Quiz 2

A  was valid.

B  used basic research.

C  employed a spurious correlation.

D  misused a control group.

A  their confidentiality has been guaranteed.

B  they all understand the nature of the study and what will be asked of them.

C  they have all read the prior literature on the subject area.

D  they have all agreed to participate in the study for monetary compensation.

A  They spend a great deal of time reflecting on their roles in the research process.

B  They openly admit that they are doing sociological research.

C  They observe and record data without letting anyone know they are doing research.

D  They maintain narrow and limited definitions of appropriate research methodologies.

A  ask only open-ended questions

B  conduct a focus group

C  cut off interviews at two hours regardless if all questions were answered

D  make respondents write out answers during interviews instead of answering verbally

A  sampling

B  informed consent

C  causation

D  rapport

A  the group of people from whom he or she will gather data

B  the larger group of people about whom he or she wishes to generalize

C  the group of people whose behavior he or she wishes to change

D  the group of people least often studied in the past

A  For the first time, sociologists can track the spread of urban legends.

B  For the first time, sociologists do not have to spend the time and money to go talk to people and can do all their work from a computer.

C  For the first time, social networking sites offer sociologists a data set rich enough to test ideas that until now have only been theorized.

D  For the first time, sociologists can find out what young people’s social networks look like.

A  a study that definitively answers a question that has been bothering sociologists

B  a smaller study used to investigate the feasibility of a larger one

C  a study designed to improve the target population of a larger study

D  a study that concerns itself with media use and popular culture

A  It may appoint new researchers to complete the project.

B  It may stop the project from going forward, at least until changes have been made.

C  It may issue recommendations for future research.

D  It may provide assistance to any research subjects whose rights have been violated.

A  Participants are self-selected.

B  Participants are usually not completely candid when asked to describe their attitudes and behaviors.

C  It is difficult for another researcher to repeat or replicate any particular ethnography.

D  Ethnographies tend to have ethical problems that are of central concern to most sociologists.

A  an issue of reflexivity.

B  a paradigm shift.

C  a spurious variable.

D  the intervening variable.

A  reflexivity.

B  a leading question.

C  a closed-ended question.

D  a double-barreled question.

A  Ethnography requires the researcher to spend little time gaining familiarity with the research subjects.

B  Ethnography allows the researcher to gather abundant data on a small population.

C  Ethnography requires no training since it is something we all do as human beings.

D  Ethnography is a quick and easy form of social science research.

A  reflexivity

B  commercial uses

C  reliability

D  objectivity

A  astrological signs and knowledge of astrology

B  popular attitudes and perceptions

C  California and college students

D  college students and symbolism

A  internal investigation.

B  content analysis.

C  life history.

D  autoethnography.

A  hypothesis.

B  spurious correlation.

C  operational definition.

D  ethical challenge.

A  reflexivity

B  validity

C  thick description

D  response rate

A  the presence of ethnographers may alter the behavior of the people they are observing.

B  ethnographers intervene in the lives of the people they are studying.

C  ethnographers’ conclusions may not be applicable to any larger group.

D  participants may not consider their own motivations and act out of reflex.

A  the standard procedure for acquiring and verifying empirical knowledge

B  the study of nature

C  the use of statistics to analyze numerical data

D  the study of scientific processes

A  interviews

B  qualitative

C  quantitative

D  ethnography

A  surveys

B  ethnography

C  interviews

D  comparative-historical research

A  comparative-historical research.

B  unobtrusive measure.

C  focus group.

D  representative sample.

A  in which every member of the population has a chance of being included.

B  with only one variable.

C  in which one variable is weighted more than another.

D  in which other demographic variables are taken into account.

A  researchers are only allowed to talk to people who are eighteen and older.

B  it is impossible to find enough people through a random sample.

C  interviews are too time-consuming.

D  it is extremely difficult to guarantee confidentiality to large groups.

A  Interviews sometimes distance the researcher from the messy realities of the social world.

B  Interviews generally lack qualitative data that might better capture social reality.

C  Respondents are not always forthcoming or truthful.

D  Face-to-face interviewing is time-consuming.

A  check for bias in how they asked questions.

B  think up new questions they did not ask.

C  look for patterns in their data.

D  determine the average age of their interviewees.

A  The weighted sample does not target any specific group within the population.

B  A weighted sample draws from a larger target population rather than a random one.

C  A weighted sample excludes some members of the population.

D  The weighted sample more closely resembles the larger population.

A  analyze data

B  form a hypothesis; give operational definitions to variables

C  choose a research design or method

D  disseminate findings

A  let the respondent know how the researcher hopes he or she will answer.

B  ask about two different topics.

C  belittle or insult a group or individual.

D  ask a respondent about what he or she does not think rather than what he or she does think.