What Do Sociologists Focus on During Quantitative Research? Explain with an Example

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What do sociologists focus on during quantitative research? Explain with an example.

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Definitions:

College Major

The specialized area of study or field chosen by a college or university student to focus their academic coursework and degrees.

Nominal

A level of measurement that categorizes data but does not rank them.

Dummy Variables

Variables created to include categorical data in regression models by converting categories to a binary form (0 or 1), representing the presence or absence of some categorical effect.

Nominal Characteristic

A qualitative attribute of data that categorizes but does not imply any quantitative ordering or measure.