To begin examining social problems in the early twentieth-century, sociologists often used newer qualitative research methods such as ethnographies, long interviews and content analysis. They also used stats, maps, and occupation studies. These methods were all used to study social problems, such as, crime, mortality, and sin. W.E.B. DuBois and Jane Addams were very influential individuals when it came to including more qualitative forms of research into studies.
W.E.B. DuBois is best known for his major contribution to sociology of examining non-white individuals in a non-racist way for the first time in history, in the large city of Philadelphia.…