Unobtrusive Measures: Most of the research
techniques are obtrusive, meaning the data are
gathered while the study subjects’ behaviors actions are
directly observed, and they know that they are being
researched. To avoid the risks of the research act
intruding on the subject of study thereby affecting the
research findings, sociologists have developed what is
called unobtrusive measures. When a researcher takes
unobtrusive measures, people's behavior is observed
while they are not aware of it.
Here, this method involves techniques that do not
interfere with the objects or events studied. Sociologist
study many social phenomena using this methods such
how people behave in the public arena, the way people
wear and decorate themselves, the way they sit or stand
relative to others, etc (Rosenberg, et al, 1987).
- Data Organization, Analysis, Interpretation, and
Report Writing
The most challenging task is how to manage, handle,
store and arrange the raw data as cautiously as