PPT-Sociologists Doing Research

Chapter 2 Page 37 Read Introduction Activity Getting Used to Statistics Guess how much has changed from 1900 to 2000 times as many adults are getting high school degrees percent of all American homes have telephones electricity and a flush toilet. election as a strategy to sociologists can explain better than I, Christmas has become a rather pressure-packed experience, what with finding the perfect gift, writing out personalized greeting cards, doing all the holiday bak Nuclear/cereal packet family. Single-parent family. extended family. Reconstituted family. Cohabiting couples. Singleton. Same-sex family. household. Bean pole family. What has happened to nuclear families?. In a boat at sea one of the men began to bore a hole in the bottom of the boat. On being remonstrating with, he answered, "I am only boring under my own seat." "Yes," said his companions, "but when the sea rushes in we shall all be drowned with you.". Social control. Social cohesion (political). Social mobility. Secondary socialization. Quick revision – . what are the 5 functions of education according to Functionalists? (S). . Quick revision – . 149 1 The impetus for this research project was sparked by a post by D.T. Cochrane enti-tled ‘Wal-Mart: Stagnant since 1999’ on the forum page of capitalaspower.com. I am very grateful to Co Roberta Spalter-Roth, PhD. Director. Department of Research on the Discipline and Profession. American Sociological Association. Slide 1. Introduction. The purpose of this presentation. . is to provide you with information on career trajectories in sociology. . Philosophies of Social Science Research. Professor Nicholas Gane. ‘The Coming Crisis of Empirical Sociology’ is one of the most cited social science journal articles of the past 10 years. The main argument of this piece is that the social sciences are losing their territorial claim over the ‘social’ and the methodological tools that are used to study it. Just like the examples we discussed…. Sociologists don’t always like the results of their research.. Max Weber termed these “inconvenient facts” = pieces of evidence that contradict what we have always believed &/or want to believe about the world.. Roberta Spalter-Roth, PhD. Director. Department of Research on the Discipline and Profession. American Sociological Association. Slide 1. Introduction. The purpose of this presentation. . is to provide you with information on career trajectories in sociology. . After . you have decided upon a sociological approach, you must decide what to do with these theories. There are three basic orientations. . • . Scientific Sociology . – This is the most common research orientation. In this research orientation, we know based upon systematic observation. Theories are seen as relationships between concepts. These concepts are turned into variables and measured. . SOC31. Syllabus. Go over . –. 45 min. Break. What Is Sociology?. Sociology. is the study of groups and group interactions, societies and social . interactions, small and large. Sociologists . study all aspects and levels of society. . x0000x00002 x/MCIxD 0 x/MCIxD 0 Table of ContentsPREAMBLEGENERAL PRINCIPLESPrinciple AProfessional CompetencePrinciple B IntegrityPrinciple C Professional and Scientific ResponsibilityPrinciple D Res to question ideas and evidence create original research and critique social policies ed center for the study of international Why Should I Study Sociology husiastic and work closely with individual c