Exam 2: Sociological Investigation

How does inductive logical thought differ from deductive logical thought? How can a researcher benefit from using both kinds of thinking?

Replication is one way to assess the accuracy of existing research.

Which sociological research method is best used to study what cannot be directly observed, such as attitudes and values, among large numbers of people?

Conducting interviews takes no more time than completing questionnaires and gives just as good results.

If you were trying to measure the "social class" of various people, you would have to keep in mind that:

An apparent, although False, association between two variables that is caused by some third variable is called:

What term refers to the value that occurs midway in a series of numbers (that is, the middle case)?

William Foote Whyte's study of Cornerville (Street Corner Society) used which sociological research method?

The very act of observing people may affect their behavior.

What did Max Weber mean by "value-free" research?

Provide one strength and one limitation of each of the major research methods described in this chapter: experiment, survey, participant observation, and secondary analysis.

Science can be defined as:

Carrying out research with Hispanics, Asians, or people of any distinctive category demands that a researchers be sensitive to how subjects will interpret their words and actions.

The use of existing data and documents (secondary analysis) makes most historical research possible.

Which sociological research method is most likely to produce quantitative data that will identify cause-and-effect relationships?

All of the following-except for one-are statements about ethical research made by the American Sociological Association. Which one is NOT one of the ASA's guidelines for ethical research?

A researcher doing participant observation may "break in" to a setting more easily with the help of a:

What concept below refers to measuring exactly what one intends to measure?

In a questionnaire, asking respondents to identify their income level from a number of possible categories represents which of the following?

Empirical evidence is what people in a society agree is True.