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1. SOC 311
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL RESEARCH
Summer 2012
Week 1: Day 2
Shih-Chi Lin
slin4@uoregon.edu
2. Plan of The Day
Research Design I: Basics, Babbie:
chapter 4
Formulating Questions and Hypotheses
Exercise and homework
3. Review
Characteristics of Science: empiricism,
objectivity, control.
Errors in inquiry
o1. Inaccurate observations (bad observers)
o2. Overgeneralization (one example for all)
o3. Selective observation ( selection bias/only
see what they believe)
o4. Illogical reasoning (gambler’s fallacy)
Inductive and deductive theory
Scientific statement vs. value judgment
4. What is a Scientific Research
Question?
Why (common sense) “What is the
relationship between…” or, “Under what
conditions…”
(1a) Is capital punishment morally wrong?
(1b) Why is capital punishment legal in some
states but not in others?
(2a) Should abortion be legalized?
(2b) How are attitudes toward abortion
related to religious affiliation?
5. Research design I: basics
THE RESEARCH DESIGN
PROCESS AND COMMON
TERMINOLOGY
6. The Aim of Sociological Research
To move from subjective to more objective
knowledge of something:
Subjective Objective
knowledge knowledge
An individual’s everyday Knowledge that is value
understanding (common free, independent of
senses) that comes from opinion, prejudice and bias.
their values, experiences
and beliefs.
7. What is Research?
Research is the systematic process of
collecting and analysing information (data) in
order to increase our understanding of the
phenomenon with which we are concerned or
interested.
Research involves three main stages:
Deductive
Data
? Analysis
Collection
8.
9. Types of Research Methods
Experimental
◦ Used most often in evaluation research
Asking questions
◦ Directly: Use surveys and face-to-face interviews
◦ Indirectly: Use records to answer questions by
extracting specific items of information
Participant and other field observation
◦ Observe something in its natural environment, as
it happens (i.e. reporters)
◦ Intensive interviews to obtain in-depth information
Secondary data
◦ Content analysis (i.e. Mac user vs. PC user)
◦ Analysis of data collected for another study or
purpose (Census)
10. Three Purposes of Research
1. Exploration
◦ To satisfy the researcher’s curiosity and
desire for better understanding
◦ To test the feasibility of undertaking a more
extensive study
◦ To develop the methods to be employed in
any subsequent study
◦ Examples?
11. Three Purposes of Research
2. Description
◦ Describe situations and events through
scientific observation
◦ Examples?
12. Three Purposes of Research
3. Explanation
◦ Descriptive studies answer questions of
what, where, when, and how
◦ Explanatory studies answer questions of
why
◦ Examples?
13. Three Purposes of Research
Review Question
◦ A researcher wants to determine why people
of differing political orientations have
different opinions on environmental
regulations.
What purpose does this research project fulfill?
◦ A. Exploratory
◦ B. Descriptive
◦ C.Explanatory
14. Quantitative and Qualitative
Perspectives
"There's no such thing as
qualitative data. Everything
is either 1 or 0“
◦ Fred Kerlinger
Deductive
"All research ultimately has
a qualitative grounding“
◦ Donald Campbell
Inductive
15. The Time Dimension
Cross-Sectional Study – a study based on
observations representing a single point in time,
a cross section of a population.
i.e. course evaluation, Gallup poll, and?
Longitudinal Study – a study design involving
the collection of data at different points in time.
Very time-consuming and costly. i.e. Bogalusa Heart
Study (1972-2005)
16. Longitudinal Studies
◦ Trend Study – a study in which a given
characteristic of some population is monitored
over time. (A comparison of US racial composition over time;
unemployment rate)
◦ Cohort Study – a study in which some specific
subpopulation, or cohort, is studied over time.
i.e. Baby boomers (born b/w 1946-1964)
◦ Panel Study – a study in which data are
collected from the same set of people at several
points in time. Bogalusa Heart Study (1972-2005)
20. Some special cohort is studied over time, but members of the cohort
might change.
21. Unit of Analysis
Units of Analysis – the what or whom
being studied (most often individuals in
social science research).
The objects we study
◦ People
◦ Families
◦ Cities
◦ Newspaper articles
◦ Classes, schools, organizations
22. Review Exercise
◦ For each study description below, identify the unit of
analysis.
1. A study of state regulatory agencies’ enforcement of
environmental laws.
2. A study of opinion toward environmental regulations.
3. A study of environmental law passage in the U.S.
and the E.U.
4. A study of environmental law compliance by power
plants.
23. Ecological Fallacy
Faulty Reasoning about Units of Analysis
◦ The Ecological Fallacy – occurs when relationships
between properties of groups or geographic areas
are used to make inferences about the individuals
within those groups or areas.
◦ Example 1: Knowing that Sally attended UO, you
would assume she must be a duck.
◦ Example 2: Political analysts who use aggregate
data from elections to study individual voting
behavior.
24. Variables
• Variables –
• Dimensions or aspects of units of analysis
which vary.
• Logical groupings of attributes.
• Formal definition of a variable is a set of
exhaustive and mutually exclusive
categories. –every unit of analysis must fall
into exactly one category of a variable
• Variables are defined by researchers.
25. The Vocabulary of Science
From concepts to variables.
◦ Gender is thought to influence hair length.
◦ Educational attainment is thought to influence
income.
To be a variable, a thing must have at
least two attributes.
Exercise : Please list at least six
attributes of religious affiliation.
26. Examples
UNIT OF ANALYSIS VARIABLE CATEGORIES OF VARIABLE
Individual income <$10,000
$10,000~$24,999
$25,000~$34,999
Over $100,000
individual Eye color Blue, brown, green, hazel, etc.
Family Average
annual
household
income
Organization Sex <20% male
20-50% male
composition (% 51-80% male
male) >80% male
27. Two Kinds of Variables
Independent Variable – a presumed cause
of a dependent variable
Dependent Variable – a variable that the
researcher tries to explain or predict.
28. Independent V. Dependent
Intentionally manipulated Intentionally left alone
Controlled Measured
Vary at known rate Vary at unknown rate
Cause Effect
i.e. Gender i.e. income, GPA
31. Hypotheses
After identifying the variables of interest
to us, we posit a relationship b/w them.
Here are some simple hypotheses.
H1a: Gender affects occupation.
H2a: Age affects income.
H3a: Social class affects voting behavior.
H1b: Differences in gender are related to
differences in occupation. [That is, men and women
tend to be employed in different occupations.]
33. Readings and Homework
Some readings will be optional. Answer
questions on optional readings will get
extra credit.
Short homework assignments during
weekdays and longer ones for the
weekends. (Due Midnight)
Homework #1, #2.
Editor's Notes
Empiricism: senses, facts. Objectivity: people can agree on what they say, truth/fact does not depend on who’s doing the observing/research.Control: to eliminate errors and biases. Value: Grading system is bad for students. Scientific: grading procedures have negative effect on student’s self-esteem.
Ask the students to observe a public setting for three half hour blocks. In the first half hour, the purpose of their observations is exploratory, in the second half hour it is descriptive, and in the third half hour it is explanatory. Have the students discuss how their approach to observation changed when they switched purposes. Which purpose seemed the easiest; the hardest?
This research topic is attempting to address a “why” question, that is, why and how does political orientation influence attitudes toward environmental regulations. Therefore this research is explanatory.
QuantitativeUsing numbers to describe social phenomenaCount eventsAnalyze information with statistical techniquesQualitativeWritten or spoken words with no direct numerical interpretationInterpretation of events observed as they occur
Observations clearly show that the major etiologies of adult heart disease, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, and essential hypertension begin in childhood. Documented anatomic changes occur by 5 to 8 years of age. 42% of US many obese by 2030. The Bogalusa Heart Study, a long-term population study with a continued relationship with a community, addresses the problem of capacity building in minority health research. Bogalusa, LA, is a biracial (black/white) rural community 70 miles north of New Orleans, comparable to many other communities in southeastern United States.
A study of state regulatory agencies’ enforcement of environmental laws.Units of analysis: StatesA study of opinion toward environmental regulations.Units of analysis: IndividualsA study of environmental law passage in the U.S. and the U.K.Units of analysis: CountriesA study of environmental law compliance by power plants.Units of analysis: Corporations
H2b:Differences in age are related to differences in income. That is, people in diff age groups tend to earn diff amount of income.H3b:Differences in social class are related to differences in voting. That is, people from higher social class groups tend to vote diff from people from lower social classes. .