Exam 1: Doing Social Research

Don,having heard worrisome news reports about chicken farming,wonders if he should stop feeding chicken to his children.Don solicits the advice of his friend Kent,who is a nutritionist,and Kent advises Don to continue feeding his children chicken.Don follows Kent's recommendation.On what basis did Don make his decision to include chicken in his childrens' diet?

What precipitates premature closure?

Define the following: -selective observation

Define the following: -survey research

Researchers have discovered that when the closure of a manufacturing facility is announced,worker productivity briefly dips and then rises to higher levels than before the announcement was delivered.To better understand why productivity rises in manufacturing facilities after closure announcements,Tikvah Mindorff took a position as a welder inside a manufacturing facility that was in the process of shutting down and carefully observed her fellow workers and their situations.What kind of data collection technique has Tikvah employed in her research?

Define the following: -existing statistics research

Roger works at a retirement home and is very familiar with its residents,all of whom are 65 years of age or older.Roger observes that residents between 65 and 74 years of age are the unhappiest,residents between 75 and 84 years of age are moderately happy,and residents between 85 and 100 years of age are the happiest.Rogers concludes that people,in general,grow happier as they age.The error Roger committed is called

Define the following: -time-series study

Explain how you would distinguish a qualitative from a quantitative social research study,and identify four quantitative and four qualitative date collection techniques.

All of the following statements apply to surveys,EXCEPT which one?