What is the first element of sociological research?
Correct answer B. Define the research problem
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What are the aspects of social life concerned with order, stability and organisation, which allow societies to hold together and endure, called?
Correct answer C. Social statics
Which of these is not a qualitative research method?
Correct answer A. Survey research
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What is Weber’s principle that sociologists must keep personal biases out of their research called?
Correct answer A. Value-free sociology
What does reflexivity mean in sociological research?
Correct answer C. Research findings feed back into society and as a result may change it
What was W.E.B. Du Bois’s major contribution to sociology?
Correct answer B. He developed a theoretical understanding of racial inequality
Students at Bailey University held a sit-in after the university ended its long-standing policy of exempting graduating seniors from final exams. Which framework best analyses this situation?
Correct answer C. Conflict, because this is a power struggle between two groups with conflicting ideas and interests
Science aims to be both what?
Correct answer B. Valid and reliable
In the library, Louanne sees a woman sitting alone at a table. A man sits at the other end, the woman frowns and shakes her head, and he moves to another table. Louanne concludes the woman did not want to share. Which theoretical perspective is Louanne using?
Correct answer C. The interactionist perspective
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What does bias in research practice refer to?
Correct answer B. The data being unbalanced by the design or execution of the research
In social research, which step of the scientific method comes after reviewing the literature?
Correct answer A. Formulating a hypothesis
What is an association between two variables called when it is actually caused by some other factor?
Correct answer D. Spurious correlation
Which statement about sociologists and research ethics is correct?
Correct answer C. They should obtain informed consent where subjects may face risks greater than those of everyday life
What is one strength of ethnography?
Correct answer B. It usually generates richer and more in-depth information than other methods
Which research method makes use of existing records?
Correct answer C. Archival research
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Which of these is NOT seen as an advantage of surveys?
Correct answer A. They offer an appearance of precision
What is the name of the process by which we acquire a sense of identity and become members of society?
Correct answer D. Socialization
Which of the following is not recognised as a level of society?
Correct answer A. The household
Karl Pearson said, “The unity of all science consists alone in its method, not in its material.” What does this emphasise?
Correct answer A. Scientific method
How is sociological research conducted in laboratory experiments?
Correct answer B. People are brought into a laboratory