J.J. is doing research for a Sociology class. He is being asked to use Robert Merton's Theory of Social Deviance to analyze a social group. Rather than selecting one of the groups suggested by his professor, he chose to deepen his learning by analyzing a group of which he is a member. He is learning things he did not expect about his group that make him realize that the problem is more troubling and the primary documents more difficult to analyze than he originally had anticipated.

What should he do now that he is struggling to continue his research and the paper is due soon?

Please judge the usefulness of each of the proposed strategies. Use your best judgment; there is more than one correct answer for this scenario.

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here are some proposed strategies for JJ to consider when hes struggling to continue his research on analyzing his own social group using Robert Merto... View the full answer