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Public sociology · Social research
Social theory · Sociological theory
Sociological practiceSocial scientists use many different methods in order to describe, explore and understand social life. Social methods can generally be subdivided into two broad categories. Quantitative methods are concerned with attempts to quantify social phenomena and collect and analyse numerical data, and focus on the links among a smaller number of attributes across many cases. Qualitative methods, on the other hand, emphasise personal experiences and interpretation over quantification, are more concerned with understanding the meaning of social phenomena and focus on links among a larger number of attributes across relatively few cases. While very different in many aspects, both qualitative and quantitative approaches involve a systematic interaction between theories and data. Common tools of quantitative researchers include surveys, questionnaires, and secondary analysis of statistical data that has been gathered for other purposes (for example, censuses or the results of social attitudes surveys). Commonly used qualitative methods include focus groups, participant observation, and other techniques. Before the advent of sociology and application of the scientific method to social research, human inquiry was mostly based on personal experiences, and received wisdom in the form of tradition and authority. Such approaches often led to errors such as inaccurate observations, overgeneralisation, selective observations, subjectivity and lack of logic.
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1. Different Ways To Overcome Anxiety
November 21, 2009
Thanks to the progress in medical science and research, different types of interventions and treatment have been developed to make easier for human beings in triumphing over anxiety and panic attacks. Here are a number of the commonly used treatments.
A healthy and balanced lifestyle helps a lot in controlling and decreasing anxiety attacks. Work out is an effective treatment as it promotes endorphin production in the body which serves as a natural relaxant. Getting involved in yoga or aerobic exercises may in addition be mostly comforting. Get sufficient sleep. A healthy and well-balan... (read more)
Author: Ras Reed
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2. Benefits of Social Enterprises
November 19, 2009
There are several benefits associated with the growth and development of social enterprises. Besides the generation of revenue for sustainability, these enterprises also serve social and environmental objectives. Even though there are difficulties in achieving the triple bottom line of social, environmental and financial aims, the ability to bring positive changes in the society can be very rewarding.
One of the most important benefits of running a social enterprise is to offer employment to local people. There are many people who find it difficult to get a job in the market. This is the... (read more)
Author: Kevin Long
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3. Internet Marketing & Brand Consulting:
November 13, 2009
Internet Marketing and Brand Consulting helps in strategizing to facilitate your business get more visibility. To do it successfully, it’s necessary to understand the market requirements and study its behavioral pattern. Extensive research from ground zero is obligatory to initiate internet marketing and brand consulting. The goal is to ascend the number of visitors and magnetize them to be with your site as a loyal consumer. This is done with the help of search engine optimization, social media optimization, link building, web hosting, search engine marketing, online advertising and many su... (read more)
Author: Jennifer Watson
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4. On Quitting the Marijuana Habit
November 12, 2009
“How do I start?” is the most common question among quitters. Sad to note, only a few succeed because of failing the first quest. Aside from nurturing inside the willpower to quit, among the necessary first-to-dos include changing one’s social circle. Never underestimate the power of peer pressure in laying obstacles. Scientific research has established a link between marijuana use and peer groups. It is likely that a the friends of marijuana addicts are addicts themselves. Similar to misery, drug addiction prefers company.
Aside from the social group factors, factors that can be traced b... (read more)
Author: colin craig
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5. Kids will smoke if you do
October 28, 2009
Fathers now have one more reason to watch their behavior around their kids, in what may be some of the hardest parenting advice to take to heart.
This new study focused on smoking and the effect it can have on a child when they witness a parent engaging in the habit.
Min Jung Kim, a research scientist at the University of Washington's Social Development Research Group, led the study and said that smoking parents are more likely to have teenagers who follow in their footsteps.
"Many parents think adolescence is the time for children to have their independence," Kim said. "But ... (read more)
Author: James Dunsford
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6. Communication for Social Development and Behaviour Change; a case study of the Creative Center for
October 27, 2009
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( For a full thesis visit: http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B0vhSPhhvWmcMmVkZjY2MzItZDEwZS00Y2Y3LWI0MTctZDRlODliYzQ5NDQ4&hl=en)
Title: Communication for Social Development and Behavior Change: The Case of Creative Center for Community Mobilization (CRECCOM).
This thesis attempted to reveal a communication problem that exists when communities are not involved in the design of communication messages and methods. Using CRECCOM social mobilization activities as a case study, the research mainly explored the nature and scope of particip... (read more)
Author: chancy mauluka
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7. Bandwidth Management Is A Nice Way To Control Traffic Over The Network And Hence Work As A Traffic
October 26, 2009
The use of the Internet is increasing these days. More and more people use the internet for the purpose of emails, downloading videos, uploading pictures, listening to music, for social networking, chatting, for blogging, for research work, for exploring different countries of the world, and in short for most of the day to day taks/works and requirements. The Internet’s link has a specified capacity that is given to your part of the network. One can not and must not use the capacity more than that as there may be many chances of overflow. This overflow results in the congestion of the network,... (read more)
Author: Azeem Ashraf
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8. Few Tips to Choose the Best Forex Broker
October 23, 2009
Forex or FX is a big world of currency trading. In fact, it can be defined as currency trading market where brokers and traders primarily transact with currencies that can be worth in trillions. This big market of currency trading has lots of fluctuations depending upon various social, political, economical factors of the particular country. As a result, it is very important for you as a trader perform research and plan strategy to purchase and trade the right currency and make profit. Unfortunately, these days many traders have a tendency to mislay their investment either due to lack of knowl... (read more)
Author: Noak Karlsfeldt
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9. How to Establish WEB 2.0 Site Links
October 22, 2009
The first thing you'll need to do is create the original content you're attempting to get ranked into the search engines. Obviously you'll have to have something before you can bookmark it or add it to social media websites. So, do your keyword research and then begin to create your blog post. There's a site you can use called socialmarker.com which will help you get started with social bookmarking. What this site does is allow you to quickly bookmark one article or blog entry on multiple sites. It frames each of the "add bookmark" pages then allows you to click and drag the same description,... (read more)
Author: samantha milner
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