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02 - Sociological Investigation
What we are doing today?
How do you separate what you believe
from what you know?
How can you separate common sense
from facts?
• How do people get “common sense?”
• How can you separate truth from fiction?
What would explain these differences?
What would explain these differences?
1. How would whites explain
these differences?
2. How would African
Americans explain these
differences?
3. How would you explain these
differences if there were no
labels?
Sociological Investigation
What do you need help with?
What do you need help with?
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A. Reliability & validity
B. Correlation (+, -, & spurious)
C. Cause and effect
D. Replication
E. I understand
What do you need help with?
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A. Objectivity
B. Hypothesis
C. Experimental and control groups
D. The Hawthorne effect
E. I understand
What do you need help with?
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A. Population & sample
B. Open & closed ended questions
C. Primary & secondary analysis
D. Difference between surveys and
experiments
• E. I understand
Course folder
Course folder
What do we do now?
• 1. Divide into groups of 3 – 6
• 2. Discuss your answers
– A. Help others think about and add to their
answers based on your ideas.
• 3. Add to your answers in handwriting (on the
front and back of the form) from ideas you
developed during the discussion.
– A. Handwritten additions add to your grade.
• 4. I will be stamping completed papers
Course folder
Group discussion
To get the most from this discussion:
1. Listen to the video
2. Bring the power points to class
3. Bring the diagram to class
◦ Collecting information from police reports and
newspapers is referred to as:
a) Unobtrusive Research
b) Participant Research
c) Secondary Analysis
d) Surveys
◦ Collecting information from police reports and
newspapers is referred to as:
a) Unobtrusive Research
b) Participant Research
c) Secondary Analysis
d) Surveys
• Do you believe it is possible for a Sociologist
to remain “value-free” while conducting
research?
a)Yes
b)No
In your opinion, what should be the main goal of
Sociological research?
a) Collect data
b) Generate theories
c) Reform society
d) Publish findings for others to interpret
Social Theory & Research
Sociological Theory and Research
Video: Sociological Investigation
What do you need help with?
What do you need help with?
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A. Reliability & validity
B. Correlation (+, -, & spurious)
C. Cause and effect
D. Replication
E. I understand
What do you need help with?
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A. Objectivity
B. Hypothesis
C. Experimental and control groups
D. The Hawthorne effect
E. I understand
What do you need help with?
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A. Population & sample
B. Open & closed ended questions
C. Primary & secondary analysis
D. Difference between surveys and
experiments
• E. I understand