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Sociological Investigation

1,000,000 teenagers become pregnant each year 15 Quest Fields – all seats full

How can we (or the Gov.) reduce teen pregnancies?

What questions an we ask? What factors are related to teen pregnancies? What is the effect of the mother of teen pregnancies? What would be the most effective contraceptive distribution method in schools? What problems would arise with contraceptive distribution?

The problem Reducing teen pregnancies

Survey of the literature

Theoretical basis of the study.

Hypothesis

Variables? Dependent variables? Independent variables? Operational definitions? Measurement of variables Reliability Validity

Objectivity

Replication

Sample Representative sample Biased sample Random sample Simple Stratified Self selected sample

What type of research design should we use? Surveys Observational designs Experiments

Survey design Closed ended questions? Open ended questions? Criteria for good questions?

How would we administer the survey?

Analysis of the results Statistical analysis Correlation Causation