Exam 2: How Sociologists Do Research

According to the table,how many males are happy?

Someone who ignores contradictory evidence because it challenges cherished beliefs is guilty of creating ideas from what kind of observation?

Census data in Canada have always counted certain kinds of people and excluded others.

Which of the following do survey methods employ?

Describe the strengths and limitations of survey research.

If the researcher takes account of "gender" in her analysis,what is this additional variable called?

According to the textbook,the telephone directory for the entire country is now available on DVD.Using random digit dialling of listed and unlisted residential numbers,what proportion of the Canadian population would this sampling frame exclude?

When people artificially pose for a photograph,what type of bias is occurring?

During a research study on people's views toward crime,a sociologist was careful to make up false names for the research subjects rather than use their real names in the research.Why is this important?

If one variable changes as the other changes,what are the variables said to be?

At what level of experience do patterns occur?

When is participant observation research most useful?

Knowledge based on established authority or tradition can be considered scientific because it has been effective for a long time and respected people endorse it.

What is the population in this scenario?

When sociologists say that research subjects have the right to safety,what part of the research process are they referring to?

The number of respondents a researcher needs in a survey depends largely on the level of inaccuracy the researcher is willing to accept.

When we say that research subjects have the right to informed consent,what part of the research process are we referring to?

At which level of experience do seeing,touching,tasting,smelling,and hearing occur?

What is the difference between validity and reliability? Provide examples.

What do you call the process whereby individuals are assigned to research groups by chance?