STRAYER SOC100 WEEK 2 DISCUSSIONS

Week 2 DQ1
Explain the advantages and limitations of the four major research designs.
Provide an example of a social group situation that you believe would be best
studied by each type of design. Explain your selection.Week 2 DQ2
Fig. 2.2 in Ch. 2 states that “in general, states with high education
levels . . . also have high household incomes.” What hypothesis might you
propose to explain states that do not have a correlational relationship between
high income and high education levels?Week
2 DQ3
How
would you use the different types of research design? What are some strengths
and weaknesses of each?Week 2 DQ4
How can a sociologist
maintain neutrality when studying a group that he or she finds repugnant?
(e.g., inmates convicted of rape or child molestation.)