Exam 2: How Sociologists Do Research

Participant observation is deficient when it comes to establishing reliability,generalizability,and general causality.Therefore,it is better suited for ____ research,according to the text.

The well-known sociologist Charles Tilly has studied the patterns and organization of large-scale social movements and social change.His data has been derived from which of the following sources?

A person who answers research questions is called a:

The mean can be deceiving when some cases have exceptionally high or low values.

If researchers approach sociological problems from an exclusively male point of view,their research is said to be:

If a researcher's presence influences the subjects' behavior,it is called ____.

Behaviors that occur in social life may not be replicated in a laboratory setting.This is one of the problems of experimentation and occurs because of the ____ of the laboratory.

Mr.Coach cannot comprehend that he could be wrong concerning his idea about what is the best way to reorganize football teams because he has given this idea much thought.This is an example of:

Dr.Freeman conducts research on a small group of white supremacists in a sparsely populated and rural midwestern town.She then publishes a book based on her observations and interviews with the group.Several colleagues are concerned that her book seems to be written about all white supremacists but is based on only this one small group.The problematic issue for Dr.Freeman's colleagues is:

The attempt to observe a social milieu objectively and take part in the activities being observed is called:

Two sociologists studying a new religious movement are concerned that their interpretations are consistent.This concern is with:

People who are interviewed haphazardly on a street corner do not constitute a representative sample of American adults because:

Define a dependent variable.

Sociologists engage in participant observation when they attempt to objectively observe a social milieu and take part in the activities of the people they are studying.

In Klockars's classic study of professional fencing,he only studied one professional fence in detail.The question of whether we can conclude that his findings are accurate is a question of:

Which of the following statistic is also known as the average?

The sixth step in the research cycle is:

Mr.Percival receives a survey from an automobile company asking him what kind of automobile he may be interested in buying in the next five to ten years.The survey came with a stamped self-addressed envelope to be sent back to the company's researcher.What kind of survey did Mr.Percival participate in?

What is a control group?

Research is not of much use to the sociological community,the subjects of the research,or the wider society if the researchers do not: