Sociology

Sociological analysis

Observational studies

Statistical Comparative studies

None of these

Upper class

Middle class

Lower class

Upper middle class

Bad grades

Finding a sponsor

Finding new job

Good grades

transgenerational mobility

horizontal mobility

vertical mobility

geographic mobility

Dependent variable

Independent variable

Categorical variable

Confounding variable

an unscientific set of laws about social progress

the precise scientific study of observable phenomena

a theory that posits difficult s and sets out to answer them

a theory that emphasizes the positive aspects of society

Collective action theories

Resource mobilization theory

Social movement theory

Religious movement theory

2007

2008

2009

2010

survey research

historical research

participant observation

experimental design

Development of industrial cities

Development of postindustrial cities

Less developed nation

Undeveloped nations