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picking a topic:Talk about the concept of specialising in the fields you have experience or knowledge in.gives an example
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picking a topic:sociologist often specialise in different fields of the subject and therefore will often choose a topic that they have experience or knowledge of for example steve bruce specialises in religion.
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picking a topic:does the concept of enjoyment or interest play a part?
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picking a topic:yes, sociologist often pick a topic that they think they'll enjoy and interesting to research.
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picking a topic:how does time play a role in the choice of topic?Also how to sociologist try to gain prestige,funding and public academic interest??
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picking a topic:Topics become popular in sociology in different times. for example research in the mid 20th century focused on stratification and the class system.now days, the focus of sociologist has moved on to other topics such as world sociology and medical sociology.to gain prestige, funding and public or academic interest, sociologists are more likely to focus their research on topics that are currently in vogue(Popular; fashionable)
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picking a topic:talk about the concept of some sociologist wanting to make a change in sociology and their choice of topic...
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picking a topic:sociologist and other academics who want to make a change in society prefer research that could help develop solutions to social problems.
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picking a topic:why do some research topics that were neglected ?
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Some sociologist may feel that a particular issue is neglected by other researchers, so they'll research the issue to try to "plug the gap" and encourage others to embrace the issue as well.
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Funding and cooperation for research:what are the main 3 fundings for sociologist research, try and give an example.talk about the concept of quantitative studies.
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Funding and cooperation for research:there are wide range of potential sources of funding. some research is funded by charities.e.g, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.some is funded by industry, some are funded by the government.a lot of quantitative studies are done directly by government agencies
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Funding and cooperation for research:what do the organisations that fund the research like to do?talk about the government agencies and the industrial grant providerstry and give examples
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Funding and cooperation for research:the organisation which funds the research often likes to have some say in the choice of topic, or the way that the topic is researched.government agencies often do research into areas covered by current or proposed government policy.industrial grant providers tend to fund research that is likely to give their industry some practical benefit.
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Funding and cooperation for research:what does the researcher need to do in term of the cooperation of the group they'll be studying?and how does the research topic become viable ?
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Funding and cooperation for research:a researcher needs to decide whether they will be able to get the cooperation of the groups they'll be studying, if they choose a particular topic. if potential subjects refuse to give their help for the research, then the topic may not be viable(apable of working successfully; feasible)
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researchers career in sociologyhow does sociologist having their eyes on their careers play a role in topic choice.talk about,popular topics that are well researchedimprovement of academic chance sociological journals
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researchers career in sociologysociologists have their eye on their careers, just like everyone else. researchers would jump at the chance to conduct a study that improves their employability. interesting, original or popular topics that are well researched, with good clear results, improve on academics chance of having their work published.getting work published particularly in one of the big sociological journals, really improves a researchers standing in academia.
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researchers career in sociologywhat is a quick way for sociologist to progress in their career ?what are the aims in the research practically speaking what could this mean?
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quick way for sociologist to progress in their career is to respond to another sociologists work. the aim can be either to prove the other sociologist wrong, or to add something to their research.practically speaking this could mean investigating the same topic, but using slightly different method or investigating a different group of people. |
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researchers career in sociologywhat could this mean about social groups being researched a lot.give an example.if researcher wants to disprove or add to earlier research what do they have to do give an example of topic that never gets that level of interest from sociologist
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researchers career in sociologythis can mean that particular social groups are researched a lot. for example routine office workers are frequently researched in order to test our theories of stratification - some systems classify them as working class and some as middle class.each sociologist who wants to disprove or add to earlier research on classification has to research yet another bunch of routine office workers. bee-keepers never get this level of interest from sociologist.
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reviewing the field is crucial to a good research topic:why is reviewing and critiquing existing data and literature is an important feature in any sociological report?
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reviewing the field is crucial to a good research topic:reviewing and critiquing existing data and literature is an important feature in any sociological report.it requires the researcher to spend time reading articles, publications and other sources of information already produced on the subject.
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reviewing the field is crucial to a good research topic:after reading publication and other sources of information already produced on the subject, what does the researcher then have to do?
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reviewing the field is crucial to a good research topic:The researcher then analyses this material to help clarify the issues around the subject
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reviewing the field is crucial to a good research topic:what does reviewing the field give the researcher?give an example
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reviewing the field is crucial to a good research topic:reviewing the field gives the researcher useful information on the types of methodology used in previous studies. they can see whether specific methods. e/g structured interviews, worked in the past.they can see if research samples were big enough, and form ideas about how big their own sample should be.
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Research questions give focus to sociological research:why do researchers when chosen a broad topic area . need to narrow down the focus of their research?
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Research questions give focus to sociological research:once the researcher has chosen a broad topic area. they need to narrow down the focus of their research so hey don't spread their work out too thinly and end up with not enough detail. they do this by coming up with a single research question that their research aims to answer.
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