SOC 1100 Chapter : Ten Steps in Sociological Investigation.docx
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You are probably not the first person with an interest in the issue you have selected. If your study is exploratory or descriptive, identify whom you wish to study, where the research will take place, and what kinds of issues you want to explore. Not all research raises serious ethical questions, but you must be sensitive to this possibility. Consider all major research strategies, as well as combinations of approaches. Your research method is a plan for data collection. Study the data in terms of your initial questions and decide how to interpret the data you have collected. If your study involves a specific hypothesis, you must decide whether to confirm, reject, or modify the hypothesis. Consider sending your research paper to a campus newspaper or magazine or making a presentation to a class, a campus gathering, or perhaps a meeting of professional sociologists.
