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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A used basic research.
B employed a spurious correlation.
C misused a control group.
D was valid.
Question #2
A they all understand the nature of the study and what will be asked of them.
B their confidentiality has been guaranteed.
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.
Question #3
A They observe and record data without letting anyone know they are doing research.
B They openly admit that they are doing sociological research.
C They spend a great deal of time reflecting on their roles in the research process.
D They maintain narrow and limited definitions of appropriate research methodologies.
Question #4
A make respondents write out answers during interviews instead of answering verbally
B conduct a focus group
C cut off interviews at two hours regardless if all questions were answered
D ask only open-ended questions
Question #5
A sampling
B causation
C rapport
D informed consent
Question #6
A the group of people least often studied in the past
B the group of people from whom he or she will gather data
C the larger group of people about whom he or she wishes to generalize
D the group of people whose behavior he or she wishes to change
Question #7
A For the first time, social networking sites offer sociologists a data set rich enough to test ideas that until now have only been theorized.
B For the first time, sociologists can find out what young people’s social networks look like.
C 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.
D For the first time, sociologists can track the spread of urban legends.
Question #8
A a smaller study used to investigate the feasibility of a larger one
B a study that concerns itself with media use and popular culture
C a study designed to improve the target population of a larger study
D a study that definitively answers a question that has been bothering sociologists
Question #9
A It may appoint new researchers to complete the project.
B It may provide assistance to any research subjects whose rights have been violated.
C It may issue recommendations for future research.
D It may stop the project from going forward, at least until changes have been made.
Question #10
A Participants are self-selected.
B It is difficult for another researcher to repeat or replicate any particular ethnography.
C Ethnographies tend to have ethical problems that are of central concern to most sociologists.
D Participants are usually not completely candid when asked to describe their attitudes and behaviors.
Question #11
A a paradigm shift.
B the intervening variable.
C a spurious variable.
D an issue of reflexivity.
Question #12
A a leading question.
B a double-barreled question.
C a closed-ended question.
D reflexivity.
Question #13
A Ethnography is a quick and easy form of social science research.
B Ethnography requires no training since it is something we all do as human beings.
C Ethnography requires the researcher to spend little time gaining familiarity with the research subjects.
D Ethnography allows the researcher to gather abundant data on a small population.
Question #14
A reliability
B objectivity
C commercial uses
D reflexivity
Question #15
A California and college students
B popular attitudes and perceptions
C college students and symbolism
D astrological signs and knowledge of astrology
Question #16
A life history.
B autoethnography.
C internal investigation.
D content analysis.
Question #17
A spurious correlation.
B hypothesis.
C ethical challenge.
D operational definition.
Question #18
A response rate
B thick description
C reflexivity
D validity
Question #19
A participants may not consider their own motivations and act out of reflex.
B the presence of ethnographers may alter the behavior of the people they are observing.
C ethnographers’ conclusions may not be applicable to any larger group.
D ethnographers intervene in the lives of the people they are studying.
Question #20
A the study of nature
B the standard procedure for acquiring and verifying empirical knowledge
C the use of statistics to analyze numerical data
D the study of scientific processes
Question #21
A qualitative
B quantitative
C interviews
D ethnography
Question #22
A comparative-historical research
B ethnography
C surveys
D interviews
Question #23
A unobtrusive measure.
B focus group.
C representative sample.
D comparative-historical research.
Question #24
A in which other demographic variables are taken into account.
B in which every member of the population has a chance of being included.
C with only one variable.
D in which one variable is weighted more than another.
Question #25
A it is impossible to find enough people through a random sample.
B researchers are only allowed to talk to people who are eighteen and older.
C it is extremely difficult to guarantee confidentiality to large groups.
D interviews are too time-consuming.
Question #26
A Respondents are not always forthcoming or truthful.
B Face-to-face interviewing is time-consuming.
C Interviews sometimes distance the researcher from the messy realities of the social world.
D Interviews generally lack qualitative data that might better capture social reality.
Question #27
A look for patterns in their data.
B check for bias in how they asked questions.
C think up new questions they did not ask.
D determine the average age of their interviewees.
Question #28
A The weighted sample more closely resembles the larger population.
B The weighted sample does not target any specific group within the population.
C A weighted sample draws from a larger target population rather than a random one.
D A weighted sample excludes some members of the population.
Question #29
A form a hypothesis; give operational definitions to variables
B choose a research design or method
C disseminate findings
D analyze data
Question #30
A ask about two different topics.
B ask a respondent about what he or she does not think rather than what he or she does think.
C let the respondent know how the researcher hopes he or she will answer.
D belittle or insult a group or individual.