Exam 2: Examining Our Social World

___________ is data collected by systematically observing people in their natural surroundings.

Molly is conducting research on the homeless.For six weeks she has lived among the homeless "24/7," sleeping on the street or at a shelter,and engaging in the same activities as the population she is studying.By doing so,Molly has been able to gather a broad understanding of the homeless,their needs,and characteristics.Molly is using _____ as a method of gathering data.

Differentiate between quantitative and qualitative research and give two examples of each.

Evaluation research is commonly cited as being useful in real life applications.

Lindsey and Tobias decided to study how children's books present diverse family structures.Lindsey and Tobias read and coded 25 children's books and noted what type of family structure was illustrated in the text and pictures.Lindsey and Tobias were using which method of data collection?

Cross-sectional data are collected at one point in time.

Joanna is conducting a research project that examines whether parent's income impacts a child's choice of college.Joanna thinks that parents who make a lot of money will have children who will attend private schools and parents who make little money will have children who will attend public schools."child's choice of college" is the _____ in Joanna's project.

Which of the following survey methods has the higher response rate?

Barney,a junior,was interested in studying the study habits of college freshman.To better understand this issue,Barney joined a number of study groups designed for freshman-level courses at his college.Barney is using which data collection method?

Matthew,a researcher,decided to conduct research on domestic violence.He further narrowed his topic to focus on social class and domestic violence.Matthew is engaging in which stage of research?

Steve's research project is aimed at understanding the relationship between after-school employment and GPA.Steve is collecting data from students on the number of hours they work outside of school and their grades.Steve is using which of the following research approaches?

Most social science research involves both inductive and deductive reasoning.

In the classic experimental design,there are two groups: the _____ group and the _____ group.

In her research project,Megan is measuring age,gender,GPA,and study habits.Age,gender,GPA and study habits are examples of