Jammie Price
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington


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METHODS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH SOC 300 
Summer 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC 2: DEVELOPING RESEARCH QUESTIONS



Identify a social issue or problem of concern to you.  Why are you concerned about this issue?  If applicable, what particular aspects of the problem concern you?  Identify a research question that stem from this issue that you would like to answer.  (Remember, a research question is a question that can be answered by collecting data about people's attitudes, beliefs or behaviors!)  What kinds of data might you collect to answer this question?