The yale sociologist kai erikson wrote a book called wayward puritans in which he drew on court records from colonial massachusetts. he learned that the rate of out-of-wedlock births was much higher than it is now and that the amount of alcohol consumed per capita was higher as well. what research methodology was erikson using?

The research methodology is a case study.

Explanation:

Kai Erikson research methodology in his book Wayward Puritans is a case study. A case study methodology consists of using an event or subject to investigate it thoroughly and draw conclusions that may be useful to understand not only what is being investigated but also other subjects. In Kai Erikson’s “Wayward Puritans” he investigates and studies the Puritan settlement in the 17th century Massachusetts in order to analyze the social construction of deviance and how it’s necessary or functional to society. His conclusions are useful to understand current human behavior.