Sociology Now, Census Update
members were required to gather at the leader’s house and wait for the end of the world. Festinger participated in the group’s a ...
attempt, as much as possible, to put your own values and assumptions about their activities “on hold.” This avoids two extreme o ...
adjusted than non–gang members, and saw gang membership as a reasonable eco- nomic alternative to unemployment and poverty. Gang ...
are not selected randomly and not representative of the larger population but selected purposively—that is, each subject is sele ...
TYPES OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS 119 Usually, we ask questions that can be graded on a scale. The most common form is a Li ...
citizenry thinks about a particular issue. Some surveys are created by websites or pop- ular magazines, and these sometimes get ...
The possible answers also affect responses. On June 27, 2006, two different newspapers reported the results of two different pol ...
should set a deadline for withdrawing U.S. military forces from Iraq in order to avoid further casualties. Others say knowing wh ...
For example, let’s say you were interested in the effect of political persuasions on moral attitudes and behavior. Perhaps your ...
legal definition of rape (“being forced to have sex against your will”), but only between 27 and 46.5 percent of those women who ...
Making the Right Comparisons No matter what research method we choose, it is always important to make sure we are comparing thin ...
dynamic would, the researchers believed, keep them “identified” with their moth- ers, and therefore “feminine” in their psycholo ...
Social Science and the Problem of “Truth” One thing that is certain about social life is that nothing is certain about social li ...
Another had a boyfriend who looked like Leonardo DiCaprio. Another is a film buff and prefers the 1953 version starring Barbara ...
3.Are there any extraneous variables that might have contaminated the data? Maybe the sharing bears were so boring that the chil ...
accomplishes two tasks: (1) It ensures that the research is evaluated by those who are competent to evaluate it and assess the a ...
Avoid Overstating Results Overstating one’s findings is one of the biggest temptations to any sociological researcher. Findings ...
Of course not. Both ice cream sales and deaths by drowning happen during the sum- mer, when the temperature gets hot and people ...
informed about the object of the experiment and assured of confidentiality can they consent to the experiment. And only then can ...
He took out four ads to determine the relative importance of physical attractive- ness and financial success in the dating game. ...
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