1-Explain the steps in the process of carrying out sociological investigation.

Got 5 Short answer questions here I have 3 hours to submit, any help is appreciated book is rather unhelpful.   

1-Explain the steps in the process of carrying out sociological investigation. What specific questions must be answered as a researcher moves through their investigation?

2-You have been asked by a committee of student success coaches to investigate why the rate at which freshman students post to their course threaded discussions is lower than the rate for other groups of students. Explain how the structural-functionalist perspective would analyze and explain the low posting rate. (In other words, consider the contributing factors that the structural-functionalist perspective would focus on in trying to explain the reasons for the low rate of students posting to their threads.) Then discuss a solution that a functionalist might use to encourage freshman students to post

3-Explain each of Peter Berger’s four major characteristics of modernization

4-List Weber’s six characteristics of a bureaucracy. Explain a positive and a negative consequence for an organization from each of these characteristics

5-Define and give examples of ascribed status, achieved status, master status, role conflic,t and role strain