Quiz 2

A  used basic research.

B  was valid.

C  misused a control group.

D  employed a spurious correlation.

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

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

C  their confidentiality has been guaranteed.

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

C  They openly admit that they are doing sociological research.

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

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

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

C  ask only open-ended questions

D  conduct a focus group

A  informed consent

B  causation

C  sampling

D  rapport

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

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

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 find out what young people’s social networks look like.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

B  It may appoint new researchers to complete the project.

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

D  It may issue recommendations for future research.

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

B  Participants are self-selected.

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  a spurious variable.

B  a paradigm shift.

C  the intervening variable.

D  an issue of reflexivity.

A  a closed-ended question.

B  reflexivity.

C  a leading question.

D  a double-barreled question.

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

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

A  commercial uses

B  objectivity

C  reflexivity

D  reliability

A  astrological signs and knowledge of astrology

B  college students and symbolism

C  popular attitudes and perceptions

D  California and college students

A  autoethnography.

B  content analysis.

C  internal investigation.

D  life history.

A  operational definition.

B  hypothesis.

C  ethical challenge.

D  spurious correlation.

A  thick description

B  response rate

C  validity

D  reflexivity

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

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

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

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

A  the standard procedure for acquiring and verifying empirical knowledge

B  the study of scientific processes

C  the study of nature

D  the use of statistics to analyze numerical data

A  quantitative

B  qualitative

C  interviews

D  ethnography

A  comparative-historical research

B  interviews

C  surveys

D  ethnography

A  unobtrusive measure.

B  comparative-historical research.

C  representative sample.

D  focus group.

A  with only one variable.

B  in which other demographic variables are taken into account.

C  in which one variable is weighted more than another.

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

A  interviews are too time-consuming.

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

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

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

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

B  Respondents are not always forthcoming or truthful.

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

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

A  look for patterns in their data.

B  check for bias in how they asked questions.

C  determine the average age of their interviewees.

D  think up new questions they did not ask.

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

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

C  A weighted sample excludes some members of the population.

D  The weighted sample more closely resembles the larger population.

A  disseminate findings

B  analyze data

C  choose a research design or method

D  form a hypothesis; give operational definitions to variables

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

B  ask about two different topics.

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

D  belittle or insult a group or individual.