Social Disorganization Q & A What is social disorganization? Social disorganization is best described as the social breakdown in society that offers an explanation to causation in criminality. Several theories are in place to support the notion of social disorganization as causation to criminal deviance, relating to social aspects: Sutherland’s differential association theory asserts that criminal behavior is learned through created social norms of society. These norms are then perpetuated through
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SOC 100 Midterm Exam Part 1 – Assignment Question 1 _____ is considered the first female sociologist and argued that injustices such as slavery and women’s inequality stunted a society’s moral development. • Auguste Comte • Émile Durkheim • Karl Marx • Harriet Martineau Question 2 The ability of individuals and groups to exercise free will and to make social change is referred to as: • Structure • Agency • Free choice • Individualism Question 3 Patterned social arrangements that
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Bar Graphs & Pie Charts: follow area principle, (pie has to add up to 100%) Histograms: rectangles class intervals based on frequency Boxplots: less informative than histogram, (can’t tell shape unless unimodal) Statistics: Descriptive- how we cope w/ numbers [graphical methods (histograms, boxplots) numerical methods (mean, median)] Variable Types: QUANTITATIVE (numerical): Discrete- numbers are a certain gap apart, can’t have decimals (# kids in a house) Continuous- numbers can be arbitrarily
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Part D. Use the scatterplot from Part C to answer these questions. (2 points) What kind of correlation exists between the length and weight of the puppies? Explain. There is a positive correlation exists between the variables, because as the explanatory variable (Length) increases, the response variable (Weigth) increases. Does this correlation imply causation? Explain. It seems to imply causation, since it is logical that the
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The distinction between causation and correlation is very important in scientific thought. Oftentimes the two concepts get mixed up, sometimes out of a misunderstanding and other times due to a desire to provide a plausible explanation for a scientific observation. Therefore, it is very important to be able to understand the difference between the two ideas. Correlation is defined by Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary to be: “the state or relation of being correlated; specifically : a relation existing
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In a perfect world, there would not be such a thing as illness. Therefore, there would not be a need for a vaccine, but, sadly, perfect does not exist. Living in this world, people encounter diseases very frequently, and many diseases cannot be defeated by immune systems without previous exposure to the virus. This would not be a problem to the human body for illnesses like the common cold or the flu, but, for deadly illnesses like smallpox, the body most likely will not be able to defeat the illness
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looking at the wider picture and observing how subjects interact with each other and with their environment, social surroundings and other subjects etc. Experimental methods are the only ones that can produce a definite result as it calculates correlations between variables specifically those manipulated and those affected by the manipulation, therefore it can conclusively
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Running head: CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY Cross-Cultural Psychology Charlene Marasco PSY/450 Sally Fleming March 28, 2011 Cross-cultural psychology Cultural psychology is an interdisciplinary program of research that explores the relationship between individual minds and the complex environments in which they are deployed. The approach focuses on the
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* Converting from z-score to original data Chapter 4: * Difference between explanatory and response variables * How to use and read a scatterplot * Understand the correlation coefficient r and different relationships between variables (+, -) * Problems with correlations * Calculating correlations Chapter 5: * Definition, purpose and characteristics of linear regression (e.g., “least squares” line of best fit) * How to calculate linear regression * Difference
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Chapter 1 1. Ideas for beyond the final exam a. How much does it really cost? i. Opportunity Costs 1. Value of the next best alternative that must be given up because of that decision. 2. Economists say that the true cost of such decisions are not the number of dollars spend on the computer, new equipment, or military, but rather the VALUE OF WHAT MUST BE GIVEN UP TO ACQUIRE THEM. 3. EXAMPLE- cost of college is more expensive add the money
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