Question

Sociological researchers are typically concerned with ____, which refers to whether they can extend their research findings to draw conclusions about populations that are larger than the set of people or cases they directly studied. (fill in the blank)

Answer 1

Answer:

Sociological researchers are typically concerned with generalization.

Explanation:

In order to substantiate or prove a generalization, the researcher tries to show how a concept from their specific findings relates more broadly to wider themes. For a sociologist this might be categories like socioeconomic status, age, gender, race, or other social concept that is inherent to how we understand society more broadly. Research that is focused on generalization is usually inductive by nature.  With an inductive approach the researcher is generally interested in verifying whether the generalization holds true by testing their propositions or hypotheses.