Transcript HSP3M Unit 1

HSP3M Unit 1
What should I study Social Sciences?
What are the Social Sciences?
• Anthropology – the
study or the origin, the
behaviour, the
physical, social, and
cultural development
of humans
What are the Social Sciences?
• Sociology – the study
of human social
behaviour and the
institutions and
organizations that
form society
What are the Social Sciences?
• Psychology – the
study of mental
processes and human
behaviour
Quantitative vs. Qualitative
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Quantitative
Numbers
Measurable
Uses statistical
inference
• WHAT, WHERE,
WHEN
• Qualitative
• Relies on reason
• Smaller and more
focused samples
• WHY and HOW