Sociology Report: Analyzing Foreign Countries' Attitude Towards Hamas

This report presents a sociology research design focused on analyzing the attitudes of foreign countries towards the Hamas Palestinian government. The study employs deductive logic and quantitative methods, utilizing a survey to gather data from a broad sample, analyzed with SPSS. The research design includes a survey and secondary analysis, aiming to establish a logical conclusion. The dependent variable is the attitude of foreign countries, influenced by independent variables such as economic, political, and societal factors. The report clarifies the distinction between correlation and causation, emphasizing the use of statistics to avoid confusion. The report is based on the research of Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, (2013) and Smith, J. A. (2015).

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RESEARHCH DESIGN

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Analyzing the Attitude of Foreign Countries towards the Hamas Palestinian
Government
1. We will be using deductive logic in order to complete our research report effectively with
the logical reasons. Further, we will be using hypothesis with the help of SPSS tool in
order to examine and analyze the various possibilities to reach the logical conclusion. We
will be gathering information by conducting a survey and will float the questionnaire
with the help of social media platform and e-mails. Then, the responses will be gathered
and analyzed through hypothesis.
2. We will be using the quantitative method of research as it is the most appropriate one for
our research. The questionnaire which we will develop along with the hypothesis will
help in attaining the attributes of a quantitative method of research and further; we will be
targeting the large sample of the population in order to get the logical conclusion (Smith,
J. A. 2015).
3. The type of research design will be the survey and the secondary analysis. Further, this
type of research design will help in giving the more logical conclusion as compared to the
other type of research design. This research design will be more suitable because we will
be able to gather the information from the previously conducted researches as well.
4. The dependent variable will be the attitude of foreign countries, and the independent
variable will be the factors of the environment, for example, the economic factors,
political factors and the societal factors, etc.
5. The correlation is a measure of statistics which is being given in numbers and further
demonstrates the direction and the size of the relation among the two or the more
variables. Whereas, causation shows that the single event is the outcome of the

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occurrence of another event which shows the relation between the two events (Cohen, L.,
Manion, L., & Morrison, K. 2013). The correlation does not imply the causation at all.
The logics and the statistics will help in avoiding confusion among the both terms.

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REFERENCES
Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2013). Research methods in education. Routledge.
Smith, J. A. (Ed.). (2015). Qualitative psychology: A practical guide to research methods. Sage.