The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the possible research methods a sociologist might use to study various different topics, each method used depends greatly on the topic studied and will determine the type of results that are achieved. I will investigate a few of these methods and provide an example to show how this method was used and give reasons why. I will
One way to study something; in particular, a group of people; is to use participant observation, this is also called ethnography and many argue that this is the best and most reliable method to research a group, it allows the researcher to view people in their natural setting and to see the actions they take rather than just noting the things they say; which can be very different. …
