In recent years, sociologists who study deviance have learned that they can measure the quantities of narcotics consumed by a community by testing its sewage before treatment. what part of the research process would the sociologists be carrying out when they visit the sewage treatment plant to test its sewage?

The answer is collect data.

Explanation:

This is an essential step for answering research questions. The data can be collected through other research papers, or provided by the subjects using surveys, questionnaires or observations -in this instance, it is provided by the subjects' sewage. It might be necessary to visit the plant twice (at the beginning and the end of the research) to compare data and draw conclusions.

the arab empire adopted the muslim religion as their main belief. arabs would influence the people from the territories they invaded towards islam (the muslim belief).

nevertheless, throughout the history of the arab empire, rulers brought intellectual individuals from other religions to their centers of learning. these other foreigners included jews, christians, greeks, persians, and indians.   these resulted in the adoption of important knowledge developed by these cultures by the arabic empire. for example, the works of aristotle were translated from greek to arab and indian scientists brought the numerical concept of "zero" to the arabs.

nowadays, 93% of the arab population is muslim, which at the same time is subdivided in sects including the sunni, zaini, alawi, shia. the remaining 7% is composed mainly of christians.

citizens were able to charge more for their goods and services