Sociology - Methods and Research
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Question 1 of 110
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The Scientific study of human social life is termed as.
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Question 2 of 110
2. Question
Karl Pearson said “The unity of all science consists alone in its methods not in its material It relates to the importance of.
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Question 3 of 110
3. Question
Experiments are of two types.
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Question 4 of 110
4. Question
In laboratory experiments the sociological research is done while people are.
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Question 5 of 110
5. Question
The validity of laboratory experiment is doubtful in sociology because the people being observed are.
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Question 6 of 110
6. Question
In observational studies the scientist observes.
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Question 7 of 110
7. Question
Impressionistic studies are.
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Question 8 of 110
8. Question
If the information needed has already been written down somewhere it is looked up.It is called.
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Question 9 of 110
9. Question
Questionnaire and interview studies are systematic ways of asking questions under.
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Question 10 of 110
10. Question
Sometimes the scientist personally participates in some experiment to observe it fully It is Known as.
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Question 11 of 110
11. Question
The use of scientific research procedures to measure the effectiveness of an action program is called.
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Question 12 of 110
12. Question
Pure Sociology is a search for knowledge without primary concern for its.
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Question 13 of 110
13. Question
Search for ways of using scientific knowledge to solve practical problems is termed as.
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Question 14 of 110
14. Question
The first step in any sociological research project is to.
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Question 15 of 110
15. Question
Formulating the hypothesis is the _____________ step in the scientific method.
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Question 16 of 110
16. Question
In most instances how well a student does on a test is determined by how much the student studies for it In this example studying for an exam is a(n).
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Question 17 of 110
17. Question
A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically called a (n)
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Question 18 of 110
18. Question
The study of the interracial friendships conducted by the Tom Smith who heads up the General Social Survey is an example of.
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Question 19 of 110
19. Question
In order to genuinely reflect a broad range of the population a survey must be based on precise.
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Question 20 of 110
20. Question
Which of the following would be an example of a random sample?A researcher.
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Question 21 of 110
21. Question
A researcher can obtain a higher response rate by using which type of survey?
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Question 22 of 110
22. Question
William F Whyte,s study of a low-income ltalian neighbourthood in Boston was a classic example of.
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Question 23 of 110
23. Question
Which one of the following is exposed to an independent variable ?
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Question 24 of 110
24. Question
An instructor wants to determine if giving essay tests increases student learning one class that the instructor teaches she continues to test as she has always done In another class she gives the students essay questions She then measures the differences in learning if any between the two classes The class that is given essay questions is the.
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Question 25 of 110
25. Question
A researcher examines the literature written by Black novelists during the “Negro Renaissance” (1913-1935) to see if they reflect the political movements going on in the Black community in the United States at that time What type of research methodology is being used in this example?
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Question 26 of 110
26. Question
Which one of the following statements is not part of the Code of Ethics developed by the American Sociological Association? Researchers must.
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Question 27 of 110
27. Question
In idealized views of science the experimental method is said to involve .
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Question 28 of 110
28. Question
Society cannot be studied in the same way as the natural world because.
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Question 29 of 110
29. Question
Weber said that all knowledge is value-relevant,because.
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Question 30 of 110
30. Question
Which of the following is not a research purpose?
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Question 31 of 110
31. Question
Pre-testing a questionnaire is useful for.
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Question 32 of 110
32. Question
A survey should avoid asking.
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Question 33 of 110
33. Question
Snowballing is an example of.
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Question 34 of 110
34. Question
Ethnographic research produces qualitative data because.
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Question 35 of 110
35. Question
One of the ethical problems with covert participant observation is.
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Question 36 of 110
36. Question
Which of the following is a personal document with closed access?
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Question 37 of 110
37. Question
According to Scott (1990) a documents is authentic if it.
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Question 38 of 110
38. Question
One of the difficulties in ope rationalizing concepts like social class is that.
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Question 39 of 110
39. Question
Eyeballing is a technique that involves.
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Question 40 of 110
40. Question
Theoretical approaches can only be said to be ,valid. if.
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Question 41 of 110
41. Question
Tearoom Trade is typical of the questions asked by sociologists because.
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Question 42 of 110
42. Question
Bias in research practice refers to.
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Question 43 of 110
43. Question
When in sociology we speak of researchers using controls,we mean.
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Question 44 of 110
44. Question
An association between two variables which is in fact caused by other factor(s)is called a.
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Question 45 of 110
45. Question
Which of these terms is the odd one out?
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Question 46 of 110
46. Question
In survey research the group of respondents targeted for the questionnaire is called.
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Question 47 of 110
47. Question
Which of these is NOT viewed as a strength of surveys?
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Question 48 of 110
48. Question
An experiment can be defined as.
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Question 49 of 110
49. Question
Which one of these is a measure of dispersion ?
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Question 50 of 110
50. Question
An instance of focused interaction is called.
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Question 51 of 110
51. Question
An overall scheme of scientific activities which scientists engage in order to produce knowledge is a.
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Question 52 of 110
52. Question
Questions that are relevant to some respondents may irrelevant to others are known as.
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Question 53 of 110
53. Question
A double barrelled question has the potential of having.
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Question 54 of 110
54. Question
The rate of rate of return or a mailed questionnaire is usually.
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Question 55 of 110
55. Question
Standard deviation in statistics is the measure that indicates in the essence of.
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Question 56 of 110
56. Question
The first step in any sociological research project is to.
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Question 57 of 110
57. Question
Formulating the hypothesis is the _________ step in the scientific method.
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Question 58 of 110
58. Question
In most instances how well a student does on a test is determined by how much the student studies for it In this example studying for an exam is a (n).
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Question 59 of 110
59. Question
A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically,s called a (n)
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Question 60 of 110
60. Question
The study of the interracial friendships conducted by the Tom Smith who heads up the General Social Survey is an example of.
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Question 61 of 110
61. Question
In order to genuinely reflect a broad range of the population a survey must be based on precise.
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Question 62 of 110
62. Question
Which of the following would be an example of a random sample ?A researcher.
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Question 63 of 110
63. Question
A researcher can obtain a higher response rate by using which type of survey?
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Question 64 of 110
64. Question
Which one of the following is exposed to an independent variable?
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Question 65 of 110
65. Question
An instructor wants to determine if giving essay tests increases student learning In one class that the instructor teaches she continues to test as she has always done In another class She then measures the differences in learning if any between the two classes The class that is given essay questions is the.
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Question 66 of 110
66. Question
Max Weber.
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Question 67 of 110
67. Question
In sociology.
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Question 68 of 110
68. Question
Of all of the steps in the research process the one that typically takes the most time is.
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Question 69 of 110
69. Question
The concepts in a hypothesis are stated as.
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Question 70 of 110
70. Question
In order for a variable to be measured ,a researcher must provide a (n)
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Question 71 of 110
71. Question
When a number of researchers use the same operational definition to measure a variable and achieve the same results the measure is said to be.
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Question 72 of 110
72. Question
Which of the following was not identified as a major research design ?
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Question 73 of 110
73. Question
_____________ uses multiple data collection methods on the same area of interest.
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Question 74 of 110
74. Question
____________involves the transformation of raw data into numbers to make it suitable for further analysis.
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Question 75 of 110
75. Question
A mean,median and mode are all examples of.
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Question 76 of 110
76. Question
Which of the following was not identified as one of the four conditions that must be met before a researcher can say that an independent variable or variables caused the change in the dependent variable?
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Question 77 of 110
77. Question
A researcher was able to prove that,on average as age increases eyesight declines In research terminology this is called a (n).
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Question 78 of 110
78. Question
What research method is popular because it is comparatively inexpensive and well-suited to studying large numbers of people?
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Question 79 of 110
79. Question
In order to qualify as a random sample.
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Question 80 of 110
80. Question
Closed-ended questions increase the return rate of the questionnaire because.
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Question 81 of 110
81. Question
A survey that asks the respondent to indicate their age and includes response categories of age 20-30 age 30-40 age 40 50 and age 50+ violates which important rule for constructing closed-ended items for questionnaires?
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Question 82 of 110
82. Question
A survey that asks the respondent to indicate their level of education and includes response categories of some high school high school and university violated which important rule for constructing close-ended items for questionnaires?
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Question 83 of 110
83. Question
A major disadvantage of using mail questionnaires to collect data is.
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Question 84 of 110
84. Question
The major advantage of interviews is.
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Question 85 of 110
85. Question
Reading a number of books and journals regarding crime in Canada is a good example of.
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Question 86 of 110
86. Question
Collecting information regarding crime control from several countries would be a good example of a(n)
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Question 87 of 110
87. Question
A data collection method in which the researcher does not interact with the subject(s) being studied is called.
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Question 88 of 110
88. Question
In order for field research to be successful the researcher must be.
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Question 89 of 110
89. Question
In participant observation research the role of the “complete” participant forces the researcher to be.
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Question 90 of 110
90. Question
When a research is not deceptive about the field research that he/she is this person is probably assuming the role of.
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Question 91 of 110
91. Question
According to feminists an androcentric bias in research is the direct result of.
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Question 92 of 110
92. Question
Laud Humphreys,s study Tearoom Trade (1970) is an example of.
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Question 93 of 110
93. Question
Which of these is not an ethical issue for researchers?
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Question 94 of 110
94. Question
What is the initial element of sociological research?
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Question 95 of 110
95. Question
Which of these statements is correct?
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Question 96 of 110
96. Question
Which of these is not an example of a qualitative research method?
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Question 97 of 110
97. Question
What is applied social research?
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Question 98 of 110
98. Question
What is meant by reflexivity in sociological research?
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Question 99 of 110
99. Question
Which one of the following statements is true?
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Question 100 of 110
100. Question
Science aims to be both.
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Question 101 of 110
101. Question
Tearoom Trade is typical of the questions asked by sociologists because.
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Question 102 of 110
102. Question
Bias in research practice refers to.
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Question 103 of 110
103. Question
When in sociology we speak of researchers using controls we mean.
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Question 104 of 110
104. Question
An association between two variables which is in fact caused by other factor(s) is called a.
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Question 105 of 110
105. Question
Which of there terms is the odd one out?
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Question 106 of 110
106. Question
One strength of ethnography is that.
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Question 107 of 110
107. Question
In survey research the group of respondents targeted for the questionnaire is called.
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Question 108 of 110
108. Question
Which of these NOT viewed as a strength of surveys?
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Question 109 of 110
109. Question
An experiment can be defined as.
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Question 110 of 110
110. Question
Which one of these is a measure of dispersion?
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