________ contributes to better information about health.
Acquaintance diversity
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________ argues that we use talent before excellence.
Chambliss
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________: occurs when big changes that alter our meaning, or our rules, and that give us limitless options with no clear direction or end point.
Anomie
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________ are based on a clear, reasonable definition and clear reasonable measures.
Good statistics
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Wealthy are happier than poor and have ________ than poor.
higher suicide rates
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________ does not result from quantitative changes in behavior.
Excellence
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________ in Sociology and in Everyday Life: Using and Understanding Evidence and Statistics.
Sociological Methods
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________: position of an individual with reference to characteristics such as age, education, race, gender, religion, & income.
Social Location
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Leaving ________: Those with social networks outside the city & resources could leave fairly easily.
New Orleans
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________ is the product of hidden advantages, extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies.
Success
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________: are more varied, have different connections and are more valuable as social connections to new people and new opportunities.
Weaker ties
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In ________ are useful and help us to understand the nature of problems.
general numbers
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________: no one to lean on for support and loneliness.
Single men
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________ does not necessarily equal causation.
Correlation
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________ are caused by several routine, minor things all going wrong in rapid succession.
Failures
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White: ________ than black because of expectations, more individualism in the communities.
high suicide rates
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________ does not result from talent.
Excellence
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________ are not mangled or transformed (often good to check the original source where possible)
Good statistics
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________ are even better connections than strong ties.
Weak ties
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________ is not the product of socially exceptional or deviant personalities, unique personality traits, or great confidence.
Excellence
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will take pills and not guns
Women
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largely due to choosing more lethal tools or methods that are more likely to take one's own life
Men
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no one to lean on for support and loneliness
Single men
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Happier than single men
Married men
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fewer options, regulation, dangerous jobs,
Less than college
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those with a degree are particularly happier than those who dont have one
College degree
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high suicide rates than black because of expectations, more individualism in the communities
White
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take for granted the things they have access to
Wealthy
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in some ways, having less is more likely to be appreciated
Poor
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suicide related to lack of integration
Egoistic Suicide
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suicide related to too much integration
Altruistic Suicide
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suicide related to lack of social regulation
Anomic Suicide
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suicide related to too much social regulation
Fatalistic Suicide
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occurs when big changes that alter our meaning, or our rules, and that give us limitless options with no clear direction or end point
Anomie
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Using and Understanding Evidence and Statistics
Sociological Methods in Sociology and in Everyday Life
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we see a number that challenges our worldview & we reject it
Cynical
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one determines how a statistic was arrived at in terms of sample, measurement, was representative of & was appropriate, based on whether or not it confirms or challenges one's worldview
Critical
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Deceptive Definitions & Misleading Measures
2
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Mangled or Transformed Statistics
3
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Non-representative Convenience, Self-selected, Samples vs Random, representative samples
4
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have a selection bias that favors one type of person over another & thus the sample does not represent the population studied
Unrepresentative, non-random samples
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convenient because youre not the one actually doing the work
Self selected sample
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Faulty Causation and Spurious Causation
5
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The Mundanity of Excellence
Chambliss
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Outliers
Gladwell
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The Headwinds/tailwinds asymmetry
Davidai and Gilovich
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variety of acquaintances
Key Factor
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are more varied, have different connections and are more valuable as social connections to new people and new opportunities
Weaker ties
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fewer jobs than people outside of ones intimate circle
Family & closer friends provide
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Problems facing low income residents
Lacking in Diversity
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About Jobs
3 Classes
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Those with social networks outside the city & resources could leave fairly easily
Leaving New Orleans
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Love, Dating and Marriage
Culture Meets Structure
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position of an individual with reference to characteristics such as age, education, race, gender, religion, & income
Social Location
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a practice restricted by in-group or shared group membership
Studied by 2 people
