What is sociological generalization and secondary analysis?

Question

i can't find it in my book..

thanks!

Answer 1

A sociological generalization is when you observe some sort of social behavior and assume that its the norm.  Secondary analysis is to take a study of one thing and use the same data to make a different study.This is usually done by other sociologists.    Data from one study can always be used to support other studies, especially if the data collection was good.

Answer 2

. Here's a quote from the 'wwu' site below:

"...Merton stressed this point as well when he distinguished scientific laws from mere statements of an empirical relationship: "The second type of sociological generalization, the so-called scientific law, differs from the foregoing in as much as it is a statement of invariance derivable from a theory". ...

... What da H*II does that mean??

  Michelle, you're going to find that sociology is mostly c**p! It has NO relevence to the real world. Just write down some meaningless gibberish in as short a time as possible and move on to more important subjects.