Multiple Choice Questions

Which best describes the results of a case study?
  • *a. It leads to in-depth knowledge of a participants social world.
  • *a. A practice of remaining impartial, without bias or judgment during the course of a study and in publishing results.
  • *d. Physical activity and healthy eating are a fundamental part of a childs education
  • a. It produces more reliable results than other methods because of its depth b. Its results are not generally applicable c. It relies solely on secondary data analysis*d. All of the above
when study subjects behave in a certain manner due to their awareness of being observed by a researcher.
  • *d. Hawthorne effect
  • *c. operational definition
  • *a. meta-analysis
  • *a. content analysis
Miguel is doing a research paper on New York Citys Stone Wall riots ofHe visits the scene of the riots, interviews people who were there, reads the police reports of the event, and watches video footage. Miguel is conducting a(n) ______.
  • *a. nonreactive
  • *b. Case study
  • *a. Field research
  • *b. False
What is the importance of interpretive framework?
  • *c. Receive corroboration from the field
  • *a. It leads to in-depth knowledge of a participants social world.
  • *c. To ensure the financial gain of the researchers
  • *a. A practice of remaining impartial, without bias or judgment during the course of a study and in publishing results.
A measurement is considered ______ if it actually measures what it is intended to measure, according to the topic of the study.
  • *b. False
  • *c. valid
  • *a. meta-analysis
  • *a. True
Variables that cause changes in other variables.
  • *c. independent variables
  • *d. Independent variable: Number of laptops; Dependent variable: Grades
  • *a. It leads to in-depth knowledge of a participants social world.
  • *d. Independent variable
Which of the following is NOT an example of a sociological hypothesis? a. The more study halls students are given during the school day, the worse they perform on their tests.
  • *c. Observing study participants without their consent
  • *b. The more CDs Jamilla buys, the less money she has in her bank account
  • *b. The researcher has no control over who is in the study
  • *c. To ensure the financial gain of the researchers
Aapplying a systematic approach to record and value information gleaned from secondary data as it relates to the study at hand.
  • *a. meta-analysis
  • *d. Secondary data
  • *d. Hawthorne effect
  • *a. content analysis
A population is a defined group serving as the subject of a study.
  • *a. True
  • *d. The boys' weight
  • *d. Max Weber
  • *b. False
Reliability is defined by the text as:
  • *a. It leads to in-depth knowledge of a participants social world.
  • *d. A measure of a studys consistency that considers how likely results are to be replicated if a study is reproduced.
  • a. It produces more reliable results than other methods because of its depth b. Its results are not generally applicable c. It relies solely on secondary data analysis*d. All of the above
  • *a. A practice of remaining impartial, without bias or judgment during the course of a study and in publishing results.
In order to better understand the sorority pledging process at her university for her sociology thesis, Carmen attends pledge-week activities and pledges with a popular sorority. This is an example of _____.
  • *a. interpretive framework
  • *d. Secondary data analysis
  • *a. A fast-food restaurant
  • *b. Participant observation
Kevin conducted a study on whether the length of the line at a local Starbucks affected how well the customers enjoyed their coffee after receiving it. Malcolm conducted the study at his local Starbucks, and found the same results. Kevins study had a high level of _____.
  • *a. nonreactive
  • *c. variable
  • *d. Reliability
  • *d. Secondary data analysis
A specific explanation of abstract concepts that a researcher plans to study is known as a:
  • *c. operational definition
  • *a. content analysis
  • *a. meta-analysis
  • *d. Hawthorne effect
Correlation is when a change in one variable coincides with a change in another variable and necessarily indicates causation.
  • *a. meta-analysis
  • *b. False
  • *a. True
  • *c. valid
The main difference between ethnography and other types of participant observation is:
  • *c. Body weight at least 20 percent higher than a healthy weight for a child of that height
  • *a. A practice of remaining impartial, without bias or judgment during the course of a study and in publishing results.
  • *d. Physical activity and healthy eating are a fundamental part of a childs education
  • *d. ethnography focuses on how subjects view themselves in relationship to the community
Hypersensitive research methods us secondary data, does not include direct contact with subjects and will not alter or influence peoples behaviors.
  • *d. validity
  • *b. False
  • *c. variable
  • *a. True
Qualitative data represent research collected in numerical form that can be counted.
  • *b. False
  • *d. validity
  • *a. True
  • *a. nonreactive
Which statement illustrates value neutrality?
  • *a. Gathering data from government studies
  • *d. Physical activity and healthy eating are a fundamental part of a childs education
  • a. It produces more reliable results than other methods because of its depth b. Its results are not generally applicable c. It relies solely on secondary data analysis*d. All of the above
  • *a. Photos and letters given to you by another person
Field research is gathering data from a natural environment without doing a lab experiment or a survey.
  • *c. valid
  • *d. validity
  • *a. True
  • *b. False
Primary data are collected from archives.
  • *d. validity
  • *a. True
  • *b. False
  • *c. independent variables
A researcher might us a random sample in a study to represent a larger population
  • *c. valid
  • *b. False
  • *a. True
  • *d. validity
Surveys collect data from subjects who respond to a series of questions about behaviors and opinions, often in the form of a questionnaire and can be conducted by
  • *d. Independent variable: Number of laptops; Dependent variable: Grades
  • a. mail b. internet c. face-to-face *d. all of the above
  • *c. To ensure the financial gain of the researchers
  • *b. The researcher has no control over who is in the study
To study the effects of fast food on lifestyle, health, and culture, from which group would a researcher ethically be unable to accept funding?
  • *d. Secondary data analysis
  • *a. interpretive framework
  • *d. Hawthorne effect
  • *a. A fast-food restaurant
Tyson is researching whether actors on prime-time television and hit movies negatively impact teenagers body images. He is going undercover at a local high school to observe and participate with the students to better understand the world they live in. Tyson is conducting which research method?
  • *a. Field research
  • *a. interpretive framework
  • *a. meta-analysis
  • *a. Ethnography
Which materials are considered secondary data?
  • *c. To ensure the financial gain of the researchers
  • *d. Physical activity and healthy eating are a fundamental part of a childs education
  • *a. Gathering data from government studies
  • *a. Photos and letters given to you by another person
In secondary data analysis collects data using survey methods and applies new interpretations.
  • *c. variable
  • *a. True
  • *c. valid
  • *b. False
Using secondary data is considered an unobtrusive or ________ research method.
  • *a. content analysis
  • *c. Web Ethnography
  • *d. Hawthorne effect
  • *a. nonreactive
In an experiment, the researcher observes a complete social setting and all that it entails.
  • *c. valid
  • *d. validity
  • *a. True
  • *b. False
Qualitative data comprise information that is subjective and often based on what is seen in a natural setting
  • *b. False
  • *d. Hawthorne effect
  • *a. True
  • *c. valid
Which of the following is not a purpose of the American Sociological Associations code of ethics?
  • *b. The researcher has no control over who is in the study
  • *a. Gathering data from government studies
  • *d. Physical activity and healthy eating are a fundamental part of a childs education
  • *c. To ensure the financial gain of the researchers
Which of the following is an example of an unethical sociological research practice?
  • *c. Observing study participants without their consent
  • *c. Body weight at least 20 percent higher than a healthy weight for a child of that height
  • *a. Gathering data from government studies
  • *a. Photos and letters given to you by another person
a dependent variables is a variable that is changed by other variables.
  • *c. variable
  • *a. nonreactive
  • *a. True
  • *c. valid
A case study is an in-depth analysis of a single event, situation, or individual.
  • *b. False
  • *a. True
  • *a. nonreactive
  • *d. validity
What method did researchers John Mihelich and John Papineau use to study Parrotheads?
  • *a. nonreactive
  • *c. Participant observation
  • *d. Hawthorne effect
  • *c. Web Ethnography
A class of third graders is told that the assistant principal will be visiting their class to confirm their teachers reports of bad behavior. When the principal visits, the students behave perfectly. This is an example of ________.
  • *d. Secondary data analysis
  • *c. The Hawthorne Effect
  • *a. A fast-food restaurant
  • *a. Ethnography
Why is choosing a random sample an effective way to select participants?
  • *a. Photos and letters given to you by another person
  • *b. The researcher has no control over who is in the study
  • *c. To ensure the financial gain of the researchers
  • *a. It leads to in-depth knowledge of a participants social world.
Kendra is researching the effects of vitamin C on test-taking ability. Before the exam, Kendra gives group A orange juice, and group B water. Vitamin C is the ______.
  • *d. Independent variable: Number of laptops; Dependent variable: Grades
  • *c. independent variables
  • *d. Independent variable
  • *d. Secondary data analysis
Reliability is a measure of a studys consistency that considers how likely results are to be replicated if a study is reproduced
  • *c. valid
  • *a. True
  • *c. variable
  • *b. False
Thomas wants to better understand the trends in literacy rates in Baltimore city over the past 50 years using Baltimore city data. What type of research should Thomas conduct?
  • *d. Secondary data analysis
  • *d. Independent variable: Number of laptops; Dependent variable: Grades
  • *a. interpretive framework
  • *a. content analysis
An established scholarly research method that involves asking a question, researching existing sources, forming a hypothesis, designing and conducting a study, and drawing conclusions.
  • *c. scientific method
  • *d. The boys' weight
  • *d. Max Weber
  • *b. Participant observation
Validity is the degree to which a sociological measure accurately reflects the topic of study.
  • *a. True
  • *d. Hawthorne effect
  • *c. To ensure the financial gain of the researchers
  • *b. False
The term interpretive framework can be defined as:
  • *a. A practice of remaining impartial, without bias or judgment during the course of a study and in publishing results.
  • a. It produces more reliable results than other methods because of its depth b. Its results are not generally applicable c. It relies solely on secondary data analysis*d. All of the above
  • *b. A sociological research approach that seeks in-depth understanding of a topic or subject through observation or interaction; this approach is not based on hypothesis testing.
  • *b. False
What research method did John S. Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd mainly use in their Middletown study?
  • *c. Participant observation
  • *c. variable
  • *c. Web Ethnography
  • *d. Hawthorne effect
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