Sociology 1000

________ 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