As a budding sociologist, you decide to study American politics by attending presidential caucuses. You identify as a liberal independent, but you are interested in the process from different perspectives. Your first stop is at a caucus for Republican candidates. Everyone in the audience is passionate about their beliefs, and you find yourself disgusted by the process, reacting against ideas that you see as extreme. In developing the paper discussing your study results, what is one of the challenges you in particular must overcome to produce an unbiased study?
a.) determining the actual party affiliation of the people you interview
b.) making sure you attend an equal number of caucuses across the political spectrum
c.) remembering that everyone, including you, is inculcated into systems of beliefs that influence thinking and perceptions
d.) ensuring the names and identifying information of the people you interview is kept completely confidential
Ans: c.) remembering that everyone, including you, is inculcated into systems of beliefs that influence thinking and perceptions
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