how have conditions changed 1900-2000 1.____ times as many adults are getting high school degrees....
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How Have Conditions Changed 1900-2000
1. ____ times as many adults are getting high school degrees.
2. ____ percent of all American homes have telephones, electricity, and a flush toilet.
3. Accidental deaths have decreased by ____ percent.
4. Wages in the manufacturing sector are ____ times greater.
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How Have Conditions Changed 1900-2000
5. Average household assets are ____ times greater.
6. The average workweek is ____ percent shorter.
7. More than ____ percent of Americans have at least one automobile, VCR, microwave, AC, cable TV, washer and dryer.
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How Have Conditions Changed 1900-2000
• The overall health, welfare and safety of Americans has increased/made positive progress.
• Statistics and data are critical to the science of sociology.
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THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
• Identify the problem
• Review the literature (that already exists)
• Formulate hypothesis
• Develop a research design
• Collect data
• Analyze data
• State findings and conclusions
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ETHICS OF SOCIOLOGISTS
• Show objectivity (not bias information)
• Use approved research standards
• Report findings and methods truthfully
• Protect the rights and privacy of participants
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1. SURVEY
• Questionnaires and interviews that require direct communication with people
• GOAL = REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE: – A small group who represent a
larger whole– PROBLEM = _______________________– People who volunteer may offer different
opinions than those who don’t.
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PERSONAL SURVEY
WHICH DO YOU PREFER?
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2. CASE STUDY
• A ___________ ______________
of a particular group being studied or treated.
• Examples:
- Kitty Genovese
- Stanford Prison
Experiment
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3. FIELD RESEARCH
• Research that takes place in a natural, non-laboratory setting– How are natural results different from laboratory
results?
– Example:Justin Timberlake
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4. PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION
► A case study where the researcher becomes a member of the group being studied.
He/she may inform the group of his/her role as a sociologist or may keep that confidential.Examples:
- Lars Eighner- Ray Sprigle – White man posed as
Black in the South in the 1950s
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