RURLSOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Dependent And Independent Variables, American Community Survey, Participant Observation
27 Sep 2016
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The six essential steps of sociological research: meets scientific standards, human subjects. o o o. A clear statement of the research problem focuses your research so that you o o stay on target for the next five steps. Read up on past research and theory about the problem you want to research. A hypothesis is an educated guess that can be tested. Ex: younger people and people who identify as progressive or liberal are more likely to be attracted to volunteer for an environmental group. Ex: urban neighborhoods and rural communities with high levels of poverty will have higher rates of violent crime. #4 collect the data necessary to answer the hypothesis o. A way or method of data collection in which the sociological researcher asks a large number of people the same questions in the same way. Useful for observing small groups of peoples- fits nicely with research questions/problems based on symbolic interaction theory.
