Exam 2: How Sociologists Do Research

What statistic are you calculating if you add the income of ten people and divide that sum by ten?

What reasons would lead some critics to argue that sociological research suffers from a male-centered perspective?

A sociologist who is unsure about exactly what will be found when she begins her research is engaged in which type of research?

Explain the following statistics: mean,median,rate,and correlation.

According to Brym and Lie,the single biggest problem for sociological research is ____.

Which statistic measures the strength of an association between two variables?

A carefully controlled artificial situation that allows researchers to isolate hypothesized causes and measure their effects precisely is called:

Most participant-observation studies begin as exploratory research.

The question of whether a researcher's findings apply beyond the specific case examined is a question of:

When people are asked questions about their knowledge,attitudes,or behavior in a face-to-face or telephone interview,or in a "paper-and-pencil" format,they are completing which of the following?

Dr.Shelter is interested in the problem of homelessness.He decides to study homelessness because he is personally moved by the social problem.Dr.Shelter's choice of research topic is based on which of the following?

If a researcher who is studying social class is able to use variables that are meaningful to people outside of the social setting,the standards are said to be ____ criteria for validity in that setting.

In the film Kinsey,researcher Alfred Kinsey relied on what we today call a ____ of respondents.

The United States Census succeeds in counting about ____ of the population.

Define validity.

The ____ is the number of people asked to complete a questionnaire divided by the number of people who answer the questionnaire.This is usually reported as a percentage.

Which of the following filters perceptions and ensures that we never perceive society in a pure or objective form?

What kind of analysis associates specific social qualities (types and degrees of knowledge,attitude,and behavior)with discrete quantities (numbers)?

Define population as the term is used in research.

Define the independent variable.