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different methods of sociological research
Title: different methods of sociological research
Category: Literature / English
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different methods of sociological research
While Sociology is a wide field with many different ideas and theories, Sociologists tend to use the same methods of sociological research in all their studies. This paper will focus on those different methods and provide examples of each.
The first method of sociological research is Exploratory research which attempts to answer the question “What?”(Hickey, 1999: 47) Exploratory research is generally the first step in research it provides a foundation for later research and asks previously …showed first 75 words of 1029 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1029 total…may use other methods of research on their group of people like ethnographic interviews or surveys. An example of this might be a sociologist studying a group of immigrant workers.
While all sociologists might not agree on every method used here to gather information. For example Quantitative methods tend to use numbers while Qualitative tend to use researcher opinions or subjective interpretations. All methods have proven to work in specific situations at specific times.
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