Apply the eight steps of the sociological research process to a social problem

Question

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Answer 1

1. The eight steps of the sociological research process are: (1) Choose a research topic, (2)
develop a research question, (3) review the literature, (4) formulate a hypothesis, (5)
develop a research design, (6) collect data, (7) analyze data and draw conclusions, and (8)
disseminate the research findings.
2. The application of the research process to a social problem should resemble the following
example. Here, the problem is domestic violence: (1) Research topic selected: Domestic
violence reporting. (2) Research question: What barriers exist in reporting domestic
violence to the police? (3) Read about previous studies on domestic violence
reporting—many point to the barriers of children, finances, and the behavior of
police—and discuss statistical rates of reporting. (4) Hypothesis: Sexist social beliefs
cause a decline in domestic violence reporting. (5) The research design will involve
participant observation in a police station and interviews with police officers. (6) The data
collection is the recorded and transcribed interviews and the field notes. (7) Analyzing the
data involves reading and finding similarities across the interviews and field notes. The
analysis reveals that police with sexist attitudes often have negative effects on the women
who report to them, and that their cases are less likely to be successful. (8) I publish an
article with these findings in a journal and report what I observed to the police precinct.