sociology models

             Assignment # 1
             Research Methods
             There are five main kinds of research methods; they are experiment, survey, observations, case histories, and an analysis of historical documents. The main research method I used in my study was to be a secret participant observer. This is a type of field study in which the researcher becomes a member of the group being studied. I believe that through being a participant observer you get the unedited version of what is really going on.
             As you study nothing is left out because the population doesn't know that they are being studied. I think this will make the final analysis much more accurate than just doing observations where the people know they are being studied and they will be nervous. Observations are a way to document your finding of a study in a very objective way. Another research method I used was interview; a guided conversation between the investigator and the research subject or subjects.
             Being a secret participant turned every conversations between my population and myself into and interview. This is extremely helpful when doing a study with my population. When going over my documentation of my journal observations this made it easier to come to collusions in my final analysis.
             Assignment # 2
             Social Structures of Population
             Social structure is the relatively predictable and continuing patterns of human relationships; the stable set of relationships among individuals and groups that enable them to function as a society. The basic elements of social structure are status and role. Each person from my population has a set status and roles that come along with it that outlines each day of their lives. In a household social structures are profoundly cemented in front of you. Meaning that the status of each member b...

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