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  1. what do they research?
    1. social institutions
      1. Family
        1. Religion
          1. Education
            1. Work
              1. Mass media
            2. What do they study?
              1. That society shapes the individual
                1. ways in which society influences the behaviour of indiciduals
                  1. Socialisation process
                    1. Society as a whole
                    2. Methods
                      1. Quantitative
                        1. Numbers
                          1. Statistics
                            1. Reliability
                              1. Objective
                                1. Generalisable
                                  1. Representative
                                  2. Perspectives
                                    1. Consensus
                                      1. Functionalist
                                      2. Conflict
                                        1. Marxist
                                        2. New right
                                          1. Feminists
                                            1. Positivists
                                            2. Positivism
                                              1. Social facts
                                                1. Sociology should be science
                                                  1. data collected objectively
                                                    1. variables can be controlled
                                                      1. research should not be influenced by the researcher
                                                        1. Large scale
                                                        2. Criticisms
                                                          1. Too deterministic
                                                            1. no technique can be completely unbiased
                                                            2. Social Facts
                                                              1. Suicide
                                                                1. Language
                                                                  1. Gender
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