Question 1

Define the following terms
-structure

Accepted Answer

Refers to aspects of the socia

Question 2

The interpretative social science approach is described as idiographic in its theory and method.What does this mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  It strives for empathetic understanding of another person or group's worldview. 
B)  It begins with abstract ideas, laws, or propositions, which are used to deduce logically or infer specific hypotheses that researchers test against the facts of observable empirical reality. 
C)  It focuses on generating detailed descriptions of specific events in particular periods and settings. 
D)  It holds to the principle that researchers must be able to repeat scientific findings in multiple studies to have a high level of confidence that the findings are true. 
E)  Its primary concern is to generate theory. 
A)  It strives for empathetic understanding of another person or group's worldview. 
B)  It begins with abstract ideas, laws, or propositions, which are used to deduce logically or infer specific hypotheses that researchers test against the facts of observable empirical reality. 
C)  It focuses on generating detailed descriptions of specific events in particular periods and settings. 
D)  It holds to the principle that researchers must be able to repeat scientific findings in multiple studies to have a high level of confidence that the findings are true. 
E)  Its primary concern is to generate theory.

Question 3

Why do we need more than association to demonstrate a causal relationship?

Accepted Answer

-A researcher needs three things to esta

Question 4

Graduate student Morton Millwork created a microsocial theory about working in a factory.Which of the following would he be most likely to study?

Accepted Answer

A)  How an increased division of labour with industrialization gave rise to factories as the places where many people work. 
B)  How urbanization increased the growth of the factory as a form of social organization over the past 100 years. 
C)  How greater conflict between the managerial and non-managerial levels in a corporation increased the pace of factory work. 
D)  How the development of robots and new computer-related production technology has produced a corresponding increase in the surveillance of employee behaviour in factories. 
E)  How face-to-face interactions among workers in small work teams in a factory informally enforce certain company rules. 
A)  How an increased division of labour with industrialization gave rise to factories as the places where many people work. 
B)  How urbanization increased the growth of the factory as a form of social organization over the past 100 years. 
C)  How greater conflict between the managerial and non-managerial levels in a corporation increased the pace of factory work. 
D)  How the development of robots and new computer-related production technology has produced a corresponding increase in the surveillance of employee behaviour in factories. 
E)  How face-to-face interactions among workers in small work teams in a factory informally enforce certain company rules.

Question 5

To make a causal statement,a researcher needs all of the following,EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  temporal order. 
B)  association. 
C)  elimination of alternative explanation. 
D)  mathematical proof. 
E)  All the above are necessary. 
A)  temporal order. 
B)  association. 
C)  elimination of alternative explanation. 
D)  mathematical proof. 
E)  All the above are necessary.

Question 6

Professor Candice Candlestick teaches her students that the best sociological research presents objective facts independently of the values of the researcher and is characterized by precise measurement.Which approach does Professor Candlestick subscribe to?

Accepted Answer

A)  Positivism 
B)  Interpretativism 
C)  Structural functionalism 
D)  Verstehenism 
E)  Objectivism 
A)  Positivism 
B)  Interpretativism 
C)  Structural functionalism 
D)  Verstehenism 
E)  Objectivism

Question 7

Andrew Berkeley is a preeminent researcher in the field of political identification.Andrew surveys 10,000 Canadians between the ages of 20 and 29 years old and discovers that as 20-year-olds' level of education increases,they become increasingly liberal in their political views.What sort of relationship has Andrew observed between education level and liberal political views?

Accepted Answer

A)  Negative relationship 
B)  Non-correlative relationship 
C)  Positive relationship 
D)  Spurious relationship 
E)  Partisan relationship 
A)  Negative relationship 
B)  Non-correlative relationship 
C)  Positive relationship 
D)  Spurious relationship 
E)  Partisan relationship

Define the following terms -structure

The interpretative social science approach is described as idiographic in its theory and method.What does this mean?

Why do we need more than association to demonstrate a causal relationship?

Graduate student Morton Millwork created a microsocial theory about working in a factory.Which of the following would he be most likely to study?

To make a causal statement,a researcher needs all of the following,EXCEPT

Professor Candice Candlestick teaches her students that the best sociological research presents objective facts independently of the values of the researcher and is characterized by precise measurement.Which approach does Professor Candlestick subscribe to?

Doing 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

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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Exam 2: Theory and Social Research

Define the following terms -structure

The interpretative social science approach is described as idiographic in its theory and method.What does this mean?

Why do we need more than association to demonstrate a causal relationship?

Graduate student Morton Millwork created a microsocial theory about working in a factory.Which of the following would he be most likely to study?

To make a causal statement,a researcher needs all of the following,EXCEPT

Professor Candice Candlestick teaches her students that the best sociological research presents objective facts independently of the values of the researcher and is characterized by precise measurement.Which approach does Professor Candlestick subscribe to?

Doing 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

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

Filters