Howard Becker Told a Story About a Student Who Wanted

question 28

Multiple Choice

Howard Becker told a story about a student who wanted to learn why mail carriers chose specific routes. His student thought mail carriers would choose their preferred routes based on safety concerns, but instead learned that mail carriers chose routes according to the how much uphill or downhill walking was required. This anecdote is a useful example of ________.

• A) determining a participant's social ties to a neighbourhood
• B) determining what research design is necessary
• C) why asking what seem like straightforward questions in research is important
• D) why quantitative research data are generalizable

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