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Explain why experimentation is not a common tool in sociology. The experimental situation is highly controlled so that the factors, which contaminate the experiment, are eliminated. The method of experimenting is seen by many as the classic method of research and the best way for scientists to test theories and hypotheses. But is experimentation a common tool in sociology? Many have argued that this is not the case, mainly due to the fact that variables are uncontrollable outside of the laboratory. In a laboratory variables can be kept constant, but as a sociologist it is a different story. Experimenting techniques are used more by psychologists. Sociologists are more likely to want to use other methods and many reject experiments and the scientific approach totally. This is because it is hard to apply the experimental method to the study of social phenomena. People act in terms of their definitions of situations; so...

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