research process

research process

1. sociological research

   • 1)hypothese
     • what the sociologists is going to investigate
   • 2)pilot study
     • small scale trial run
   • 3)selecting a sample
     • rather than study the whole population
       • The researcher Takes a sample
     • 4)Collecting data
       • sociologists collect data using primary research methods
         • Like A questionnaire
     • 5)Analysing the data
       • This involves interpreting The information & presenting The findings or results
   • 6)Evaluation
     • the sociologist puts their into journals which are presented at conferences
       • So that the articles and papers can be reviewed and evaluated by other sociologists

2. Sampling techniques

   • Probability or random sampling
     • Each member of the sampling frame has a known chance of being selected