{"id":749,"date":"2020-02-21T16:28:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T21:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/jibcresearchmethods\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=749"},"modified":"2024-08-02T10:45:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T14:45:06","slug":"key-takeaways-15","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/jibcresearchmethods\/chapter\/key-takeaways-15\/","title":{"raw":"Key Takeaways","rendered":"Key Takeaways"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong><em>Evaluation research <\/em><\/strong>is research that is conducted to assess the effects of specific programs or policies.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong><em>Market research <\/em><\/strong>is research that is conducted for the purpose of guiding business and other organizations as they make decisions about how best to sell, improve, or promote a product or service.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong><em>Sociologists are employed in many research areas<\/em><\/strong>. Some of the most common ones include: evaluation research, market research, and policy and other government research.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong><em>Action research <\/em><\/strong>is conducted by researchers who wish to create some form of social change. It is often conducted by teams of interdisciplinary researchers.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>One of the positive consequences of <strong><em>public sociology <\/em><\/strong>is that the discipline has become more visible and more accessible to much broader audiences than in the past. Having a background in sociological research methods can help you read, make sense of, discuss, and share the research findings you encounter.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Having a background in social science research methodology provides you with a number of <strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"><em>transferable skills<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">. 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