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