Question 1

Define the following terms
-linear research path

Accepted Answer

Research that proceeds in a cl

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A)  of his treatment of aggregate data as though they were individual-level data. 
B)  of his treatment of individual-level data as though they were aggregate 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 aggregate data as though they were individual-level data. 
B)  of his treatment of individual-level data as though they were aggregate 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

Question 3

Define the following terms
-nonlinear research path

Accepted Answer

Research that proceeds in a ci

Question 4

Define the following terms
-unit of analysis

Accepted Answer

The kind of empirica

Question 5

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?

Question 6

Give an example of a spurious relationship and draw a diagram of the links among variables.

Accepted Answer

-Spuriousness occurs when two variables

Question 7

Restate the following in terms of a hypothesis with independent and dependent variables: "The number of kilometres a person drives in a year affects the number of visits a person makes to gasoline filling stations,and there is a positive unidirectional relationship between the variables." What is the unit of analysis for the hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

-As the number of kilometres a

Question 8

The worldwide "Great Depression" of the 1930s was caused by Michael Moneybags,a prominent New York Stock broker,who suffered from severe paranoia and told six wealthy friends to sell their stocks no matter what the price when he heard of a European bank going bankrupt in October 1929.Which logical error in causal explanation is presented in this explanation of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  Null hypothesis 
B)  Spurious statement 
C)  Ecological fallacy 
D)  Reductionism 
E)  None of the above 
A)  Null hypothesis 
B)  Spurious statement 
C)  Ecological fallacy 
D)  Reductionism 
E)  None of the above

Question 9

Define the following terms
-independent variable

Accepted Answer

The first variable t

Question 10

Define the following terms
-alternative hypothesis

Accepted Answer

A hypothesis paired with a nul

Question 11

State a hypothesis with an independent,dependent,and intervening variable.What are the units of analysis and levels of analysis of the hypothesis? Draw a diagram showing the relationship.

Accepted Answer

-Racial classification (independent vari

Question 12

What is grounded theory,and why is it a widely used approach in qualitative research?

Accepted Answer

-Grounded theory is a qualitative resear

Question 13

Define the following terms
-tautology

Accepted Answer

An error in explanat

Question 14

A researcher using "The Logic of Disconfirming Hypotheses" uses two different hypotheses.What are they? Why is negative evidence considered stronger?

Accepted Answer

-The two hypotheses are the null and alt

Question 15

Prime Minister Harper stated that an individual's political orientation has an effect on that individual's stand on the legalization of marijuana issue."Political orientation" was used as his

Accepted Answer

A)  independent variable. 
B)  dependent variable. 
C)  unit of analysis. 
D)  aggregate. 
E)  attribute. 
A)  independent variable. 
B)  dependent variable. 
C)  unit of analysis. 
D)  aggregate. 
E)  attribute.

Question 16

Define the following terms
-reductionism

Accepted Answer

Something that appears to be a causal ex

Question 17

The statement "People are poor because they have little money" is an example of what error in explanation?

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 18

Professor Crimefighter looked at the number of arrests for drunken driving on the roads in 10 urban and 10 rural counties of Ontario.He found police made more arrests on roads in the rural counties.Professor Crimefighter concluded that people who live in rural areas are more likely to drive while intoxicated than are people who live in urban areas.Crimefighter's conclusion has the problem of

Accepted Answer

A)  premature closure. 
B)  overextension. 
C)  ecological fallacy. 
D)  reductionism. 
E)  spuriousness. 
A)  premature closure. 
B)  overextension. 
C)  ecological fallacy. 
D)  reductionism. 
E)  spuriousness.

Question 19

Below is a list of features of qualitative or quantitative research.Which one is a feature of qualitative research but NOT quantitative research?

Accepted Answer

A)  Measures are created in an ad hoc manner and often specific to an individual setting. 
B)  Standard procedures are used and replication assumed. 
C)  Measures are systematically created before gathering any data. 
D)  Concepts are in the form of distinct variables. 
E)  The theory is usually causal and deductive. 
A)  Measures are created in an ad hoc manner and often specific to an individual setting. 
B)  Standard procedures are used and replication assumed. 
C)  Measures are systematically created before gathering any data. 
D)  Concepts are in the form of distinct variables. 
E)  The theory is usually causal and deductive.

Question 20

Use the following model for the questions that follow:
X → Y → Z
-The dependent variable is

Accepted Answer

A)  X. 
B)  Y. 
C)  Z. 
D)  all of the above. 
E)  none of the above. 
A)  X. 
B)  Y. 
C)  Z. 
D)  all of the above. 
E)  none of the above.

Define the following terms -linear research path

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

Define the following terms -nonlinear research path

Define the following terms -unit of analysis

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

Give an example of a spurious relationship and draw a diagram of the links among variables.

Define the following terms -independent variable

Define the following terms -alternative hypothesis

State a hypothesis with an independent,dependent,and intervening variable.What are the units of analysis and levels of analysis of the hypothesis? Draw a diagram showing the relationship.

What is grounded theory,and why is it a widely used approach in qualitative research?

Define the following terms -tautology

A researcher using "The Logic of Disconfirming Hypotheses" uses two different hypotheses.What are they? Why is negative evidence considered stronger?

Prime Minister Harper stated that an individual's political orientation has an effect on that individual's stand on the legalization of marijuana issue."Political orientation" was used as his

Define the following terms -reductionism

The statement "People are poor because they have little money" is an example of what error in explanation?

Below is a list of features of qualitative or quantitative research.Which one is a feature of qualitative research but NOT quantitative research?

Use the following model for the questions that follow: X → Y → Z -The dependent variable is

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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Exam 5: Designing a Study

Define the following terms -linear research path

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

Define the following terms -nonlinear research path

Define the following terms -unit of analysis

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

Give an example of a spurious relationship and draw a diagram of the links among variables.

Define the following terms -independent variable

Define the following terms -alternative hypothesis

State a hypothesis with an independent,dependent,and intervening variable.What are the units of analysis and levels of analysis of the hypothesis? Draw a diagram showing the relationship.

What is grounded theory,and why is it a widely used approach in qualitative research?

Define the following terms -tautology

A researcher using "The Logic of Disconfirming Hypotheses" uses two different hypotheses.What are they? Why is negative evidence considered stronger?

Prime Minister Harper stated that an individual's political orientation has an effect on that individual's stand on the legalization of marijuana issue."Political orientation" was used as his

Define the following terms -reductionism

The statement "People are poor because they have little money" is an example of what error in explanation?

Below is a list of features of qualitative or quantitative research.Which one is a feature of qualitative research but NOT quantitative research?

Use the following model for the questions that follow: X → Y → Z -The dependent variable is

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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