Part 1) watch the video and answer the questions.
According to the video, what is positivism?
According to the video, what is positivist sociology?
According to the video, what is interpretive sociology?
According to the video, what is critical sociology?
- According to the video, what is a research method?
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According to the video, what research did Alice Goffman conduct in Philadelphia?
Part 2) Read Chap 1 (Introduction) of the textbook and answer the following questions. Please keep the following in mind when you submit your answers.
- This is a reading assignment. The whole purpose of this assignment is to see if you have read the assigned reading. I need to know that you have read the reading by examining your answer.
- Thus, your answers must be based on the info presented in the reading. How do you know that your answer is based on the info presented in the reading? If you read the assigned reading and write your answer based on the info presented in the reading, your answer is based only on the info presented in the reading.
- Do not include in your answer any info not presented in the reading. If you need to include such info in your answer, clearly indicate the source of the info. Any such info presented without indicating the source will be negatively graded.
- Do not submit AI (such as ChatGPT) generated answers as your answers. Such answers are totally inappropriate for this assignment and will not earn any points. Read the assigned reading and write your own answers based on the info presented in the reading.
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According to the textbook, there are three important characteristics that set research apart from common sense or mere opinion. Explain what they are.(Click on the question number listed above to submit your answer.)
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Explain the difference between quantitative and qualitative research in terms of the types of data each deal with.
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Explain the difference between basic research and applied research.
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The textbook says: The most important rule for writing research questions is that your question must be answerable. That is, it must be a question that can be answered with data, not a philosophical question whose answer is unknowable, or based on personal values. Create an answerable research question about the death penalty.
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Create an unanswerable research question about the death penalty.
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The author says that a research question must be feasible. What does she mean by this?
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What is a unit of analysis?
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Given the following research question, find the unit of analysis. What is the average height of Lehman students?
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Given the following research question, find the unit of analysis. Which country in the world has the highest birth rate?
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What is a literature review?
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According to the textbook, what do you look for in your data analysis?
Part 3) watch the video and answer the following question
What kind of research is this – basic research or applied research? Explain your answer.
part 4)
- Open another browser and go to: Once you have reached the library webpage, minimize the browser so that you can read the lab instructions in Blackboard. Please note that at this point you have two browser windows open: One shows the lab instructions and the other shows the librarys webpage. You can switch these windows by clicking on the browser icons listed at the bottom of the screen.At the library’s webpage, spend some time to examine what kind of info you can find on this webpage by clicking each link listed there.Once you have examined the links, answer the following questions.
Optional videosGet to Know the Leonard Lief Library Website (6:32)
Literary Research Demo (4:59) 
Liahna E. Gordon. Real Research: Research Methods Sociology Students Can Use, 2nd ed. (2019), Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.>> Does Lehman College’s library have this book? If it has, what is the call number? >> If it does not, does any other CUNY library have this book? Which CUNY library has these books? What is the call number? >> If no CUNY library has this book, find out which library in New York City has this book. What is the call number?If you do not know what a call number is, read the following webpage:
Lawrence C. Hamilton. Statistics with Stata: Updated for version 12. (2013).Boston, MA : Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning.>> Does Lehman College’s library have this book? If it has, what is the call number? >> If it does not, does any other CUNY library have this book? Which CUNY library has these books? What is the call number? >> If no CUNY library has this book, find out which library in New York City has this book. What is the call number?
American Journal of SociologyIs this journal available online (i.e., entire articles downloadable) as an e-journal?[Note: These journals available online are called “E-Journals” at the library’s webpage.].To find e-journals, click E-Journals. >> If it is not available online as an e-journal, which CUNY college library has it in the stacks?
Journal of Social and Behavioral SciencesIs this journal available online (i.e., entire articles downloadable) as an e-journal?[Note: These journals available online are called “E-Journals” at the library’s webpage.].To find e-journals, click E-Journals. >> If it not available as an e-journal, which CUNY college library has it in the stacks?
Click Databases and then click Browse Databases A-Z. (w2L3a & w2L3b) This lists all the databases available at the librarys webpage.Scroll down the list and check each database by reading the title of a database and a short description attached to it.Which databases do you think are most appropriate for research in sociology or social work?List the names of the three databases that you think most appropriate for sociology or social work.
List the names of three databases that you think least appropriate for sociology or social work.
What do you do to access and use electronic databases from your home computer? Find the instructions posted on the library’s webpage and explain what to do.
Using a sociology or social science database available at the library’s webpage, find:
- Which journal published the following article. List the journals name, volume #, page numbers, and publication year.
- Explain how you have located the article (i.e., list the name of the database and keywords you used).
Effect of server introduction on restaurant tipping by Douglas Degelman and Kimberly Garrity
