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Sociological Imagination
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C. Wright Mills
Individual Problem--->Social Issue Viewing Any Situation Through the Lens of: 1.Biography 2History 3.Social Context |
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Theory
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Evidence based
empirical proven explanation of social phenomenon link to already existing work |
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Hypothesis
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An educated guess based on certain knowledge deduced from research, about a casual relationship between two variables, testable,
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Inductive Theory
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Observation--->explanation
patterns---->theory |
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Deductive Theory
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Explanation--->observation
theory tested, evidence |
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Observations
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Measurement of relationship between variables
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Conceptualization
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Define topic and identify concept
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Operationalization
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HOW WILL THIS GET ACCOMPLISHED?
How variables will be measured |
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Measurement
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Gathering of data
numerical/ nominal (textual) info |
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Indicator
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Shows that something happened
(the occurance/ presence/ absence of a variable) |
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Dimension
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Different levels---->cumulative impact of indicators ex- car insurance is depended by many factors
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Unit of analysis
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Subject researcher is looking at, source of observations
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Correlation
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Relation to another previous subject
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Attributes
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Charecteristic of a variable
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Variable
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Logical sets of attributes
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