{"id":3724,"date":"2018-08-31T03:22:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T03:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-introductiontosociology\/?post_type=chapter&p=3724"},"modified":"2024-04-25T03:43:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T03:43:55","slug":"putting-it-together-sociological-research","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-introductiontosociology\/chapter\/putting-it-together-sociological-research\/","title":{"raw":"Putting It Together: Sociological Research","rendered":"Putting It Together: Sociological Research"},"content":{"raw":"[caption id=\"attachment_496\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"441\"]\"People Figure 1.<\/strong> Outdoor cafe in Yangon, Myanmar.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIn this module, you learned\u00a0the ways that empirical and interpretive scholarly research differ from what we might consider self-evident common sense. Sociologists must adhere to a\u00a0plethora of ethical guidelines that must be part of a written research plan before they conduct research on human subjects.\u00a0When sociological research is\u00a0founded on scientific data, we can get a much more accurate depiction of how people live and\u00a0behave. You learned about how sociologists use the scientific method to test hypotheses and gather data:\r\n
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  1. First, we ask a question.<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Then we review existing studies to see if someone has already studied this particular issue.<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Next, we set up a method by which to study the hypothesis and gather our data.<\/li>\r\n \t
  4. After conducting our study, we look at the answers we have found and draw a conclusion.<\/li>\r\n \t
  5. Finally, we report our findings so that those who come after us will have the benefit of our studies.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nYou saw\u00a0that there are a number of strategies\u00a0sociologists might use in order to conduct their studies, including the strengths and weaknesses of these methods. Depending on the question being asked, a sociologist might use one of these approaches:\r\n
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    1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Surveys<\/li>\r\n \t
    2. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Field Research<\/li>\r\n \t
    3. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Participant Observation<\/li>\r\n \t
    4. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ethnography<\/li>\r\n \t
    5. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Case Study<\/li>\r\n \t
    6. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Experiments<\/li>\r\n \t
    7. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Secondary Data Analysis<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nWhich method would you select to examine the scene in Figure 1? Why? What would you need to consider\u00a0before\u00a0<\/em>you begin your research?","rendered":"
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      Figure 1.<\/strong> Outdoor cafe in Yangon, Myanmar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

      In this module, you learned\u00a0the ways that empirical and interpretive scholarly research differ from what we might consider self-evident common sense. Sociologists must adhere to a\u00a0plethora of ethical guidelines that must be part of a written research plan before they conduct research on human subjects.\u00a0When sociological research is\u00a0founded on scientific data, we can get a much more accurate depiction of how people live and\u00a0behave. You learned about how sociologists use the scientific method to test hypotheses and gather data:<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. First, we ask a question.<\/li>\n
      2. Then we review existing studies to see if someone has already studied this particular issue.<\/li>\n
      3. Next, we set up a method by which to study the hypothesis and gather our data.<\/li>\n
      4. After conducting our study, we look at the answers we have found and draw a conclusion.<\/li>\n
      5. Finally, we report our findings so that those who come after us will have the benefit of our studies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        You saw\u00a0that there are a number of strategies\u00a0sociologists might use in order to conduct their studies, including the strengths and weaknesses of these methods. Depending on the question being asked, a sociologist might use one of these approaches:<\/p>\n

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        1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Surveys<\/li>\n
        2. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Field Research<\/li>\n
        3. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Participant Observation<\/li>\n
        4. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ethnography<\/li>\n
        5. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Case Study<\/li>\n
        6. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Experiments<\/li>\n
        7. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Secondary Data Analysis<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Which method would you select to examine the scene in Figure 1? Why? What would you need to consider\u00a0before\u00a0<\/em>you begin your research?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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