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14 Cards in this Set
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Step one |
Defining the research problem What are the gaps in our understanding? What puzzles haven't been solved? Consider both a sociological question and a sociological puzzle |
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Reviewing the evidence Familiarize yourself with existing research on a topic What questions have been raised? How have others approached the problem? |
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Making the problem precise Formulating hypotheses that are testable What do you intend to test? What is the relationship between the variables? |
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Working out a design Deciding what method (surveys, interviews, participant observation, etc) works best |
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Carrying out the research Gathering facts and data according to the research design Dealing with unanticipated problems |
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Interpreting the results Answering initial questions Evaluating hypotheses |
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Reporting the findings Research reports, articles, books What is their significance? |
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Repeat How do your findings relate to previous finding? |
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Robert Park |
Focused on interviews and first-hand observations |
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William Ogburn |
Suggested that sociology should be more scientific and rely on stayistics |
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Ethnograophy |
The first-hand studies of or of using participant observation or interviewing (e.g. Goffman's "On the Run" study of intensely policed black neighborhoods) |
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Surveys |
A method in which questionnaires are administered To the population being studied (e.g. the General Social Survey) |
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Experiments |
Variables are analyzed in a controlled and systematicszu, either in an artificial situation constructed by the researcher or in naturally ocurring settings (e.g. comparing groups offered chances to move from poor to affluent neighborhoods) |
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Comparative historical research |
Researchers document whether social behavior varies across time, place, and according to ones own social group membership (e.g. Wimmer's study based on large global datasets,which he published as Waves of War) |
