WHY PEOPLE FORM SOCIAL GROUPS

By: Nathan Myers

Objective/Thesis

To explain how to obtain research for individuals who come together to form varieties of social groups.

Survey Research

Interview- ask each individual person how and why they joined group.

Use closed-ended questions. Example questions: Do you share

common interests with your social group? Did you join because of peer pressure

issues?

Field Research

Participant observation- become a member of the different kinds of social groups.

Shows further understanding and obtain more research.

The research of social groups cannot be done within a laboratory setting.

Secondary Analysis

Precollecting data- collect data from other sources for more information.

Use previous information to corporate with your own.

You could use other sources on how social groups interact with one another and come to be.

Works Cited

Shepard, Jon M., and Robert W. Greene. Sociology & You. New York: Glencoe/McGraw Hill, 2008. Print