondent in person |
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| a research method in which investigators systematically observe people while joining them in their routine activites |
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| Disadvantage you didn't collect the data yourself, so you do not know the validity of data |
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| deviation away from what is really there |
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| Austrian born, came up with The Social Construction of Reality: |
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Emile Durkheim
Religion -> Morality
Economy -> Production
Education -> Provides Knowledge
Government -> Provides Regulation
Social Control -> Provides Order |
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| Havinga ll the aspects of Structural |
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