Please read chapter on research methods in sociology and related PowerPoint Presentation on Course Homepage to address the following question.

Please read chapter on research methods in sociology and related  PowerPoint Presentation on Course Homepage to address the following question.  Be sure to use terms from your textbook and posted review sheets on the course homepage, as well as information gleamed from the powerpoint presentation.

Describe in detail each of the seven steps of the sociological research process (as outlined in the course powerpoint): (describe what is involved in each step and give examples from major sociological studies cited in the related websites).

1.     define the variables (dependent and independent variables; cause vs. correlation)

2.     write a hypothesis

3.     conduct literature review

4.     select a research design (observation, experiment, survey, case study, content analysis)

5.     collect the data (do the research)

6.     analyze the data

7.     draw conclusions (generalizations and inferences)

Here are some sources you can use: 

 (Stanford Prison Experiment)

 (Black like me)

 (Tally’s corner)

Note: You’ll need to use a powerpoint, and you’ll need access to the textbook. The name of the Textbook is called “The Real World” Seventh Edition. Must be in APA format (no abstract needed)