Question

When completing her research on reasons couples make the decision to live together, Lavonne included a section in her report that described the data she collected and how she reached her conclusions. What aspect of social research is she conducting?
a. finding patterns in everyday life
b. collecting empirical data
c. providing transparency in methods
d. reporting provisional knowledge

Answer 1

Answer: c) providing transparency in methods

Explanation:

Transparency in methods is the mechanism in which decision, phenomena, document ,process etc is publicly displayed i.e. in transparent manner.It permits people to know about it.

According to the question, Lavonne is openly and publicly describing about the method of reach,gathered data and journey towards result in her report.Thus she is using transparency in methods.

Other options are incorrect because reporting about knowledge, gathering observed data and assessing pattern of daily life is not represented through Lavonne's research. Thus, the correct option is option(c).