Sociological Research

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Sociological Research

• Getting Out of the Block

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Outcomes We Will Address

• 1.3 analyze a variety of appropriate sociological
  research methods
• 1.4 design and conduct a sociological research
  project, independently or collaboratively, using
  methods appropriate to sociology
• 2.4 investigate the process of cultural change
• 3.4 investigate a social issue that serves as a
  good example of socialization and related
  concepts
• 4.4 investigate a social issue that serves as a
  good example of social organization and related
• concepts

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Time for Some Thinking!

• Get out your outcomes for this course and circle
  or highlight each of the outcome numbers we will
  address in a research project.
• For each outcome write 1 statement and 2
  questions. The statement can be what you may be
  thinking about the outcome or how you will
  address it.
• In your questions try to make sure one of them is
  of a higher level other than what is it?
• Be ready to review the answers with everyone in
  10 minutes.

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What is research?

• What is research?
• What does it do?
• What is the purpose?
• Why is it important in the social sciences?
• Why is it important in Sociology?

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What is research?

• (The Academic Answer)
• Introduction to Research Methods - Dr. A.G.
  Picciano YouTube
• (The Humour Answer)
• THE OFFICE RESEARCH - YouTube

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The Social Science Answer

• YES YOU NEED TO WRITE THIS DOWN!!!!!!
• The systematic observation and analysis of human
  behaviour based on a hypothesis or best guess.
  This hypothesis or guess is either supported or
  refuted.

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How many kinds of sociological research are there?

• Primary and Secondary research ) - YouTube

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THERE ARE 2 KINDS OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH!

• How may types of sociological research are there?
  
• No really how many?
• 2!!!
• Primary Secondary

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Primary HAS 2 kinds as well!

• Participatory Breaking the Norm, two teens on
  leashes YouTube
• Observational Sociology Commercial - Caffine Drip
  YouTube

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WRITE THIS DOWN TOO!

• There are 2 kinds of primary research
• Participatory
• Observational
• Participatory and observational research can
  involve numbers, statistics and solid ratios.
  When it does it is QUANTATIVE.
• Participatory and observational research can
  involve observations, comments, thoughts,
  suggestions, and feelings. When it does it is
  qualitative.

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Secondary

• You dont need to see a video on this! Youve
  already done it! Lots!
• Well do more work with this later!

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Reminders

• Mission to Mars Summative Assessment due on
  Monday
• Formative assessment on research due Monday

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Formative Assessment

• This is a formative assessment on outcomes
• 1.3 analyze a variety of appropriate sociological
  research methods
• 1.4 design and conduct a sociological research
  project, independently or collaboratively, using
  methods appropriate to sociology

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Questions to consider/review!

• What is research?
• What are the two kinds of research?
• What are the two kinds of primary research?
• What is the difference between the two kinds of
  research?
• What do you think you may want to study when it
  is your turn?
• What kind of research would you like to do?
• Are there limits that should be placed on primary
  research? Explain your answer so that I will be
  able to totally get it!
• Why would it be potentially dangerous or even
  life threatening to plagiarise secondary research?