Using a Sociological Approach

 

 What  were  the  key  findings  and  conclusion  from  the  research?  

https://news.ncsu.edu/2017/03/money-food-deserts-2017/

Choose  one  of  the  four  major  sociological  theories—   Functionalism,  Conflict  Theory,  Symbolic  Interactionism,  or   Rational  Choice  Theory. 

 Discuss  how  this  theory  relates  to  the  research   findings  in  the  article.  

EVALUATE   3)   Use  the  article  to  help  answer  the  questions  below.  

  

a)   What  research  method  was  used  in  the  article?  

  

b)   What  are  the  advantages  and  disadvantages  of  using   this  research  method?  (Your  response  should  be  a   paragraph  of  at  least  5-­‐7  sentences.)  

  

See  section  2.9  and  table  2.1  of  the  webtext  to  review   the  advantages  and  disadvantages  of  the  different   research  methods.   c)   What  additional  research  should  be  conducted  to   learn  more  about  the  problem  examined  in  the   article?  (Your  response  should  be  a  paragraph  of  at   least  5-­‐7  sentences.)