How do sociologists and other researchers study disasters? This assignment will provide you with an opportunity to answer this and other questions about disaster research. Follow the following steps:
1. Go to the Natural Hazards Center website on the World Wide Web: https://hazards.colorado.edu/
2. Familiarize yourself with the mission of the center.
3. Click this link and familiarize yourself with some of the research studies that have been conducted and written about by social scientists affiliated with the Natural Hazards Center. https://hazards.colorado.edu/research/quick-response-report/archives
5. Choose a report that addresses a subject that interests you.
6. Answer the following questions:
- What research question (or problem) did the researcher choose to study?
- What research methods (data gathering tools) did the researcher use to collect data?
- What were the findings of the research?
- How significant were the findings in contributing to our understanding of disasters?
Your paper should include a title page, be properly formatted (APA), and consist of two or three pages of written text.
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