Chapter Two Notes

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Causality

Correlation

Link Between Health and Income

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Describe a Study

methodology

general findings

How a Different Methodology Would Build on These Findings

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Deductive

Inductive

A sociologist observes the work-seeking habits of welfare recipients. After weeks of observation, trends emerge and the researcher forms a theory about the behaviors of the group.

Is this deductive or Inductive?

How would the sociologist study this phenomenon using the opposite approach?

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Participant Observation

Why bother with this data collection method?

Mary Pattillo's Research

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Surveys

complicated to design

costly to administer

potentially suffer from response bias

why use this data collection method?

general social survey

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Why do sociologists have to run their projects by institutional review boards?

The "Golden Rules" of Sociology Research