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sheilaspns

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Explain how visual sociologists gather data and draw conclusions.
 
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Question 2

Efforts to demonstrate innate differences in intelligence by race through the use of IQ tests are faulty because:
 
  a. blacks tend to be underrepresented in the studies
  b. it cannot be established that there are distinctive racial types
  c. the conditions under which the tests are given tend to favor whites
  d. the tests used are biased against minority groups



mjbamaung

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Answer to Question 1

Visual sociologists rely on pictures and video as sources of data. This qualitative observational technique allows for rich data, which can give the researcher and the reader a deep sense of what a situation is like. Rather than simply using photographs and videos to illustrate social life, the researchers regard the images as pieces of information in the same way an interviewer would treat answers to a question in an interview guide.

Answer to Question 2

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