Exam 2: Sociological Research

Grounded theory is an inductive approach theory that links theory and data collection as the research process.

Critical research strategies require investigators to oppose government policies.

Questionnaires elicit high rates of response from participants.

Books,graffiti,and television programs can all be sources of data for secondary analysis.

Identify & briefly describe the characteristics of scientific knowledge.

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

What occurs in an unstructured interview?

Researchers are required by a code of ethics to weigh the societal benefits of research against the potential costs to participants.

Field research provides opportunities for researchers to view from the inside what may not be obvious to an outside observer.

A young boy wonders if men or women are more likely to wear sandals with socks.He decides to watch everyone who is wearing sandals and record whether or not they are wearing socks and their gender.Which way of knowing the world is the boy engaged in?

Field research typically generates quantitative data.

Which of the following examples best reflects the definition of a descriptive study as outlined by the text?

The deductive approach to research begins with the collection of data.

Compared with experiments,field research allows research participants to share their own ideas and beliefs about the world.What does this mean for the data?

A weakness of secondary analysis is that the data are hard to obtain and quite expensive to use.

In a simple random sample,what condition must be present?

In participant observation studies,researchers must decide whether to let people know they are being studied.

In which research method does the researcher manipulate independent variables to investigate their impact on a dependent variable?

Which research approach values close contact with a group of participants and immersion in their culture?

Qualitative studies rely on the formation of hypotheses.