Activity Overview:
Objective: Each person will design a sociological research study and answer
the questions below. It does not need to be in paragraph format, you can just
respond to the bullets with one or two sentences.
o What is your hypothesis based on your research question?
o What are the independent and dependent variables of your
study?
o What research method do you choose for your study (survey,
interview, case study, experiment, etc.) and why?
o What are the potential challenges you may face conducting
your study?
Research questions and assignments (you should work on this individually and
everyone should submit their own response):
Immigration and Integration: How do immigrants integrate into society,
and what factors affect their ability to do so (language, education, employment)?