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This 5 page paper outlines sociological methods and provides examples for various types of studies. Durkheim's methods are explored, and problems in experimentation are also noted such as history and maturation effects. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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while it is the case that proper research methods will yield good results, there are various differences of opinion in terms of what is proper research methodology and what is
not. For example, Emile Durkheim was a stickler for proper methodology. Much of Durkheims ideas are contained in Collinss (1994) work called Four Sociological Traditions, amongst many other compilations and
the theorists own writings. In the design of a study, based on Durkheims methods, one can compile statistics and draw conclusions from there. His landmark study that he published in
the volume Suicide provides one with a semblance of how a study may be accomplished in this way. Obviously, in studying suicide, one cannot interview those who have already suicided.
That would be impossible. Nor could he draw much from either interviewing or providing questionnaires to the general public in respect to suicide ideation. The only proper methodology for studying
this particular subject is to carefully compile and evaluate statistics. In compiling statistics on a number of things, one can glean information that one would not have been privy to,
even with using a sampling and traditional experimentation. In outlining a research plan, one has to first come up with a hypothesis. Suppose someone wonders whether or not girls
who have grown up in broken homes are more likely to use illicit drugs; instead of surveying the public at large, one can gather statistics from rehabilitation clinics. It is
possible that records are kept and that age, gender, family structure and so forth can be supplied. Although one may not have a control group in such a study, one
can actually see the proportion of girls in such facilities who come from broken homes versus those who come from intact families. If results are statistically significant, then one might
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