{"id":106297,"date":"2022-08-30T11:53:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T16:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/what-research-really-says-about-neighborhood-watch-dogs\/"},"modified":"2025-04-13T18:07:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T18:07:49","slug":"neighborhood-watch-dogs-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/neighborhood-watch-dogs-research\/","title":{"rendered":"What Research Really Says About Neighborhood Watch Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-110171 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/pexels-lesli-whitecotton-237271934-18338507-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Two small dogs looking out a window.\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/pexels-lesli-whitecotton-237271934-18338507-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/pexels-lesli-whitecotton-237271934-18338507-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/pexels-lesli-whitecotton-237271934-18338507-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/pexels-lesli-whitecotton-237271934-18338507-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/pexels-lesli-whitecotton-237271934-18338507-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/pexels-lesli-whitecotton-237271934-18338507-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sociologists do fascinating research. Some examples include research conducted at Ohio State University that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2022\/07\/220705090704.htm\">neighborhoods with more dogs have lower crime rates.<\/a> At Cornell University, researchers concluded that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2022\/04\/220420151611.htm\">after childbirth, women\u2019s earnings drop<\/a> substantially more than men\u2019s. Indiana University sociologists have found that in relationships, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2022\/01\/220124115051.htm\">the educational level of one spouse impacts the health of the other spouse<\/a>. Sociology has even been used to study how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2021\/11\/211102111204.htm\">highways shape the infrastructure of cities<\/a>. Sociology can be used to study just about anything, so let\u2019s take a few moments to consider how sociologists do sociology.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-110170 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/brain-7257575_1920-300x225.png\" alt=\"A graphic showing a man examining a brain.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/brain-7257575_1920-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/brain-7257575_1920-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/brain-7257575_1920-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/brain-7257575_1920-1536x1154.png 1536w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/brain-7257575_1920.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sociological research involves a series of sequential steps commonly referred to as <strong>the scientific method<\/strong>. These steps start with defining the problem and asking what question is being addressed. Without a clear question, there can be little confidence in the results. Next comes a literature review. It is important to have an idea of what has already been studied and which conclusions have been drawn. This is not only to avoid unnecessary replication of previous research but also to have a clear understanding of what aspects of the topic need further investigation. After getting a big picture of the topic, the researcher develops a <strong>hypothesis<\/strong>, <em>an educated guess about a relationship between two or more situations, events, or factors<\/em>. Using the aforementioned research study on dogs and crime rates, the hypothesis might have been that dogs are a form of \u201cneighborhood watch\u201d since their barking acts as a community alarm system that alerts humans that something is amiss. Now, any dog owner would say that this hypothesis is common sense. If your dog starts barking like crazy, something is up, and you should go look. The act of looking brings more eyes to the situation, and most criminals aren\u2019t comfortable with folks watching them commit crimes. But common sense doesn\u2019t verify the truth of a hypothesis, and there are a host of variables that impact the situation. For example, is the neighborhood made up of guard dogs that bark at the drop of a leaf or companion dogs that won\u2019t leave their human\u2019s side to check on what is happening outside? Do residents without pets pay attention to the surveillance barks of other people\u2019s dogs or call the police to complain about the noise? Do people trust each other\u2019s dogs to be good watchdogs? What about the dogs that just bark constantly because they are locked in the house all day with nothing else to do? With these questions, you can see that common sense is often more nuanced than we realize. The work of sociology is to go beyond the bounds of common sense and use various research methods to collect data and draw conclusions that either support or refute the hypothesis.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-110169 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/pexels-lilartsy-1194775-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"A magnifying glass held up against a sunset.\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/pexels-lilartsy-1194775-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/pexels-lilartsy-1194775-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/pexels-lilartsy-1194775-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/pexels-lilartsy-1194775-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/pexels-lilartsy-1194775-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/pexels-lilartsy-1194775-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The work of doing sociology involves selecting one or more methods to investigate the topic. In a study on dogs in a neighborhood, one could employ both qualitative and quantitative methods. <strong>Qualitative research design<\/strong> involves <em>data collection using interviews and fieldwork, observation, photos, texts, and other subjective measures<\/em>. In contrast, <strong>quantitative research design<\/strong> is <em>data collection using systematic and numerical measures to generalize across groups of people<\/em>. In other words, the researchers could conduct focus groups with people who live on streets with and without dogs, but they could also collect pet registration data and compare it to the crime rates in various neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it is a study on barking dogs or highway infrastructure, the sociologist\u2019s next steps involve analyzing the data, drawing conclusions, and reporting the findings. Ideally, these findings will not only be shared with other academics but also the general public. If all goes well, and the steps of the scientific method are followed, what we learn from sociological research will improve our world for humans and dogs alike!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Thompson is a co-owner of\u00a0<\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/uitac.com\/\"><span class=\"s2\"><b><i>UITAC Publishing<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><b><i>. UITAC\u2019s mission is to provide high-quality, affordable, and socially responsible online course materials.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Images used in this blog:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/two-fluffy-dogs-looking-through-window-glass-18338507\/\">Two Fluffy Dogs Looking Through Window Glass<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/@lesli-whitecotton-237271934\/\">Lesli Whitecotton<\/a> is licensed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/license\/\">Pexels<\/a>.\u00a0This image has not been altered.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/vectors\/brain-research-health-psychology-7257575\/\">Photo<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/mohamed_hassan-5229782\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=7257575\">Mohamed Hassan<\/a> is licensed on <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/service\/license-summary\/\">Pixabay<\/a>. This image has not been altered.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/selective-focus-photo-of-magnifying-glass-1194775\/\">Selective Focus Photo of Magnifying Glass<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/@lilartsy\/\">lil artsy<\/a> is licensed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/license\/\">Pexels<\/a>. This image has not been altered.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sociologists do fascinating research. Some examples include research conducted at Ohio State University that neighborhoods with more dogs have lower crime rates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":110170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[187,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-animal-relationships","category-research-methods"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Research Really Says About Neighborhood Watch Dogs - In The NEWS Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/neighborhood-watch-dogs-research\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Research Really Says About Neighborhood Watch Dogs - In The NEWS Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sociologists do fascinating research. 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