Reading a range of books and journals about crime in Canada is a good example of which kind of research?
Correct answer E. Secondary research
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What is a data collection method called when the researcher has no interaction with the people being studied?
Correct answer B. Unobtrusive research
In participant observation, what does the role of the complete participant require the researcher to be?
Correct answer C. Discreet about his/her research
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According to feminists, what directly causes androcentric bias in research?
Correct answer B. Using males as the accepted norm
Which of the following would NOT count as an ethical concern in research?
Correct answer D. Selecting a relevant theoretical perspective
What is meant by applied social research?
Correct answer C. Research that aims to intervene in and improve social life
Which of these statements is true?
Correct answer C. Sociologists use both quantitative and qualitative methods
Tearoom Trade is typical of the kind of questions asked by sociologists because:
Correct answer C. it investigates workings of society that are different from official accounts
Which of these terms does not belong with the others?
Correct answer A. Causation
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In survey research, what is the whole group targeted by a questionnaire called?
Correct answer C. Population
In sociology, what is meant by researchers using controls?
Correct answer B. Holding some variables constant to look at the effects of others
How is an experiment best defined?
Correct answer D. An attempt to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions
Which of the following statements about correlation and causation is accurate?
Correct answer C. Causation cannot be inferred directly from correlation
What is the dropout rate in Pakistan’s schools?
Correct answer C. 50%
What were Pakistan’s urban and rural literacy rates, respectively?
Correct answer A. 63% and 34%
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Public spending on education in Pakistan fell from 2.6% of GDP in the 1990s to what level in 2002-03?
Correct answer B. 1.8%
What was Pakistan’s literacy rate in 1951?
Correct answer B. 16%
What share of the world’s adult illiterate population does Pakistan account for?
Correct answer C. 5%
What term describes “the totality of behaviour of an individual with a given tendency system interacting with a sequence of situations”?
Correct answer B. Personality
According to Sorokin, differences between groups are mainly influenced by differences in what?
Correct answer A. Physical environment