Question 1

Which of the following is an example of a bad research question?

Accepted Answer

A) Do students attending high schools that offer sex education have lower teen pregnancy rates than those schools that do not? 
B) Is premarital sex immoral? 
C) Do teens who begin to engage in sexual relations when they are younger than 15 have lower self-esteem than teens who wait to begin until they are over 18? 
D) Does an absence of reliable birth control information increase the chances that sexually active teens will catch and spread sexually transmitted diseases? 
E) Does the age at which young men first engage in sexual intercourse differ among those who live in rural areas,small towns,suburbs,and large cities? 
A) Do students attending high schools that offer sex education have lower teen pregnancy rates than those schools that do not? 
B) Is premarital sex immoral? 
C) Do teens who begin to engage in sexual relations when they are younger than 15 have lower self-esteem than teens who wait to begin until they are over 18? 
D) Does an absence of reliable birth control information increase the chances that sexually active teens will catch and spread sexually transmitted diseases? 
E) Does the age at which young men first engage in sexual intercourse differ among those who live in rural areas,small towns,suburbs,and large cities? B

Question 2

Benjamin hypothesizes that people who grow up in violent households are more likely to be violent as adults.Benjamin wants to conduct quantitative research to determine whether his hypothesis is correct.What should Benjamin's null hypothesis be?

Accepted Answer

A) The less violence one experiences in their childhood home,the less violence they will exhibit as adults. 
B) There is no relationship between growing up in violent households and being violent as an adult. 
C) Children who grow up in violent households are less likely to be violent as adults. 
D) Children who grow up in violent households are more likely to be violent as adults. 
E) There is a negative relationship between growing up in violent households and being violent as an adult. 
A) The less violence one experiences in their childhood home,the less violence they will exhibit as adults. 
B) There is no relationship between growing up in violent households and being violent as an adult. 
C) Children who grow up in violent households are less likely to be violent as adults. 
D) Children who grow up in violent households are more likely to be violent as adults. 
E) There is a negative relationship between growing up in violent households and being violent as an adult. B

Question 3

Define the following:nonlinear research path

Accepted Answer

Research that proceeds in a circular,back-and-forth manner.It is more characteristic of qualitative than a quantitative style to social research.

Question 4

Define the following:linear research path

Accepted Answer

Research that proceeds in a cl

Question 5

Graduate student Phineas Manly studied the admissions practices and sports records of 200 colleges and universities in the U.S.and Canada to see whether postsecondary institutions with more lax admissions standards won more games.What are the units of analysis in this study?

Accepted Answer

A) Sports teams 
B) College students 
C) Colleges 
D) Admissions standards 
E) Number of winning games 
A) Sports teams 
B) College students 
C) Colleges 
D) Admissions standards 
E) Number of winning games

Question 6

Melissa was interested in consumer preferences of female undergraduate students.Melissa found participants for her study,conducted and transcribed interviews,and began to analyze interviewees' responses.After a first pass,Melissa realized class played a bigger role in shaping her interviewees' consumer preferences than she anticipated when designing her interview schedule and so decided to conduct a second round of interviews with additional questions before formulating her findings.Which path did Melissa's research take?

Accepted Answer

A) Linear 
B) Regular 
C) Nonlinear 
D) Irregular 
E) Repetitive 
A) Linear 
B) Regular 
C) Nonlinear 
D) Irregular 
E) Repetitive

Question 7

In the language of social research,alternative hypotheses are sometimes referred to as __________ hypotheses.

Accepted Answer

A) Null 
B) Non-directional 
C) Disconfirmed 
D) Empirical 
E) Experimental 
A) Null 
B) Non-directional 
C) Disconfirmed 
D) Empirical 
E) Experimental

Question 8

Define the following:reductionism

Accepted Answer

Something that appears to be a causal ex

Question 9

Which of the following statements about the logic of disconfirming hypotheses is false?

Accepted Answer

A) Karl Popper stressed the importance of falsification 
B) A hypothesis is never proven 
C) Positive evidence is more significant than negative evidence 
D) The alternative hypothesis states the independent variable has an effect on the dependent variable 
E) The scientific community is extremely cautious 
A) Karl Popper stressed the importance of falsification 
B) A hypothesis is never proven 
C) Positive evidence is more significant than negative evidence 
D) The alternative hypothesis states the independent variable has an effect on the dependent variable 
E) The scientific community is extremely cautious

Question 10

How does the intervening variable relate to the independent variable and dependent variable in a three-variable causal relationship?

Accepted Answer

A) The intervening variable acts as a dependent variable with respect to the dependent variable and acts as an independent variable toward the dependent variable. 
B) The intervening variable acts as a dependent variable with respect to the independent variable and acts as an independent variable toward the dependent variable. 
C) The intervening variable acts as an independent variable with respect to the independent variable and acts as an independent variable toward the dependent variable. 
D) The intervening variable acts as a dependent variable with respect to the independent variable and acts as a dependent variable toward the dependent variable. 
E) The relationship of the intervening variable to the independent and dependent variables is not fixed. 
A) The intervening variable acts as a dependent variable with respect to the dependent variable and acts as an independent variable toward the dependent variable. 
B) The intervening variable acts as a dependent variable with respect to the independent variable and acts as an independent variable toward the dependent variable. 
C) The intervening variable acts as an independent variable with respect to the independent variable and acts as an independent variable toward the dependent variable. 
D) The intervening variable acts as a dependent variable with respect to the independent variable and acts as a dependent variable toward the dependent variable. 
E) The relationship of the intervening variable to the independent and dependent variables is not fixed.

Question 11

Define the following:level of analysis

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A way to talk about the scope of a socia

Question 12

Political Scientist Tom Travers tested whether the "military effort of modern industrial nations" is caused by the "electoral success by the right-wing parties" or the "popularity of nationalist beliefs" in a society.In this study,the dependent variable is

Accepted Answer

A) nationalist beliefs. 
B) military effort. 
C) gross national product. 
D) International Labour Organization. 
E) votes during national and local elections for right-wing parties. 
A) nationalist beliefs. 
B) military effort. 
C) gross national product. 
D) International Labour Organization. 
E) votes during national and local elections for right-wing parties.

Question 13

Define the following:intervening variable

Accepted Answer

A variable that is between the

Question 14

Define the following:grounded theory

Accepted Answer

An inductive,qualitative approach in whi

Question 15

When quantitative researchers want to test a hypothesis about a relationship between two variables they often develop a null hypothesis and a corresponding alternative hypothesis.What does the null hypothesis say about the relationship being studied?

Accepted Answer

A) There is no relationship between the two variables. 
B) The dependent variable has an effect on the independent variable. 
C) There is no intervening variable affecting the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. 
D) The relationship between the independent and dependent variables is spurious. 
E) The independent variable has an effect on the dependent variable. 
A) There is no relationship between the two variables. 
B) The dependent variable has an effect on the independent variable. 
C) There is no intervening variable affecting the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. 
D) The relationship between the independent and dependent variables is spurious. 
E) The independent variable has an effect on the dependent variable.

Question 16

Graduate student Lola Lively conducted a study of how children thought about society.She asked them about their attitudes toward the prime minister of Canada.Her unit(s)of analysis is(are)

Accepted Answer

A) the individual child. 
B) attitudes. 
C) the prime minister. 
D) children&rsquo;s attitudes. 
E) society. 
A) the individual child. 
B) attitudes. 
C) the prime minister. 
D) children&rsquo;s attitudes. 
E) society.

Question 17

Define the following:null hypothesis

Accepted Answer

A hypothesis that sa

Question 18

Define the following:tautology

Accepted Answer

An error in explanat

Question 19

Simpson's paradox is a subtype of which of the following kinds of logical problems that can arise in causal explanations?

Accepted Answer

A) Spuriousness 
B) Reductionism 
C) Tautology 
D) Ecological fallacy 
E) Teleology 
A) Spuriousness 
B) Reductionism 
C) Tautology 
D) Ecological fallacy 
E) Teleology

Question 20

Durkheim's classic study,Suicide (1897),was criticized because

Accepted Answer

A) of his treatment of group data as though they were individual-level data. 
B) of his treatment of individual-level data as though they were group data. 
C) he pooled his data and treated the populations across countries as though they were comparable. 
D) A and C 
E) B and C 
A) of his treatment of group data as though they were individual-level data. 
B) of his treatment of individual-level data as though they were group data. 
C) he pooled his data and treated the populations across countries as though they were comparable. 
D) A and C 
E) B and C

Which of the following is an example of a bad research question?

Benjamin hypothesizes that people who grow up in violent households are more likely to be violent as adults.Benjamin wants to conduct quantitative research to determine whether his hypothesis is correct.What should Benjamin's null hypothesis be?

Define the following:nonlinear research path

Define the following:linear research path

Graduate student Phineas Manly studied the admissions practices and sports records of 200 colleges and universities in the U.S.and Canada to see whether postsecondary institutions with more lax admissions standards won more games.What are the units of analysis in this study?

In the language of social research,alternative hypotheses are sometimes referred to as __________ hypotheses.

Define the following:reductionism

Which of the following statements about the logic of disconfirming hypotheses is false?

How does the intervening variable relate to the independent variable and dependent variable in a three-variable causal relationship?

Define the following:level of analysis

Political Scientist Tom Travers tested whether the "military effort of modern industrial nations" is caused by the "electoral success by the right-wing parties" or the "popularity of nationalist beliefs" in a society.In this study,the dependent variable is

Define the following:intervening variable

Define the following:grounded theory

When quantitative researchers want to test a hypothesis about a relationship between two variables they often develop a null hypothesis and a corresponding alternative hypothesis.What does the null hypothesis say about the relationship being studied?

Graduate student Lola Lively conducted a study of how children thought about society.She asked them about their attitudes toward the prime minister of Canada.Her unit(s)of analysis is(are)

Define the following:null hypothesis

Define the following:tautology

Simpson's paradox is a subtype of which of the following kinds of logical problems that can arise in causal explanations?

Durkheim's classic study,Suicide (1897),was criticized because

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Ethics in Social Research

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Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling

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Exam 5: Designing a Study

Which of the following is an example of a bad research question?

Benjamin hypothesizes that people who grow up in violent households are more likely to be violent as adults.Benjamin wants to conduct quantitative research to determine whether his hypothesis is correct.What should Benjamin's null hypothesis be?

Define the following:nonlinear research path

Define the following:linear research path

Graduate student Phineas Manly studied the admissions practices and sports records of 200 colleges and universities in the U.S.and Canada to see whether postsecondary institutions with more lax admissions standards won more games.What are the units of analysis in this study?

In the language of social research,alternative hypotheses are sometimes referred to as __________ hypotheses.

Define the following:reductionism

Which of the following statements about the logic of disconfirming hypotheses is false?

How does the intervening variable relate to the independent variable and dependent variable in a three-variable causal relationship?

Define the following:level of analysis

Political Scientist Tom Travers tested whether the "military effort of modern industrial nations" is caused by the "electoral success by the right-wing parties" or the "popularity of nationalist beliefs" in a society.In this study,the dependent variable is

Define the following:intervening variable

Define the following:grounded theory

When quantitative researchers want to test a hypothesis about a relationship between two variables they often develop a null hypothesis and a corresponding alternative hypothesis.What does the null hypothesis say about the relationship being studied?

Graduate student Lola Lively conducted a study of how children thought about society.She asked them about their attitudes toward the prime minister of Canada.Her unit(s)of analysis is(are)

Define the following:null hypothesis

Define the following:tautology

Simpson's paradox is a subtype of which of the following kinds of logical problems that can arise in causal explanations?

Durkheim's classic study,Suicide (1897),was criticized because

Doing Social Research

Theory and Social Research

Ethics in Social Research

Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study

Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement

Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling

Survey Research

Experimental Research

Nonreactive Quantitative Research and Secondary Analysis

Analysis of Quantitative Data

Qualitative Interviewing

Field Research

Nonreactive Qualitative Research

Analysis of Qualitative Data

Combining Methods in Social Science Research

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