Objectivity, impartiallity, and emotional reasoning are all parts of intellectual honesty. Christopher Colombus discovered the earth is round. Through the scientific method a theory is proven or disproven. Words are symbols for concepts. A theory is a directly testable statement.
Sociology is the study of human social behavior.
A variable is anything that changes. It is sociology's job to prove what we know is common sense. Correlation implies causation. List three criteria for establishing causation. Reading in poor light causes eye strain.