What do people believe about the effectiveness of wearing masks?

Essay #1: Methods of designing sociological research studies and using the sociological imagination

Fallout from the ongoing COVID19 pandemic includes a growing polarization of positions regarding how best to cope with the social consequences of the disease. In the last few weeks, resistance to stay-in-place directives have become more vocal and incidents of non-compliance have increased. Imagine you are a sociologist interested in understanding how people are coping with this pandemic. You are most interested in discovering what people believe about the three issues below, you decide to plan and carry out a research study. As an experienced investigator, you know that selecting a good design is very important to the results you will get.

Choose ONE of the issues listed below and explain which research design you would choose to address the selected issue. Explain why you chose that design. Which design would you not select? Why?

· What do people believe about the effectiveness of wearing masks?

Which of the major theoretical frameworks or theories presented in the textbook readings would you suggest the sociologist use to explain findings from the study? [functionalism, conflict, Weberian, symbolic interaction, postmodern, midrange]

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