Sociology / Unit 2 Soc 0141 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Why Sociological Research
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The idea
Sociological research replaces impression with evidence, using procedures designed so that another researcher could repeat the work and check the result.
In practice
Everyone has a theory about why people leave a job; a study asks the leavers, counts the answers, and reports what it finds.
Where people slip
Research constrains the conclusion — the researcher does not get to pick it afterward.
Your place on the trail
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