Exam 2: Sociological Research

You decide to study a new religious group that has bought the house next door by attending their meetings twice a week for a period of approximately eight to ten months.Which of the following decisions must you now make?

Suppose a study researched government transcripts to establish what types of themes occur most frequently.Which term refers to this kind of research?

The following sentence is an example of which concept? "Increased exposure to television causes a decrease in girls' self-esteem."

Feminist research methods support the idea that researchers should be neutral and detached.

Feminist research methods were developed to rectify a perceived bias against women in the processes of research design and data collection.

How do scientific explanations differ from the other ways of knowing?

Which characteristic does critical research share with experimental research?

A recent experiment conducted by the dating site OKCupid investigated the effect of intentionally mismatching people.On what grounds would sociologists most likely oppose such research?

In the hypothesis "Among university students taking an Introduction to Sociology course,older students tend to score higher on multiple choice tests than younger students," what term would we use to refer to age?

What does "maintaining confidentiality" mean?

Suppose a researcher is analyzing meanings or social relationships by interpreting the narratives of school children's journals.Which type of research models would be employed?

Many researchers avoid using the Internet to conduct research due to ethical issues.

Why would a researcher choose to undertake a qualitative study?

What was the main dependent variable in Latané and Darley's experiment on helping in emergency situations?

Suppose a person receives the same score when he takes a self-esteem test more than once.Which concept does this best illustrate?

A researcher is working with a population of hospital patients to determine the outcome of a new program on happiness.When she disseminates the questionnaires,she specifically asks that respondents not put their names on the sheet.What is she protecting?

In the text,what was Russel Ogden's master's thesis on euthanasia used to demonstrate?

How does triangulation benefit research?

Explanatory studies are designed to find out what is happening to whom,where,and when.

Describe the three tasks that define how to conduct an institutional ethnography.