Which statement about Max Weber is correct?
Correct answer A. He emphasised that under no conditions could a researcher allow his or her personal feelings to influence the interpretation of data
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Which step in the research process usually takes the most time?
Correct answer C. Formulating the problem
What must a researcher supply before a variable can be measured?
Correct answer B. Operational definition
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Which of these is not listed among the major research designs?
Correct answer A. Ethnography
Which process turns raw data into numbers so they can be analysed further?
Correct answer E. Coding
Which of these was not listed among the four conditions needed before claiming that an independent variable caused a change in the dependent variable?
Correct answer A. Internal consistency
Which research method is popular because it is relatively cheap and suits the study of large numbers of people?
Correct answer A. Surveys
Why do closed-ended questions increase the return rate of a questionnaire?
Correct answer B. They are quick and easy to complete
A survey on education level offers only the categories some high school, high school and university. Which key rule for closed-ended questionnaire items does this break?
Correct answer E. Exhaustive
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What is the main advantage of interviews?
Correct answer B. The response rate is high
Gathering information about crime control from several countries is a good example of which approach?
Correct answer E. Comparative approach
What must a researcher be for field research to succeed?
Correct answer B. Creative
A field researcher who is open about doing research is probably taking which role?
Correct answer C. Participant-as-observer
Laud Humphreys’s study Tearoom Trade (1970) is an example of which method?
Correct answer A. Participant observation
What is the first element of sociological research?
Correct answer B. Define the research problem
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Which of these is not a qualitative research method?
Correct answer A. Survey research
What does reflexivity mean in sociological research?
Correct answer C. Research findings feed back into society and as a result may change it
Science aims to be both what?
Correct answer B. Valid and reliable
What does bias in research practice refer to?
Correct answer B. The data being unbalanced by the design or execution of the research
What is an association between two variables called when it is actually caused by some other factor?
Correct answer D. Spurious correlation