Typically, Sociologists Who Work with Quantitative Data (Such as Surveys)

question 53

Essay

Typically, sociologists who work with quantitative data (such as surveys) wait until after they have concluded their research before they engage in data analysis. However, ethnographers usually engage in data analysis while they are conducting their investigations. Is this behavior reasonable given the nature of these types of methods? Why?

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Definitions:

Annual Precipitation

The total amount of rainfall and snowfall that an area receives over the course of a year.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding them together and dividing by the count of numbers.

Confidence Interval

A gambit of values, sourced from sampling data, that probably captures the value of a concealed population parameter.

Mean Score

The average value obtained by dividing the sum of all scores by the number of scores.