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SoCL Ch 6
Measurement
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| measurement = | the process of devising strategies for classifying subjects by categories to represent variable concepts. |
| give a real life example of a unit of measurement, and a few variable attributes (quantitative) | unit of measurement = voters (individual citizens), and the question is how many will vote democrat, vs. republican? measuring is numerical and straighforward, no deviation (like one of the ppl is 'kinda' democrat) |
| quanititative research = | research that is focused on VARIABLES, including their description and relationship *** measurement is central to this type of research, as it involves either percentages or numbers, some kind of 'count'. |
| qualitative research = | research that is less focused on variables - more concerned with interpreting action and sorting out meaning...using individual cases mostly. |
| compare/contrast quantitative and qualitative research: measurement methods, sampling methods, etc. | quant involves numbers/percentages/quotas,the VARIABLE is most important. studies vast # of cases (from afar - 3rd parties provide info) qual has WAY fewer cases, but is individualized & well-rounded (use of interviews, surveys, 1st person stories) |
| measure - the connection with 'concepts'...and some examples | ** = the detailed, specific way of categorizing variables into recognizable, concept-influenced categories. this is a difficult thing to do, since concepts vary between people,depending on: past/culture/influenc ('imposter,'fatherhood','suicide','power') |
| concept | words or signs that refer to phenomena that share common characteristics; they are vague, insubstantial symbols that most recognize, but these ideas always need clarification just to BE SURE it is widely understood what said concept means. |
| dimensions | aspects or parts of a larger concept |
| name some problems of attempting to use measurement in qualitative research....which leads to why the textbook focuses mainly on quantitative studies, researchers, and methods. | firstly, the concepts are vague enough, without the precision, accuracy, and backup of all the factual, numerical evidence that quants typically come up with...think about a scenario, and how each group of researcher would analyze it. |
| how many interpretations can you come up with, for the following concepts: 'murder', immigrant who truly 'made it', 'power', 'love' | murder = (-1st degree? -2nd? -intentional & planned? -within the same family? -location of body?- means of death? -made it' = (job, money,jewelry,house,car,success w/ language,acquirement of green card) - what if we just wanted to know 'how many murders?' |
| indicators | observations that we think reflect the presence or absence of the phenomenon to which a concept refers |
| multidimensionality | the degree to which a concept has more than one discernible aspect. (like with the study done by Warr and Ellison - 2000- which first defined the main object: fear of crim. Then separated it into 'altruistic' and 'personal' |
| operationalism | the process of specifying what particular indicator(s) one will use for a variable. |
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