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Exploring Sociological Research: Valid Topics and Methodologies

This chapter delves into the essentials of sociological research, emphasizing that no aspect of human behavior is off-limits for study. It outlines the importance of transcending common sense through rigorous research to gain deeper insights. Key steps include selecting a relevant topic driven by sociological curiosity, defining the research problem, and reviewing existing literature to frame the inquiry. Researchers are guided in formulating hypotheses and selecting appropriate methods—surveys, experiments, participant observation, etc.—to collect, analyze, and share findings for broader understanding.

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Exploring Sociological Research: Valid Topics and Methodologies

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  1. How Sociologists Do Research Chapter 5

  2. I. What is a Valid Sociological Topic? • Sociologists research just about every area of human behavior at both the macro and micro levels. • No human behavior is ineligible for research, whether it is routine or unusual, respectable or reprehensible

  3. II. Common Sense and the Need for Sociological Research A. To move beyond common sense and understand what is really going on, it is necessary to do sociological research.

  4. III. A Research Model • Selecting a topic is guided by sociological curiosity, interest in a particular topic • Defining the problem involves specifying what the researcher wants to learn about the topic. • Reviewing the literature uncovers existing knowledge about the problem, helps narrow down the problem and learn what areas need to be researched, and provides ideas about what questions to ask

  5. Formulating a hypothesis involves stating the expected relationship between variables based on predictions from a theory • Choose a research method • Survey, documents, experiments, participant observation, secondary analysis, unobtrusive measures • Collect the data. • Analyze the results. • Share the results– pg. 132

  6. IV. Research Methods - page 131

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