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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sociology is a mix of things. Occasionally, you’ll see sociologists working with economists or more technical academics. This is quantitative sociology and it often deals with big statistical questions: are black people more likely to be convicted of a crime, is there a relationship between k-12 students under the poverty line and dropping out, etc.

There’s also qualitatively sociologists- who’ve historically asked questions of culture. A famous example is WEB Dubois. Anthropology is very similar to sociology but has a lengthy history as a colonial tool; and, the more quantitative anthropologist tends to be an archeologist of some sorts depending on the program.

So, put easily, sociologists are people who study deeply about how we relate to and differ between one another and how we decide to associate ourselves economically, socially, politically, and culturally.[/quote]
Also historically* anthropologists have dealt with clean societies- remote typically indigenous communities that didn’t interact with civil society. Anthropology used to rarely deal with questions that involved America or the West specifically.[/quote]

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