In an experiment, two groups are identical except for a change researchers introduce into one of them. What is that group called?
Correct answer A. The experimental group
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Which statement about observation as a research method is correct?
Correct answer A. It may be unobtrusive or participant
How do the authors describe feminist research methodology?
Correct answer C. An approach to research that emphasises inclusion, fairness and humaneness
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In a survey, what is the full group of people the questionnaire is aimed at called?
Correct answer D. Population
Which image did Berger (1963) use as a metaphor for social reality?
Correct answer C. A puppet theatre
What is an instance of focused interaction called?
Correct answer A. An encounter
How are social institutions best described in contemporary societies?
Correct answer B. Highly specialised, interrelated sets of social practices
What are questions called that apply to some respondents but are irrelevant to others?
Correct answer C. Contingency questions
When sociologists study the structure of layers in society and people’s movement between them, they call this?
Correct answer A. Social stratification
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What is the usual return rate for a postal questionnaire?
Correct answer C. Very low
In idealised views of science, what does the experimental method involve?
Correct answer B. Isolating and measuring the effect of one variable upon another
How does sociology differ from common sense?
Correct answer D. Its knowledge is accumulated from many different research contexts
Which concept did Max Weber introduce to sociology?
Correct answer A. Ideal types
Which sociological perspective sees society as a network of connected parts, each helping to maintain the whole system?
Correct answer B. Functionalist perspective
Which group is exposed to the independent variable?
Correct answer C. The experimental group
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Which early Black sociologist campaigned for a racially equal society and criticised theorists who seemed content with the status quo?
Correct answer D. W.E.B. Du Bois
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
Which step in the research process usually takes the most time?
Correct answer C. Formulating the problem
What is sociology concerned with?
Correct answer B. Patterns of human behaviour
What must a researcher supply before a variable can be measured?
Correct answer B. Operational definition