Like political science, economics, cultural anthropology, and some specializations within history, cultural geography, and linguistics, sociology is a social science.
Most sociologists utilize the deductive-inductive, or scientific , method in their researches.
An emerging field of clinical sociology, also known as sociological practice, is an application of sociological theory and research design outside of the academy. Clinical sociologists sometimes maintain their own consulting businesses. However, I also make use of Harold Garfinkel's ethnomethodology, George Herbert Mead's social behaviorism, and many others. Primarily, I am a macrosociologist. This section of the page will summarize my basic theoretical perspective.