Sean is thinking about creating an automatic cat feeder similar to one that he created for dogs. he talks to several cat owners to find out what they dislike about feeding their cats. he also takes a look at current cat feeders and asks the same cat owners what they like and don’t like about the feeders. these actions consist of

Asking questions and background research

Explanation:

It is the process to get the information on the topic broadly.  To gather the information related to the topic  For an overview reference source are useful Ask yourself about the subtopic relate the broad topic What question these do source raise? What is interesting found about the topic? Explore the questions? Determine and evaluate the research topic? Hypothesize the topic?

The best sociological research method would have to be using experiments although it has some disadvantages as well