EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Sociological research can occur at any of the following three analytical levels: micro, meso, or macro. Some topics lend themselves to one particular analytical level while others could be studied from any, or all, of the three levels of analysis.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sociologists can use the scientific method not only to collect but also to interpret and analyze data. They deliberately apply scientific logic and objectivity. They are interested in-but not attached to-the results. They work outside of their own political or social agendas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sociologists today employ three primary theoretical perspectives: the symbolic interactionist perspective, the functionalist perspective, and the conflict perspective. These perspectives offer sociologists theoretical paradigms for explaining how society influences people, and vice versa.

Detailed explanation-4: -As discussed in later chapters, sociologists break the study of society down into four separate levels of analysis: micro, meso, macro, and global. The basic distinction, however, is between micro-sociology and macro-sociology. The study of cultural rules of politeness in conversation is an example of micro-sociology.