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SOCIAL RESEARCH | |
CAREER AREA - SOCIAL SCIENCES |
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| Work activities in this group primarily involve gathering, studying, and analyzing information about individuals, specific groups, or entire societies. Workers conduct research, both historical and current, into all aspects of human behavior, including abnormal behavior, language, work, politics, lifestyle, and cultural expression. Typically, workers collect, evaluate, and interpret data; formulate or develop original theories, methods, or procedures aimed at solving theoretical or practical problems or adding enlightenment to specific areas of knowledge; and communicate the findings of research through reports, lectures, publications, and other media. | |
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| The intelligence to understand the principles, laws, and methods of investigation into a particular field of knowledge; lucidity in expression; organizational ability; high degree of rationality; inventiveness; analytical ability; and, in some cases, an understanding of the methods of statistical or mathematical analysis. | |
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| Experimental (or Research) Psychologist | Historian |
| Social Psychologist | Sociologist |
| Developmental Psychologist | Geographer |
| Economist | Anthropologist |
| Marketing Research Analyst | Occupational Analyst |
| Political Scientist | |
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| High School, College, and University Teaching | Political Science |
| Business Consulting and Analysis | Sociology |
| Natural Science Research | Psychology |
| Economics | |
| Geography | |
| History | |
| Anthropology | |
| Woman's Studies | |
| Ethnic Studies | |
| Business | |
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