Introduction to study society
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- Study society (UNIT 1 SOCIOLOGY)
- What is sociology?
- Society can be defined as a group of people who share culture or a way of life
- Sociology explores the social factors that shape human behavior and the way society influences our daily lives.
- Society can be defined as a group of people who share culture or a way of life
- Contrasting Sociology to other approaches
- Sociology and Psychology
- Psychologists focus on individual behavior. They study topics like mental ilness. Where as sociologists study the social influences on human life. They focus on group behavior rather than individual
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- Sociology and biology
- Biologists look for biological causes or characteristics when studying human behavior where as sociologists view behavior as social or cultural rather than biological
- Sociology and journalsm
- Journalists research is less thorough and reporting may be one-sided or biased where as sociologists must select and use evidence in a balanced way or their research may be criticized by other sociologists
- Sociology and Psychology
- Qualitative and Quantitative data
- Qualitative data- Information in the form of texts or images, that is rich in description and detail
- Examples; Shoe size, height and length of your finger nails
- Quantitative data- Information that is presented as numbers which can be analysed using statistical methods
- Examples; Sound levels, costs, ages, speed, time
- Qualitative data- Information in the form of texts or images, that is rich in description and detail
- Sampling techniques
- Random sampling
- This is where each memeber of the sampling frame has a known chance of being selected. Examples of probability sampling include simple, random sampling, systematic sampling and stratified random sampling
- Non-probability sampling is used when a sampling frame is not available. The sample is not selected randomly so it is unlikely to be representative of the population. Snowball, quota and purposive sampling are examples of non-probability sampling
- This is where each memeber of the sampling frame has a known chance of being selected. Examples of probability sampling include simple, random sampling, systematic sampling and stratified random sampling
- Random sampling
- A social survey is an example of primary research method that is usually used to collect quantitative data. These results are usually presented in graphs or tables of statistics.
- Self-completion postal questionnaires are sent to the respondent by post or email.
- What is sociology?
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