Sociology Ch 2 Quiz

Which of the following data collection methods are commonly used in social research (choose all that apply)?

In an effort to understand how group dynamics change under duress, a research team gathers 100 people at a very remote mountain location, bringing them all in by helicopter. Using carefully designed interviews, the researchers begin the lengthy process of interviewing the participants. After the second day, however, there are a dozen participants who express unhappiness and want to leave. The research team reminds them that they signed an agreement agreeing to be interviewed knowing what it entailed, that leaving is not practical and that they need to continue with the process. The research team is overlooking what aspect of research?

In establishing causation, it helps to know which variable precedes the other in time. If not, it is easy to make a mistake involving:

In social research, a hypothesis is a(n):

Rogers Brubaker (1992) studied the notions of citizenship and nationhood in both France and Germany. His method of research is known as:

The three factors needed to establish causality are:

Which approach to sociological research starts with empirical observations and then works to form a theory?

If Sandra wants to generalize the findings of her study to another (possibly larger) population, it is important that the people in her study be:

A sociologist studying minor children, pregnant women, or inmates must get approval, as these groups are known as:

Because they are an accessible population, sociologists sometimes use undergraduate students in their research. In relation to the concept of generalizability in science, this tendency could represent a potential defect in research because:

A sociologist finds a strong relationship between education and income. If he only assumes that the amount of education people receive directly causes them to earn a certain income, and not that a family's income can determine educational attainment, he is forgetting to consider:

A correlation is a:

Which of the following might be an advantage of participant observation research?

When one factor is said to influence another factor, we refer to this as:

Sandra is doing research on cheating among students at Duke University. The student body at Duke will serve as her:

The extent to which a researcher can claim that his or her findings explain a larger population than was studied is known as:

Which of the following is an example of a negative relationship between individual behavior and health?

What does reflexivity mean with regard to social research?

A type of longitudinal study in which the same sample of respondents is tracked over a long period of time is known as:

Which of the following describes the deductive approach to research?

What is the meaning of the term white coat effects in social research?

There are advantages and disadvantages to different interview techniques. What might be an advantage that structured interviews have over unstructured (open-ended) interviews?

Although qualitative studies are rich in detail and offer an in-depth look at a particular population and/or phenomenon, due to their limited scope they sometimes suffer from low:

When a researcher is successful at measuring what he or she intends to measure, this is called:

A moderating variable is a factor that:

Jill wants to know more about how democratic a society is. When she begins her study, she defines the level of democracy as the number of people who are able to participate in popular elections. With this definition, Jill has ____________ the variable "level of democracy":

Which of the following is the best example of a correlation?