sociology You will develop a research design with research problem, hypothesis and operational definitions for variables

I will have all the other information needed to continue assignment. Will give you a copy of the first part and the sociological theories needed.

ASSIGNMENT 2-FIELD OBSERVATION ASSIGNMENT PART 2 (DEDUCTIVE RESEARCH) INSTRUCTIONS:

For ASSIGNMENT 2: You  will develop a research design with research problem, hypothesis and  operational definitions for variables; then you will conduct another 1 hour of observations.

1)        Based on your initial observations and written analyses completed for  ASSIGNMENT 1, develop a specific research problem/question to be further  investigated (i.e. the variation in behavior of males versus females  when entering a store with a glass store front.

2)       Identify the key variables you are going to be investigating, and  develop an operational definition for each of them.  (this should  include at least two variables, but not more than four). Your operational definitions will help to provide parameters for how to record variations in your observations.

3)      Write a hypothesis for what you expect to observe in your second round of observations.

4)       Repeat observations. This should be done at the SAME social setting as  in ASSIGNMENT 1 at approximately the same time of day (if you can do  this one or two weeks later on the same day, it would be great!)

5)       When you have returned from you observation, type up your notes.   Review your notes for patterns in behavior, socio-demographic  characteristics, etc. AND how they corresponded with your  expectations/hypothesis 

6)       Describe observations using ‘thick description’ of the location (i.e.  building you were in (what is the architecture like), descriptions of  people there (in terms of socio-demographic characteristics: age,  race/ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status), sounds, smells,  temperature, time of day and week, etc);

7)      Analyze your observations in terms of how they supported/did not support your hypothesis. 

8)       What is a possible sociological/theoretical explanation for the trends  you observed?  This is best done by using our textbook and other sources  to provide credibility to your analyses. Analyze your observations  using a minimum of 6 sociological concepts and two theories from the  textbook.

9)       Discuss the differences between your inductive observations and your  deductive observations.  How did the way you were observing change?  How  did what you observed change?

10)    Briefly describe and compare your thoughts/feelings in the two steps.   Did you prefer one approach to the other?  Why/why not?

Please be sure to use sources and format citations in the APA citation format.   

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