Exam 2: Sociological Investigation

Empirical evidence refers to what we can verify with our senses.

Lois Benjamin's investigation of racism may be criticized because:

A theory states that increasing a person's formal education results in increased earnings over a lifetime. In this theory, "higher education" is the:

What are the essential differences between scientific sociology, interpretive sociology, and critical sociology?

How and why is gender important in research? What are some of the problems in research that involve gender? How about race and ethnicity? How should a research take account of race and ethnicity when planning research?

Which German word meaning "understanding" was used by Max Weber in describing his approach to sociological research?

E. Digby Baltzell's historical study, Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia, illustrates which research method?

You wish to conduct an exploratory and descriptive study of people in a particular neighborhood. You have plenty of time, but little money or other resources. What research method should you use?

Deductive logical thought involves:

Natural scientists often have an easier time than social scientists in identifying cause-and-effect relationships.

A positivist approach assumes that reality exists "out there."

Natural scientists often have an easier time than social scientists in identifying cause-and-effect relationships.

List the three conditions required to establish cause and effect in social scientific research.

If you are conducting sociological research that very closely follows the logic of science, which research method are you most likely to be using?

Inductive logical thought involves:

Science is a logical system based on intuition and insight.

In making judgments about how society should be improved, the ________ approach in sociology rejects Max Weber's goal that researchers be value-free.

List the three conditions required to establish cause and effect in social scientific research.

Sociologists cannot precisely predict any person's behavior because:

Three researchers wish to test the effects of playing soft music during an exam on the test performance of their sociology students. They conduct an experiment in which one test-taking class hears music and another does not. In experimental terms, the class hearing the music is called: