Answer to Question #316189 in Sociology for praise

Question

As an aspiring sociologist, you are tasked to identify 5 different sources of data on a social problem reported in popular news print and/or electronic media with the aim to use these together with information from at least 2 journal articles enabling you to write a 5-page report for officials of Local Government who aim later to distribute the winning report at their annual meeting. In your report, the following should be clearly included:  Identify the actual social problem with an explanation of what it is and its prevalence in a specific community.  Use the four elements of a social to motivate why you believe your chosen problem can be viewed as a social problem.  Reflect on four implications this problem poses for community life.  Propose a few suggestions on how the social problem can be managed and its impact minimised.

Answer 1

Sources of data;

a) The Bureau of the Census

b) The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

c) The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

d) From federal agencies obtain administrative data as byproducts of various programs and activities, such as household and business tax collection and related filings or other transactions or record keeping.

e) Data from medical reports