Question

Alison plans to conduct sociological research about college students who are experiencing food insecurity. Alison is going to collect data, develop a hypothesis, and potentially form a theory to explain her findings. Alison will use ______ research.

Answer 1

The best response is Option C: inductive research.

Step-by-step explanation:

Inductive and deductive are contrasting approaches to research. Whereas in a deductive approach the researcher is entering the research context with a pre-formed hypothesis regarding what they will find, the inductive approach is to remain open to the social context and the nature of the population who is coming forward to volunteer. Ideally in the inductive approach, the researcher tries to go into the field situation with no prior opinions formed and the researcher is interested in seeing the problem from the view of the research subjects themselves.