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Sociologists
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-Study the influence that society has on people’s attitudes and behavior
– Seek to understand ways in which people interact and shape society |
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Sociology and Common Sense
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Sociologists do not accept something as fact because “everyone knows it”
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Theory |
Theory: set of statements that seeks to explain problems, actions, or behavior
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What Good Is Sociological Theory?
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–Effective theories have explanatory and predictive power
–Durkheim’s work on suicide provides a classic case ofsociological theory at work |
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Scientific Method |
The scientific method includes selecting a researchable problem, reviewing the literature, formulating a hypothesis, creating an operational definition, choosing a research design, collecting the data, analyzing the data, and stating conclusions.
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