Similarities Between Statistics And Words By Collins

Sociology 313 Final Assignment

In Collins’ Statistics versus Words, he states how in order to have adequate research, one needs to provide a hypothesis to have validity. He argued that if you don’t come up with a hypothesis before you examine the phenomena, you would be unable to test the evidence fully. He states that if you create your theory after finding evidence, there is not a way to test the validity of the evidence. According to Keynes, those who provide evidence after coming up with a hypothesis will have more weight placed on their theory as opposed to one that is created surrounding the findings. This is due to the fact that the grounds which the theory has been created didn 't come from nowhere. Other than that, there is no …show more content…
Within sociology, a great emphasis is placed regarding testing a theory to prove that the investigator is not cheating the results of their theory. Therefore, distrust among sociologists is again emphasized when it is stated how concern is placed on the investigator rather than the findings of a theory. Collins argued that there are areas where statistics are not required to prove the validity of a theory. The example he provided was historical sociology. This area has been carried out using qualitative methods such as face to face interaction which yields results that would have not been gathered by statistics. Historical sociology helps build sociological theory by providing the comparisons that are required to put forth an explanatory theory. Rather than relying on statistics, you can explain the conditions in which a finding occurs and why it occurs in a different condition. Another reason that historical sociology is important is that we don’t end up making assumptions too easily. Despite the world being a seamless web, we are still able to extract pieces of it for our theory. Collins argues however that the more you know about history results in …show more content…
Just by being exposed to a handful of romantic movies, one could grasp the main themes surrounding this genre of movie and how women respond to them.These types of movies usually follow a similar pattern, whether it is how two people meet or the sequence of falling in love.Watching these movies, especially for women usually creates an element of illusion and false hope which blurs the true reality of love. We can compare the messages in the movies to real life and figure out whether their expectations are realistic or not. Although what is being said differs from one romantic comedy to another, their patterns of communication are relatively similar. Constantly watching this one type of movie, it is evident what messages are being created and what way of thinking should be taken away by women. Taking into account how messages are translated, you are able to see how women are influenced into evaluating what should and shouldn’t be accepted in a relationship. You can analyze the characters and the sequence of their actions and draw the conclusion that the more time you spend watching romantic comedy movies, the more likely you are to create a false belief of love. Therefore, one could uncover who said what first, what is done to fall in love