Sociologists

Study human society and social behavior by examining the groups and social institutions that people form, as well as various social, religious, political, and business organizations. May study the behavior and interaction of groups, trace their origin and growth, and analyze the influence of group activities on individual members.

Job Task

• Collects and analyzes scientific data concerning social phenomena, such as community, associations, social institutions, ethnic minorities, and social change.
• Plans and directs research on crime and prevention, group relations in industrial organization, urban communities, and physical environment and technology.
• Directs work of statistical clerks, statisticians, and others.
• Collaborates with research workers in other disciplines.
• Prepares publications and reports on subjects, such as social factors which affect health, demographic characteristics, and social and racial discrimination in society.
• Interprets methods employed and findings to individuals within agency and community.
• Consults with lawmakers, administrators, and other officials who deal with problems of social change.
• Monitors group interaction and role affiliations to evaluate progress and to determine need for additional change.
• Develops intervention procedures, utilizing techniques such as interviews, consultations, role playing, and participant observation of group interaction, to facilitate solution.
• Analyzes and evaluates data.
• Collects information and makes judgments through observation, interview, and review of documents.
• Constructs and tests methods of data collection.
• Develops approaches to solution of group's problems, based on findings and incorporating sociological research and study in related disciplines.
• Develops research designs on basis of existing knowledge and evolving theory.
• Observes group interaction and interviews group members to identify problems and collect data related to factors, such as group organization and authority relationships.

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