Exam 2: How Sociologists Do Research

A researcher is interested in the effect of violent media content on aggression.She exposes an all-female experimental group to a violent action drama and an all-male control group to a non-violent nature documentary.Which experimental requirement has the researcher violated?

Which of the following is a feature of concrete experience as discussed in the textbook?

Answer questions based on the following table. -Which conclusion does the evidence in the table support?

When Professor Lee states that a hypothesis is an "educated guess," what does she mean by "educated"?

Which of the following terms applies to a relationship between two variables that is not influenced by a third variable?

Compare participant observation and survey research.What are the strengths and weaknesses of each? How are they similar and different? Which is better suited to what purposes and why?

Jeremy notes that when his nose gets cold, he is more likely to slip on the ice when leaving his apartment building.He decides to write a paper stating that there is an association between cold noses and falls.What kind of association does this example illustrate?

Explain the steps in qualitative sociological research on an example of a social problem that interests you.

Research has found that many television viewers watch only news broadcasts on channels that support their political views and never tune in to those that advocate opposing political views.This increases the likelihood of which type of unscientific thinking?

Knowledge based on established authority or tradition can be considered scientific because it has been effective for a long time and respected people endorse it.

What must an individual do in order to form a proposition?

If you used random-digit dialling of listed and unlisted residential numbers in your research, what part of the Canadian population would your sampling frame exclude?

What process translates an abstract concept into a testable variable?

A sociologist believes that high levels of education create the opportunity for higher-paying work after graduation.What type of variable is "level of education"?

Experimental research tends to have low reliability and high validity.

What is the problem of overgeneralization? How can sociologists attempt to correct this problem?

Which outcome results from the process of randomization?

Which of the following represents an ethical consideration when doing research?

Describe the conditions that must be met in demonstrating causality.

Define authenticity as it applies to three aspects of sociological research: ethics, causality, and interpretation of qualitative research results.Give examples.