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Sociology
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07/21/2010

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AUGUSTE COMTE
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CONSIDERED THE FOUNDER OF SOCIOLOGY
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KARL MARX
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CONFLICT THEORIST

BELIEVED CONFLICT WAS RESULT OF ECONOMY

RESULT CHANGE IN SOCIETY

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 EMILE DURKHEIM
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THEORIST THAT BELIEVED SOCIETIES WERE HELD TOGETHER BY COMMON VALUES AND BELIEFS

LOOKED AT CONTRIBUTION OF PARTS OF A SOCIETY ITS IMPACT ON THE WHOLE

IST STUDIES ON SUICIDE AND 1ST TO APPY SCIENTIFIC METHOD TO HUMAN

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 PARSONS TALCOTT

 

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CONSIDERED MOST INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN SOCIOLOGIST

VIEWED SOCIETY AS STABLE WITH MULTIPLE PARTS EACH AS IMPROTANT AS THE OTHER TO THE WHOLE

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C. WRIGHT MILLS
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AMERICAN SOCIOLOGIST

POWER ELITE SET STAGE FOR RESEACH ON AMERICAN POWER STRUCTURE

(SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION)

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SUBJECTIVIT
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BASES UNDERSTANDING ON PERSONEL VALUES AND BELIEFS, HUMAN JUDGEMENT PLAYS A ROLE SO BIASES CAN AND DO OCCUR
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OBJECTIVITY
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UNDERSTANDING INDEPENDENT OF PERSONEL VALUES AND EXPERIENCES

MATHAMATICAL DATA NO BIAS

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APPLIED SOCIOLOGY
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RESEARCH TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO IMMEDIATE, PRACTICAL PROBLEMS
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ACADEMIC SOCIOLOGY
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RESEARCH FOR THE SAKE OF KNOWLEDGE
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METHODOLOGY
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SYSTEM RULES,PROCEDURES AND PRINCIPLES THAT GUIDE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION
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EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
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DIRECT OBSERVANCE USING (SIGHT, HEARING)
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VARIABLE
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ANY CHARACTERISTIC THAT CAN CHANGE OR DIFFER FROM TIME TO TIME, PERSON TO PERSON OR PLACE TO PLACE
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CAUSATION
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WHEN ONE VARIABLE HAS INFLUENCE OVER ANOTHER
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CORRELATION
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DETERMINE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES

POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, NONE

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CONTROLS
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METHOD USED IN EXPERIMENTATION HELPS ELIMINATE EXTRANEOUS CAUSE BETWEEN 2 VARIABLES
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POPULATION
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ENTIRE GROUP OF PEOPLE RESEARCHER IS STUDING
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RANDOM SAMPLE
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SUBJECTS CHOSEN IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS EQUAL CHANCE TO BE SELECTED FOR SAMPLE
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VERSTEHEN
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PRINCIPLE USED BY MAX WEBER MEANS EMPATHRTIC UNDERSTANDING
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