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Eminent sociologist Andrew Abbott wrote the excellent book Methods of Discovery: Heuristics for the Social Sciences. The book is highly recommended for anyone thinking about pursuing a social science research career or even just trying to come up with a good thesis to finish a degree program. In the list below I am distilling out some of my favorite "gambits" he offers -- prompts for thinking about research questions -- and mixing in a few of my own.

Splitting and lumping. "Folks have mostly studied X and Y together, and they ought to be thought about separately." "Folks have mostly studied X and Y separately, but really these are both examples of Z, and let's study Z."

Key axes. Where is race in this phenomenon? Where is class? Gender? Sexuality? Ethnicity? Caste? Disability? Nationality? Citizenship? Culture? Age? Rural vs urban? Education?

Micro to macro. What can we see in individuals, groups, communities, societies.

Cooperation, competition.

Platforms and social media.

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	Eminent sociologist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Abbott\| Andrew Abbott]] wrote the excellent book '''Methods of Discovery: Heuristics for the Social Sciences'''. The book is highly recommended for anyone thinking about pursuing a social science research career or even just trying to come up with a good thesis to finish a degree program. In the list below I am distilling out some of my favorite "gambits" he offers -- prompts for thinking about research questions -- and mixing in a few of my own.		Eminent sociologist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Abbott\| Andrew Abbott] wrote the excellent book '''Methods of Discovery: Heuristics for the Social Sciences'''. The book is highly recommended for anyone thinking about pursuing a social science research career or even just trying to come up with a good thesis to finish a degree program. In the list below I am distilling out some of my favorite "gambits" he offers -- prompts for thinking about research questions -- and mixing in a few of my own.

	* Splitting and lumping. "Folks have mostly studied X and Y together, and they ought to be thought about separately." "Folks have mostly studied X and Y separately, but really these are both examples of Z, and let's study Z."		* Splitting and lumping. "Folks have mostly studied X and Y together, and they ought to be thought about separately." "Folks have mostly studied X and Y separately, but really these are both examples of Z, and let's study Z."