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Glossary of Sociology terms A Achieved status: Social status based on an individual's effort, rather than traits assigned by biological factors. Examples of achieved status include 'veteran', 'graduate' or 'doctor'. Affirmative action: Action favouring those who tend to suffer from discrimination
Using more than one method when conducting sociological research is known as using mixed methods and some sociologists use a triangulation of methods to help them decide which methods are best for their research. They could use a number of mixed methods, including questionnaires, content analysis and interviews.
These are part of a speech-society interactive relationship; they have no isolated existence other than that in which all these sociolinguistic phenomena and constructs mix up with one another, grow up and hence co-exist in an integrated setting.
Depending on choices made across four dimensions, mixed-methods can provide an investigator with many design choices which involve a range of sequential and concurrent strategies. Defining features of these designs are reported along with quality control methods, and ethical concerns.
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Lecture Outline. Introduction to Sociology. • Sociologists focus upon, investigate, and challenge social patterns, among other issues and areas. • Sociology helps students understand the issues facing society and discuss them in an informed and critical manner.
A dictionary of sociology is an attempt to (re)state the principal theories and findings of the discipline, and thereby inevitably con-tributes to the definition of a canon. Sociology remains, however, a critical discipline, which constantly questions its origins and its evolution.
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We can sum up the definitions of society into two types – the functional definition and the structural definition. From the functional point of view, society is defined as a complex of groups in reciprocal relationships, interacting upon one another, enabling human organisms to carry on their life-activities and helping each person