week 3 dq 400

Topic 3 DQ 1

Select two of the five major modes of survey delivery method. Compare and contrast them here in the forum. To research your selected social problem, explain which type of survey delivery method would be most suitable. Explain what some of the drawbacks could be to this type of delivery method. List three types of research topics that are best suited for survey research and explain your reasoning for selecting those topics. 

Topic 3 DQ 2

Chapter 3 of the textbook describes the positivist methodology in contrast to the interpretivist methodology that was described in Chapter 2. In your own words, explain how these two different approaches to research differ from each other.

Read Chapter 4 in Real Research: Research Methods Sociology Students Can Use.

 

URL:

https://www.gcumedia.com/digital-resources/sage/2019/real-research_research-methods-sociology-students-can-use_2e.php

Read "Understanding Evidence-Based Research Methods: Developing and Conducting Effective Surveys," by Etchegaray & Fischer, from Herd-Health Environments Research & Design Journal (2010).

URL:

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edswss&AN=000281531300002&site=eds-live&scope=site

Access and read the “Surveying” page on the OWL website.

URL:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/559/05/

Explore the International Social Survey Programme website.

URL:

http://www.issp.org/about-issp/