Question 1

Define the following:
-scientific method

Accepted Answer

The ideas,rules,tech

Question 2

Describe the following types of errors: premature closure,overgeneralization,selective observation,and halo effect.

Accepted Answer

●These are all errors of personal experi

Question 3

Explanatory research is

Accepted Answer

A) research in which a researcher seeks to test theories and addresses the question of why events or patterns occur in social reality. 
B) a technique developed by economists in which the positive and negative consequences of something are estimated,given a dollar value,then balanced against one another. 
C) evaluation research after the program or policy being evaluated ends. 
D) evaluation research throughout the program or policy being evaluated. 
E) research into a new area that has not been studied and in which a researcher develops initial ideas and a more focused research question. 
A) research in which a researcher seeks to test theories and addresses the question of why events or patterns occur in social reality. 
B) a technique developed by economists in which the positive and negative consequences of something are estimated,given a dollar value,then balanced against one another. 
C) evaluation research after the program or policy being evaluated ends. 
D) evaluation research throughout the program or policy being evaluated. 
E) research into a new area that has not been studied and in which a researcher develops initial ideas and a more focused research question.

Question 4

Define the following:
-halo effect

Accepted Answer

An error often made when people use pers

Question 5

Which of the following are the two major approaches or orientations to social research methods?

Accepted Answer

A) Micro and macro 
B) Qualitative and quantitative 
C) Explanatory and exploratory 
D) Applied and academic 
E) Cross-sectional and longitudinal 
A) Micro and macro 
B) Qualitative and quantitative 
C) Explanatory and exploratory 
D) Applied and academic 
E) Cross-sectional and longitudinal

Question 6

In 2010,Professor Dennis Wrong decided to conduct a study of 1000 persons who were married in 1946 to 1948 and were still married.He believed that the social climate,returning veterans,and other changes around the end of World War II affected the decision to marry and what occurred in their first year of marriage.Most likely,Dennis was conducting which type of study?

Accepted Answer

A) Case study 
B) Panel 
C) Cohort 
D) Time-series 
E) Cross-sectional 
A) Case study 
B) Panel 
C) Cohort 
D) Time-series 
E) Cross-sectional

Question 7

Define the following:
-cross-sectional research

Accepted Answer

Research in which a researcher

Question 8

Define the following:
-exploratory research

Accepted Answer

Research in which a researcher

Question 9

Below are five of the seven steps of a research project in scrambled order.Of the five listed below,which one is supposed to be third in the sequence?

Accepted Answer

A) Interpret findings 
B) Collect data 
C) Design study 
D) Focus project. 
E) Analyze the data 
A) Interpret findings 
B) Collect data 
C) Design study 
D) Focus project. 
E) Analyze the data

Question 10

All of the following characterize exploratory research,EXCEPT which one?

Accepted Answer

A) Exploratory research has few guidelines to follow. 
B) Exploratory research illuminates understudied areas. 
C) Exploratory research rarely yields definitive answers. 
D) Exploratory research tends to be qualitative. 
E) Exploratory research documents causes,tests theories,and provides reasons. 
A) Exploratory research has few guidelines to follow. 
B) Exploratory research illuminates understudied areas. 
C) Exploratory research rarely yields definitive answers. 
D) Exploratory research tends to be qualitative. 
E) Exploratory research documents causes,tests theories,and provides reasons.

Question 11

What is the purpose of academic social research?

Accepted Answer

A) It solves social problems and finds which policies are best. 
B) It improves social programs so they become more effective. 
C) It invents new taxonomies and jargon. 
D) It creates fundamental knowledge about how the social world works. 
E) It predicts what future society will be like. 
A) It solves social problems and finds which policies are best. 
B) It improves social programs so they become more effective. 
C) It invents new taxonomies and jargon. 
D) It creates fundamental knowledge about how the social world works. 
E) It predicts what future society will be like.

Question 12

What is the difference between academic and applied social research?

Accepted Answer

●Academic research is research designed

Question 13

Which of the following terms denotes oorganizations composed of a body of experts in a field that are often motivated by particular advocacy goals?

Accepted Answer

A) panels 
B) scientific community 
C) think tanks 
D) applied social researchers 
E) academic social researchers 
A) panels 
B) scientific community 
C) think tanks 
D) applied social researchers 
E) academic social researchers

Question 14

Katherine Keene,a hospital administrator,heard a lot about gay men getting HIV and AIDS.She watched the male patients at her hospital admitted for AIDS.She thought they all looked like homosexuals as did almost all their male visitors.In fact,at Katherine's hospital,60 percent of the HIV-positive male patients were heterosexual and 80 percent of their visitors were neighbours,co-workers,or immediate family members.She most clearly made which type of error?

Accepted Answer

A) Selective observation 
B) Premature closure 
C) Overgeneralization 
D) Inattention 
E) None,she made no error. 
A) Selective observation 
B) Premature closure 
C) Overgeneralization 
D) Inattention 
E) None,she made no error.

Question 15

Define the following:
-premature closure

Accepted Answer

Premature closure is an error people oft

Question 16

Which of the following techniques is used by both qualitative and quantitative researchers?

Accepted Answer

A) Content analysis 
B) Existing statistics 
C) Field research 
D) Focus groups 
E) Historical comparative research 
A) Content analysis 
B) Existing statistics 
C) Field research 
D) Focus groups 
E) Historical comparative research

Question 17

Give an example of a cohort study,describing what features of it make it a cohort study.

Accepted Answer

●A cohort study is a type of longitudina

Question 18

What is the scientific community and who belongs to it?

Accepted Answer

●The scientific community is a collectio

Question 19

Define the following:
-focus group

Accepted Answer

A type of group interview in w

Question 20

Joe Foss studied gender differences in attitudes toward mathematics and science among 45 Grade 1 students.Over the next 12 years,he studied the same 45 children when they were in Grades 5,8,and 12.This is which type of research?

Accepted Answer

A) Case study research 
B) Cross-sectional research 
C) Time-series research 
D) Panel study research 
E) Action-oriented research 
A) Case study research 
B) Cross-sectional research 
C) Time-series research 
D) Panel study research 
E) Action-oriented research

Define the following: -scientific method

Describe the following types of errors: premature closure,overgeneralization,selective observation,and halo effect.

Explanatory research is

Define the following: -halo effect

Which of the following are the two major approaches or orientations to social research methods?

Define the following: -cross-sectional research

Define the following: -exploratory research

Below are five of the seven steps of a research project in scrambled order.Of the five listed below,which one is supposed to be third in the sequence?

All of the following characterize exploratory research,EXCEPT which one?

What is the purpose of academic social research?

What is the difference between academic and applied social research?

Which of the following terms denotes oorganizations composed of a body of experts in a field that are often motivated by particular advocacy goals?

Define the following: -premature closure

Which of the following techniques is used by both qualitative and quantitative researchers?

Give an example of a cohort study,describing what features of it make it a cohort study.

What is the scientific community and who belongs to it?

Define the following: -focus group

Joe Foss studied gender differences in attitudes toward mathematics and science among 45 Grade 1 students.Over the next 12 years,he studied the same 45 children when they were in Grades 5,8,and 12.This is which type of research?

Theory and Social Research

Ethics in Social Research

Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study

Designing a Study

Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement

Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling

Survey Research

Experimental Research

Nonreactive Quantitative Research and Secondary Analysis

Analysis of Quantitative Data

Qualitative Interviewing

Field Research

Nonreactive Qualitative Research

Analysis of Qualitative Data

Combining Methods in Social Science Research

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Exam 1: Doing Social Research

Define the following: -scientific method

Describe the following types of errors: premature closure,overgeneralization,selective observation,and halo effect.

Explanatory research is

Define the following: -halo effect

Which of the following are the two major approaches or orientations to social research methods?

Define the following: -cross-sectional research

Define the following: -exploratory research

Below are five of the seven steps of a research project in scrambled order.Of the five listed below,which one is supposed to be third in the sequence?

All of the following characterize exploratory research,EXCEPT which one?

What is the purpose of academic social research?

What is the difference between academic and applied social research?

Which of the following terms denotes oorganizations composed of a body of experts in a field that are often motivated by particular advocacy goals?

Define the following: -premature closure

Which of the following techniques is used by both qualitative and quantitative researchers?

Give an example of a cohort study,describing what features of it make it a cohort study.

What is the scientific community and who belongs to it?

Define the following: -focus group

Joe Foss studied gender differences in attitudes toward mathematics and science among 45 Grade 1 students.Over the next 12 years,he studied the same 45 children when they were in Grades 5,8,and 12.This is which type of research?

Theory and Social Research

Ethics in Social Research

Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study

Designing a Study

Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement

Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling

Survey Research

Experimental Research

Nonreactive Quantitative Research and Secondary Analysis

Analysis of Quantitative Data

Qualitative Interviewing

Field Research

Nonreactive Qualitative Research

Analysis of Qualitative Data

Combining Methods in Social Science Research

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