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The University of Sydney
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Foundation of Social Science PDF
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Running Head: FOUNDATION OF SOCIAL SCIENCEAssessment on Debate over Same-Sex MarriageName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
1FOUNDATION OF SOCIAL SCIENCETable of Contents1.0 Introduction................................................................................................................................22.0 Research Aim.............................................................................................................................23.0 Methodology..............................................................................................................................23.1 Research Outline....................................................................................................................23.2 Appropriate Method...............................................................................................................33.3 Sampling Technique..............................................................................................................33.4 Outline of the Features...........................................................................................................34.0 Results and Discussions.............................................................................................................45.0 Ethical Issues...........................................................................................................................106.0 Conclusions..............................................................................................................................11References......................................................................................................................................12
2FOUNDATION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE1.0 Introduction The main aim of this research is to assess the debates between the Chinese people whoreside in Australia over the issue of same-sex marriage or gay-marriage. Gay-marriage refers tothe marriage which takes place between two people of the same gender (Gerstmann, 2017). Theequality of marriage refers to the fact that both the kinds of marriage – between same sex andbetween opposite sex are considered equal. Around the 20th century, same sex marriage becamevery common and that also without any legal recognition. With this increasing interest in peoplefor same sex marriage, the Australian government in 2017 has finally decided to run a survey forthe opinions of people on this issue (Olson, Cadge & Harrison, 2016). This proposal was rejectedtwice before by the senate of Australia. 2.0 Research Aim A very small part of the population of the country Australia has been considered in thisresearch to get a brief understanding of what the Chinese people residing in Australia think ofthis same-sex marriage. Thus, the research is aimed to assess the opinions of people of China onthis major issue of gay marriage in Australia. Since, there is a huge increase of interest amongthe people of the country to undergo gay marriage, it is hoped that most of the people of thecountry would give positive feedback about this issue (Brewer, 2014). 3.0 Methodology 3.1 Research OutlineTo undergo this research, a survey questionnaire has been designed and it has beendistributed to 25 people of the country chosen randomly. All the chosen persons were Chinese
3FOUNDATION OF SOCIAL SCIENCEwho resides in Australia. The research questionnaire contains a total of 15 questions andresponses of the participants were recorded. These research questions will be analyzed usingappropriate statistical techniques in Excel and then the results of the analysis will be compared tothe current situation of Australia. 3.2 Appropriate MethodThe method that has been chosen here to run the analysis is the Qualitative data analysis.This is the best method to analyze qualitative data obtained from the survey questionnaire. Withthe help of the qualitative analysis, the data can be represented graphically from which anyperson can have an idea of the situation that is of major concern (Rossi, Wright & Anderson,2013).3.3 Sampling TechniqueThe research was aimed to analyze the opinions of Chinese people on the issue of gaymarriage in Australia. Thus, 25 Chinese residents in Australia were chosen randomly in order tofill the survey form. The responses given by the selected respondents were thus recorded for thepurpose of analysis. Random sampling technique was used to choose the respondents as the errorof sampling is minimized in this type of sampling (Best & Kahn, 2016). On the other hand, it canbe said that the sampling technique was not completely random as only the people of Chinesenationality were chosen in the sample. This has been done in order to meet the researchobjective. 3.4 Outline of the FeaturesThe selected sample was asked specific questions on their demographic status. They wereasked about their ages, their gender and their nationality. In this case, the nationality of all the
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