SOC 333 week 5 Discussion

Week 5 - Discussion 

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Research Design: Mixed   Methods and the Value of Research to Social and Public Policy [WLOs: 1, 2, 3,   4] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6]

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 10 of the course text, watch the video Crime Spotting: Joy of Stats (1/6) (Links to an external site.), review the media piece How Prohibition Encouraged Women to Drink (Links to an external site.) and the journal article, “Bootlegging Mothers and Drinking Daughters: Gender and Prohibition in Butte, Montana”.

In this last discussion, we address mixed methods, which brings together quantitative and qualitative approaches in unique ways. This discussion will support you in understanding the unique application of mixed methods in research. We will also bring the weeks of discussions together by addressing the value of understanding the human experience in society through research and specifically how research reporting can aid our understanding of social phenomena as well as influence social and public policy.

In your initial post, address the following:

• Discuss the reasons for using      mixed methods. Select one of the complex mixed-methods designs      (experimental, case study, participatory-social justice, or evaluation).      What is an example of a study you might conduct using that particular      design?
• After watching the video Crime Spotting: Joy      of Stats (1/6) (Links to an      external site.),      respond to the following:
• How does the City of San      Francisco currently use its crime data? Explain the value of this data to      the citizens in the city and the police service.
• The level of data collection,      police service planning, and community advocacy involved in the program      highlighted in the video would add a significant financial cost to city      operations. Other than the safety of citizens and supporting police      efforts, can you think of two key reasons why San Francisco city leaders      would want the city to be safe?
• As an example of another form      of research reporting; we can also be informed of the human experience      through a review of historical and secondary data. After reading the media      piece “How Prohibition      made Women’s Drinking More Acceptable” (Links to an external site.) and the journal article, “Bootlegging Mothers      and Drinking Daughters: Gender and Prohibition in Butte, Montana”, respond to the following: 
  • Indicate the social problems       or issues highlighted in this research article.
  • Explain the experience of       women in Butte, Montana during the prohibition. How were their actions a       reflection of their social circumstances?
  • How can an understanding of       the society of prohibition era Butte, Montana, help us understand society       today? What does it say about the effects of public policy on society?

Your initial post should be at least 650 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.

Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7. In your responses, be sure to note any interesting aspects of their response, such as what they thought were the two reasons to ensure safety in San Francisco, and their interpretations of the social problems and society in prohibition-era Butte, Montana. Your responses should be at least 200 words in length.