What is the goal of sociological research process in other words the endpoint...It's either a)data or B)a research article in a peer reviewed journal?

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The goal? What you want to end up with?

One of these helps you reach the goal, and one of them IS the goal. Which is which?

**data
**research article
whatever that doesnt help goodbye
If you are unwilling to take a question apart, make sure you are confident of every single word in it, and read and understand it all, then you will have a tough time in your schooling.

This is a very simple question -- basically, which comes first? You have to have data (facts, details, information) before you can plan and write a research paper based on that data. Therefore, the data comes first, and the research article (paper) comes next.

Think, read, understand, think some more.