Ch 2: Henslin

There is two different way that sociologist look at sociology, that is quantitative and qualitative. Quantitative is data information about quantities therefore being numbers and qualitative is data descriptive and regards phenomenon which can be observed but not measured such as language. In the book Henslin states that he leans more to the side of qualitative. I would also have to agree with Henslin, I also do lean towards qualitative as well but I can also see how quantitative would be helpful in some situations. They compare cutting a chicken to sociology. Just like a chicken it can be cut and perceived in many ways, so can sociology. Cutting a chicken can be done in many ways but the way that I would cut a chicken would be by cutting the wings and legs off first. I then would start looking for the dark meat of the chicken because it is more moist then the white meat. After getting me some dark meat I then proceed to go get a little bit of white meat. A lot of people start with the white meat and move outwards towards the wings and the legs, but everyone has their own technique to cutting a chicken to their preference.