SOC 2390 Lecture Notes - Polskie Radio Program Iii, Content Analysis, Participant Observation

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2390
• Professor: Michael A Dixon

Document Summary

In an experiment, the research investigates cause-and-effect relationships under highly controlled conditions. There are two main ways to conduct survey research: questionnaires respondents answer questions on their own (e. g. , mail surveys, interviews respondents are directly questioned by researchers (e. g. , telephone surveys, face-to- face/in-person interviews) Although secondary analysis is quick and easy, the researcher may be unaware of possible bias or errors in the study. Responding to social problems: social policy: social policy refers to formal strategies to shape some dimension of social life. Various organizations and government agencies create policy as a means to address social problems, and sociologists have helped guide the nation"s policy in dealing with a number of social issues. Political attitudes can lead people to 1) define certain situations as problems in the first place and 2) to define certain kinds of policies or programs as solutions to those problems.