Exam 2: Sociological Research

Which principle of feminist research is best reflected in the example of Bergen's research (1993)examining women's experiences of marital rape?

Andrea is conducting a laboratory experiment on altruism.Which statement best describes a weakness in her approach?

What does "ensuring anonymity" mean?

Which characteristic does a well-designed experimental research study possess?

Researchers Christien Bruckert and Colette Parent conducted a project with sex workers in Montreal.One of their participants was Luka Magnotta,a man later convicted of the first degree murder of Lin Jun.What principle did the Court acknowledge as critical when it ruled that turning over their data to police would compromise the integrity of research?

Suppose you and your classmates were asked an identical set of questions concerning your attitudes toward a discounted bus transit pass in an interview.In what type of research would you be participating?

Why would researchers conduct research in the field?

Which kind of study would most likely be conducted by a sociologist seeking to determine why poverty rates endure among immigrants long after they have relocated to Canada?

Thanks to a recent court decision,investigators can be assured that they can,in normal circumstances,assure confidentiality to their research participants.

In what approach does the researcher begin with a theory and then use research to test the theory?

Surveys have the benefit of representing people's ideas or experiences well.

What is the primary role of research ethics?

According to the text,what is one problem with the use of secondary analysis?

Which type of research would generate hypotheses and variables?

Maintaining confidentiality means the research cannot link a given response to a given respondent.

Which term refers to the group of people about whom sociological researchers want to be able to draw conclusions?

What main advantage do interviews have over other research designs?

Which example best represents an empirical approach to knowing?

According to the text,what was the most interesting finding of Statistics Canada's study on charitable giving?

Which of the following could be described as a descriptive approach to studying health?