Question 1

Set up a research project in which you wish to determine the motivations for watching a popular television program.How would you conduct your research?

Accepted Answer

To conduct a research project on the mot

Question 2

Which of the following statements best reflects the results of an experiment?

Accepted Answer

A)  They have high reliability and high validity. 
B)  They have high reliability and low validity. 
C)  They have low reliability and high validity. 
D)  They have low reliability and low validity. 
A)  They have high reliability and high validity. 
B)  They have high reliability and low validity. 
C)  They have low reliability and high validity. 
D)  They have low reliability and low validity.

Question 3

People who are interviewed on a particular street corner do not constitute a representative sample of Canadian adults.Why?

Accepted Answer

A)  The sample is unlikely to be representative. 
B)  The sample is too concentrated. 
C)  The sample will overlook children. 
D)  The Hawthorne effect will ruin the sample. 
A)  The sample is unlikely to be representative. 
B)  The sample is too concentrated. 
C)  The sample will overlook children. 
D)  The Hawthorne effect will ruin the sample.

Question 4

What conditions diminish the problems of direct observation?

Accepted Answer

A)  asking people to act naturally and providing incentives for doing so 
B)  immersion in the subjects' language and culture as a participant 
C)  asking unbiased questions and being objective 
D)  ensuring another researcher confirms the observations 
A)  asking people to act naturally and providing incentives for doing so 
B)  immersion in the subjects' language and culture as a participant 
C)  asking unbiased questions and being objective 
D)  ensuring another researcher confirms the observations

Question 5

Suppose you are in a shopping mall and you agree to answer questions from an interviewer doing a survey of those who pass by.What type of sample would you be part of?

Accepted Answer

A)  strategic sample 
B)  convenience sample 
C)  probability sample 
D)  stratified sample 
A)  strategic sample 
B)  convenience sample 
C)  probability sample 
D)  stratified sample

Question 6

What is the most useful type of table for displaying survey data?

Accepted Answer

A)  a contingency table 
B)  a statistical table 
C)  a sampling table 
D)  a response rate table 
A)  a contingency table 
B)  a statistical table 
C)  a sampling table 
D)  a response rate table

Question 7

According to the textbook,what are sociological researchers interested in doing with abstract propositions?

Accepted Answer

A)  generating them 
B)  confirming them 
C)  testing them 
D)  supporting them 
A)  generating them 
B)  confirming them 
C)  testing them 
D)  supporting them

Question 8

A community holds a parade every year after which area farmers proceed to plant their crops.While the parade does not influence the harvest in any demonstrable way,the community still believes that a good parade increases the crop yield.What does this example illustrate?

Accepted Answer

A)  sociological thinking 
B)  scientific thinking 
C)  formal thinking 
D)  traditional thinking 
A)  sociological thinking 
B)  scientific thinking 
C)  formal thinking 
D)  traditional thinking

Question 9

What is the accurate interpretation of the "25%" in the table?

Accepted Answer

A)  It means 25 percent of unhappy people are females. 
B)  It means 25 percent of females are unhappy. 
C)  It means 25 percent of all respondents were unhappy. 
D)  It means 25 percent of females were happy. 
A)  It means 25 percent of unhappy people are females. 
B)  It means 25 percent of females are unhappy. 
C)  It means 25 percent of all respondents were unhappy. 
D)  It means 25 percent of females were happy.

Question 10

John tells Renée,"If you work hard you can get ahead,because my parents told me that this has happened to several people they know." What non-scientific type of thought is John guilty of?

Accepted Answer

A)  traditional thinking 
B)  casual observation 
C)  authoritative observation 
D)  overgeneralization 
A)  traditional thinking 
B)  casual observation 
C)  authoritative observation 
D)  overgeneralization

Question 11

What does the operationalization process do?

Accepted Answer

A)  It translates concepts into variables. 
B)  It translates variables into hypotheses. 
C)  It translates propositions into patterns. 
D)  It translates patterns into hypotheses. 
A)  It translates concepts into variables. 
B)  It translates variables into hypotheses. 
C)  It translates propositions into patterns. 
D)  It translates patterns into hypotheses.

Question 12

Consider this statement: "Canada should have less inequality." What kind of statement is it?

Accepted Answer

A)  a concrete pattern 
B)  an abstract pattern 
C)  a concrete proposition 
D)  an abstract proposition 
A)  a concrete pattern 
B)  an abstract pattern 
C)  a concrete proposition 
D)  an abstract proposition

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A)  ethical considerations 
B)  analyzing the data 
C)  formulating a research question 
D)  collecting data 
A)  ethical considerations 
B)  analyzing the data 
C)  formulating a research question 
D)  collecting data

Question 14

What is a variable? Be sure to illustrate your answer by demonstrating the differences between independent and dependent variables.

Accepted Answer

A variable is a quantity or characterist

Question 15

Participant observation is deficient when it comes to establishing reliability,generalizability,and general causality.According to the textbook,what kind of research is it better suited for?

Accepted Answer

A)  statistical research 
B)  survey research 
C)  exploratory research 
D)  corporate research 
A)  statistical research 
B)  survey research 
C)  exploratory research 
D)  corporate research

Question 16

Define the respondent's ethical rights in a research study.

Accepted Answer

The respondent's ethical rights in a res

Question 17

Explain the arguments for and against having compulsory participation in a census.

Accepted Answer

Arguments for compulsory participation i

Question 18

Lily,a researcher,joins a religious cult to better understand how members are recruited.What method is she using?

Accepted Answer

A)  experimental research 
B)  survey research 
C)  field research 
D)  existing documents 
A)  experimental research 
B)  survey research 
C)  field research 
D)  existing documents

Question 19

Participant observation is particularly useful when doing exploratory research.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

According to the textbook,how do most sociologists feel about removing people from their natural social settings in experimental research?

Accepted Answer

A)  They believe it is unethical. 
B)  They believe it is stressful and traumatic. 
C)  They believe it is detrimental to the validity of research findings. 
D)  They believe it is unfair to minority participants. 
A)  They believe it is unethical. 
B)  They believe it is stressful and traumatic. 
C)  They believe it is detrimental to the validity of research findings. 
D)  They believe it is unfair to minority participants.

Exam 2: How Sociologists Do Research

Set up a research project in which you wish to determine the motivations for watching a popular television program.How would you conduct your research?

Which of the following statements best reflects the results of an experiment?

People who are interviewed on a particular street corner do not constitute a representative sample of Canadian adults.Why?

What conditions diminish the problems of direct observation?

Suppose you are in a shopping mall and you agree to answer questions from an interviewer doing a survey of those who pass by.What type of sample would you be part of?

What is the most useful type of table for displaying survey data?

According to the textbook,what are sociological researchers interested in doing with abstract propositions?

A community holds a parade every year after which area farmers proceed to plant their crops.While the parade does not influence the harvest in any demonstrable way,the community still believes that a good parade increases the crop yield.What does this example illustrate?

What is the accurate interpretation of the "25%" in the table?

John tells Renée,"If you work hard you can get ahead,because my parents told me that this has happened to several people they know." What non-scientific type of thought is John guilty of?

What does the operationalization process do?

Consider this statement: "Canada should have less inequality." What kind of statement is it?

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

What is a variable? Be sure to illustrate your answer by demonstrating the differences between independent and dependent variables.

Participant observation is deficient when it comes to establishing reliability,generalizability,and general causality.According to the textbook,what kind of research is it better suited for?

Define the respondent's ethical rights in a research study.

Explain the arguments for and against having compulsory participation in a census.

Lily,a researcher,joins a religious cult to better understand how members are recruited.What method is she using?

Participant observation is particularly useful when doing exploratory research.

According to the textbook,how do most sociologists feel about removing people from their natural social settings in experimental research?

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