Question 1

Define the following:unobtrusive measure

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Another name for nonreactive m

Question 2

Why are ethical concerns usually not a problem for nonreactive research? Nevertheless,what sorts of ethical issues should a nonreactive researcher be aware of?

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Ethical concerns are not at the forefron

Question 3

The most notable general source of statistical information for Canada is the

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A) Gallup poll. 
B) Demographic Yearbook. 
C) World Book Encyclopedia. 
D) Superintendent of Documents. 
E) Canada Year Book. 
A) Gallup poll. 
B) Demographic Yearbook. 
C) World Book Encyclopedia. 
D) Superintendent of Documents. 
E) Canada Year Book.

Question 4

Existing statistics are best for topics

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A) where the researcher controls a situation and manipulates an independent variable. 
B) that involve the underlying meaning of messages in cultural communications. 
C) where the researcher asks questions and learns about reported attitudes or behaviour. 
D) that involve information routinely collected by large bureaucratic organizations. 
E) directly related to a research question. 
A) where the researcher controls a situation and manipulates an independent variable. 
B) that involve the underlying meaning of messages in cultural communications. 
C) where the researcher asks questions and learns about reported attitudes or behaviour. 
D) that involve information routinely collected by large bureaucratic organizations. 
E) directly related to a research question.

Question 5

Define the following:latent coding

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A type of content analysis cod

Question 6

Define the following:coding system

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A set of instructions or rules

Question 7

Which of the following features best describes why secondary data analysis is increasingly used by researchers?

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A) It permits the researcher to closely observe people in routine,everyday interactions. 
B) It allows the researcher to ask participants questions that are specifically related to the research topic. 
C) The researcher knows the data very well because he or she has designed the survey questions and then collected the data. 
D) It is relatively inexpensive. 
E) Secondary data allows the researcher to manipulate the information so that it can more accurately be applied to his or her study. 
A) It permits the researcher to closely observe people in routine,everyday interactions. 
B) It allows the researcher to ask participants questions that are specifically related to the research topic. 
C) The researcher knows the data very well because he or she has designed the survey questions and then collected the data. 
D) It is relatively inexpensive. 
E) Secondary data allows the researcher to manipulate the information so that it can more accurately be applied to his or her study.

Question 8

Professor John Juniper was interested in using Statistics Canada data to examine trends in Canadian unemployment rates over the last 40 years;however,he found that the official definition of "unemployment" used to collect unemployment statistics differed from year to year.Which of the following issues complicates matters for him?

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A) Reliability 
B) Validity 
C) Ecological fallacy 
D) Ideal types 
E) The coding frame is invalid 
A) Reliability 
B) Validity 
C) Ecological fallacy 
D) Ideal types 
E) The coding frame is invalid

Question 9

Items found in the trash or on the floor of the theatre after a movie has concluded are examples of

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A) traces. 
B) erosion. 
C) accretion. 
D) hash marks. 
E) vital statistics. 
A) traces. 
B) erosion. 
C) accretion. 
D) hash marks. 
E) vital statistics.

Question 10

What is the purpose of multiple coders in content analysis? What possible problem can this create? How might one deal with the problem?

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Multiple coders serve the purpose of ass

Question 11

Define the following:fallacy of misplaced concreteness

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When a person uses too many di

Question 12

Which of the following characteristics best describes a coding system that codes for the direction of text content?

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A) Recording the size of a text message or the amount of space or volume that the text occupies 
B) Recording the strength or power of the content of a specific text 
C) Noting the content of a message in the content along some continuum 
D) Specifying a set of instructions to explain how to convert the symbolic content of text into quantitative data 
E) Counting whether or not something occurs in the text and,if so,how often that occurrence takes place 
A) Recording the size of a text message or the amount of space or volume that the text occupies 
B) Recording the strength or power of the content of a specific text 
C) Noting the content of a message in the content along some continuum 
D) Specifying a set of instructions to explain how to convert the symbolic content of text into quantitative data 
E) Counting whether or not something occurs in the text and,if so,how often that occurrence takes place

Question 13

Professor Ernie Easter has a list of measures on the French influence in the Moncton,New Brunswick area.He asked you to identify the one that is NOT an unobtrusive measure.Which one is it?

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A) The wear on novels in Moncton public libraries written in French 
B) Walking down a street in Moncton and noticing that most of the signs in stores in a neighbourhood are in French 
C) A list of votes supporting bills on bilingual education in the New Brunswick legislature with the area represented by each legislator noted on the list 
D) A box of 300 letters written by people living in Moncton to relatives living in French-speaking areas outside the province (e.g.,Quebec)between 1980 and 1985 
E) A survey using a three-page questionnaire partly written in French that was distributed to residents of a neighbourhood 
A) The wear on novels in Moncton public libraries written in French 
B) Walking down a street in Moncton and noticing that most of the signs in stores in a neighbourhood are in French 
C) A list of votes supporting bills on bilingual education in the New Brunswick legislature with the area represented by each legislator noted on the list 
D) A box of 300 letters written by people living in Moncton to relatives living in French-speaking areas outside the province (e.g.,Quebec)between 1980 and 1985 
E) A survey using a three-page questionnaire partly written in French that was distributed to residents of a neighbourhood

Question 14

Define the following:coding frame

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An exhaustive list o

Question 15

Define the following:structured observation

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A method of watching what is happening i

Question 16

Define the following:intensity

Accepted Answer

Intensity is one of the four c

Question 17

Where do researchers keep notes or tallies of what has been coded in content analyses?

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A) Coding frame 
B) Coding manifest 
C) Coding system 
D) Recording sheet 
E) Coding space 
A) Coding frame 
B) Coding manifest 
C) Coding system 
D) Recording sheet 
E) Coding space

Question 18

Define the following:frequency

Accepted Answer

Frequency is one of the four c

Question 19

Compared to latent coding in content analysis,manifest coding usually has

Accepted Answer

A) greater reliability than latent coding. 
B) lower rates of intercoder reliability. 
C) greater validity than latent coding. 
D) lower reliability than latent coding. 
E) subjective meanings associated with the codes. 
A) greater reliability than latent coding. 
B) lower rates of intercoder reliability. 
C) greater validity than latent coding. 
D) lower reliability than latent coding. 
E) subjective meanings associated with the codes.

Question 20

Define the following:reactive

Accepted Answer

Measures in which th

Define the following:unobtrusive measure

Why are ethical concerns usually not a problem for nonreactive research? Nevertheless,what sorts of ethical issues should a nonreactive researcher be aware of?

The most notable general source of statistical information for Canada is the

Existing statistics are best for topics

Define the following:latent coding

Define the following:coding system

Which of the following features best describes why secondary data analysis is increasingly used by researchers?

Items found in the trash or on the floor of the theatre after a movie has concluded are examples of

What is the purpose of multiple coders in content analysis? What possible problem can this create? How might one deal with the problem?

Define the following:fallacy of misplaced concreteness

Which of the following characteristics best describes a coding system that codes for the direction of text content?

Professor Ernie Easter has a list of measures on the French influence in the Moncton,New Brunswick area.He asked you to identify the one that is NOT an unobtrusive measure.Which one is it?

Define the following:coding frame

Define the following:structured observation

Define the following:intensity

Where do researchers keep notes or tallies of what has been coded in content analyses?

Define the following:frequency

Compared to latent coding in content analysis,manifest coding usually has

Define the following:reactive

Doing Social Research

Theory and Social Research

Ethics in Social Research

Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study

Designing a Study

Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement

Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling

Survey Research

Experimental Research

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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Exam 10: Nonreactive Quantitative Research and Secondary Analysis

Define the following:unobtrusive measure

Why are ethical concerns usually not a problem for nonreactive research? Nevertheless,what sorts of ethical issues should a nonreactive researcher be aware of?

The most notable general source of statistical information for Canada is the

Existing statistics are best for topics

Define the following:latent coding

Define the following:coding system

Which of the following features best describes why secondary data analysis is increasingly used by researchers?

Items found in the trash or on the floor of the theatre after a movie has concluded are examples of

What is the purpose of multiple coders in content analysis? What possible problem can this create? How might one deal with the problem?

Define the following:fallacy of misplaced concreteness

Which of the following characteristics best describes a coding system that codes for the direction of text content?

Professor Ernie Easter has a list of measures on the French influence in the Moncton,New Brunswick area.He asked you to identify the one that is NOT an unobtrusive measure.Which one is it?

Define the following:coding frame

Define the following:structured observation

Define the following:intensity

Where do researchers keep notes or tallies of what has been coded in content analyses?

Define the following:frequency

Compared to latent coding in content analysis,manifest coding usually has

Define the following:reactive

Doing Social Research

Theory and Social Research

Ethics in Social Research

Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study

Designing a Study

Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement

Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling

Survey Research

Experimental Research

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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