Exam 2: How Sociologists Do Research

A researcher decides to measure happiness by the number of times a person smiles each hour.What process has occurred?

Compare and contrast participant observation and survey research.What are the strengths and weaknesses of each? How are they similar and different? Which is better suited to what purposes and why?

Sooraj,a researcher,wishes to know what women think of a specific government policy.He goes to a shopping mall,and stops every tenth female for a quick interview.Which statement characterizes this procedure?

A sociologist believes that high levels of education create the opportunity for higher-paying work after graduation.What type of variable is "level of education"?

What are the ethical considerations that must be considered when doing research?

How often does Statistics Canada conduct a census?

When a sociological researcher interviews workers about their opinions of their health insurance,what stage of research is the researcher engaging in?

Which conclusion does the evidence support?

What conclusion do participant observation studies confirm about the connection between media violence and violent conduct?

What exists in an authentic relationship between variables?

The question of whether a researcher's interpretations are accurate (that is,whether his or her measurements measure what they are supposed to measure)is a question of what?

Which of the following conditions defines the existence of a relationship between variables?

When people say,"There must be supernatural forces at work here," what kind of non-scientific thought are they guilty of?

When Professor Lee states that a hypothesis is an "educated guess," what does she mean by "educated"?

What is demonstrated when two variables change together systematically?

Which statement best describes the experimental evidence connecting TV violence to violent behaviour?

In causal analysis,what is required in the "relationship test"?

Identify the methodological problems encountered by Alfred Kinsey when he did his original research on human sexuality.How could these problems be addressed in order to make his research better?

Life is meaningful for humans because of which level of experience?

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