Question 1

Understanding _____ research methods is an excellent preparation for questioning the everyday assumptions that others make.

Accepted Answer

A) sociological 
B) operational 
C) scientific 
D) quantitative 
E) correlational 
A) sociological 
B) operational 
C) scientific 
D) quantitative 
E) correlational A

Question 2

Identify several key questions worth asking about the literature review when reading research reports.

Accepted Answer

The questions worth asking about literature review include the following.
1)How selective does the researcher appear to have been in identifying relevant literature to discuss? 
2)Does the review of literature appear appropriately extensive? 
3)Does the researcher provide a critical review?

Question 3

In a scholarly journal article all the details provide important contextual information that can help assess the claims made by the researcher.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

The _____ provides readers with an excellent,easily digestible review of a study's major findings and of the framework the author is using to position her findings.

Accepted Answer

A) literature review 
B) data collection 
C) bibliography 
D) abstract 
E) acknowledgement 
A) literature review 
B) data collection 
C) bibliography 
D) abstract 
E) acknowledgement

Question 5

A _____ will presumably give lots of information about the researcher's method of data collection,her or his sample,and information about how she or he identified and recruited research participants.

Accepted Answer

A) popular magazine 
B) newspaper 
C) media report of sociological research 
D) scholarly journal article 
E) blog post 
A) popular magazine 
B) newspaper 
C) media report of sociological research 
D) scholarly journal article 
E) blog post

Question 6

Describe a table.

Accepted Answer

A table provides a quick,condensed summa

Question 7

Which kind of information cannot be known to even the most responsible consumer of research?

Accepted Answer

A) The funding agency 
B) The methods of data collection 
C) The research findings 
D) The sample of the study 
E) The identities of the participants in the study 
A) The funding agency 
B) The methods of data collection 
C) The research findings 
D) The sample of the study 
E) The identities of the participants in the study

Question 8

What does one need to do to be a responsible consumer of research?

Accepted Answer

A) The individual must ignore the contextual information provided in the research 
B) The individual seldom has to bother himself about what he knows and what he doesn't know,based on the information provided by the research. 
C) The individual seldom has to be aware about what he can know and what he can't know,based on the information provided by the research. 
D) The individual must take his role as a social scientist seriously. 
E) The individual must identify the participants in the study. 
A) The individual must ignore the contextual information provided in the research 
B) The individual seldom has to bother himself about what he knows and what he doesn't know,based on the information provided by the research. 
C) The individual seldom has to be aware about what he can know and what he can't know,based on the information provided by the research. 
D) The individual must take his role as a social scientist seriously. 
E) The individual must identify the participants in the study.

Question 9

Which of the following is a question about sample that needs to be asked while reading research reports?

Accepted Answer

A) Who are this study’s major stakeholders? 
B) What is the researcher’s population? 
C) Does the review of literature appear appropriately extensive? 
D) How were the data analyzed? 
E) How were the data collected? 
A) Who are this study’s major stakeholders? 
B) What is the researcher’s population? 
C) Does the review of literature appear appropriately extensive? 
D) How were the data analyzed? 
E) How were the data collected?

Question 10

Researchers are ethically bound to protect the identities of their subjects.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following is a question about abstracts that needs to be asked while reading research reports?

Accepted Answer

A) What framework does the researcher employ? 
B) What are the relative strengths and weaknesses of the data collection methods employed? 
C) Are the findings linked back to previously described research questions,objectives,hypotheses,and literature? 
D) Are sufficient amounts of data provided in order to support conclusions drawn? 
E) How selective does the researcher appear to have been in identifying relevant literature to discuss? 
A) What framework does the researcher employ? 
B) What are the relative strengths and weaknesses of the data collection methods employed? 
C) Are the findings linked back to previously described research questions,objectives,hypotheses,and literature? 
D) Are sufficient amounts of data provided in order to support conclusions drawn? 
E) How selective does the researcher appear to have been in identifying relevant literature to discuss?

Question 12

Understanding _____ methods is excellent preparation for questioning the everyday assumptions that others make.

Accepted Answer

sociologic

Question 13

Explain what can be learned from an article simply from reading its abstract and its acknowledgments.

Accepted Answer

Reading the abstract that appears in mos

Question 14

What kind of questions must an individual ask himself when he comes across descriptions of sociological research in various media outlets?

Accepted Answer

A) Why is it described? 
B) How is it described? 
C) Why is a part of it missing? 
D) Is the missing part important? 
E) Why is the missing part important? 
A) Why is it described? 
B) How is it described? 
C) Why is a part of it missing? 
D) Is the missing part important? 
E) Why is the missing part important?

Question 15

Understanding sociological research methods is an excellent preparation for questioning the everyday assumptions that others make.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following is true of abstracts?

Accepted Answer

A) It provides a difficult and complicated review of the study's major findings. 
B) It provides an excellent,easily digestible review of a study's framework 
C) It contains a long detailed summary of every minute research finding. 
D) Reading them is totally irrelevant with respect to trying to familiarize with the research. 
E) Abstracts seldom help the author position her/his findings. 
A) It provides a difficult and complicated review of the study's major findings. 
B) It provides an excellent,easily digestible review of a study's framework 
C) It contains a long detailed summary of every minute research finding. 
D) Reading them is totally irrelevant with respect to trying to familiarize with the research. 
E) Abstracts seldom help the author position her/his findings.

Question 17

_____ tells the likelihood that the relationships observed could be caused by something other than chance.

Accepted Answer

A) Table 
B) Statistical significance 
C) Abstract 
D) Introduction 
E) Bibliography 
A) Table 
B) Statistical significance 
C) Abstract 
D) Introduction 
E) Bibliography

Question 18

Abstracts typically are long and include every small detail of the research.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Statistical significance tells us that the relationships we observe are caused by chance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Describe how having a background in sociological research methods is useful for our everyday encounters with sociology using an example.

Accepted Answer

The Wal-Mart case is a great example of

Understanding _____ research methods is an excellent preparation for questioning the everyday assumptions that others make.

Identify several key questions worth asking about the literature review when reading research reports.

In a scholarly journal article all the details provide important contextual information that can help assess the claims made by the researcher.

The _____ provides readers with an excellent,easily digestible review of a study's major findings and of the framework the author is using to position her findings.

A _____ will presumably give lots of information about the researcher's method of data collection,her or his sample,and information about how she or he identified and recruited research participants.

Describe a table.

Which kind of information cannot be known to even the most responsible consumer of research?

What does one need to do to be a responsible consumer of research?

Which of the following is a question about sample that needs to be asked while reading research reports?

Researchers are ethically bound to protect the identities of their subjects.

Which of the following is a question about abstracts that needs to be asked while reading research reports?

Understanding _____ methods is excellent preparation for questioning the everyday assumptions that others make.

Explain what can be learned from an article simply from reading its abstract and its acknowledgments.

What kind of questions must an individual ask himself when he comes across descriptions of sociological research in various media outlets?

Understanding sociological research methods is an excellent preparation for questioning the everyday assumptions that others make.

Which of the following is true of abstracts?

_____ tells the likelihood that the relationships observed could be caused by something other than chance.

Abstracts typically are long and include every small detail of the research.

Statistical significance tells us that the relationships we observe are caused by chance.

Describe how having a background in sociological research methods is useful for our everyday encounters with sociology using an example.

Introduction

Linking Methods With Theory

Research Ethics

Beginning a Research Project

Research Design

Defining and Measuring Concepts

Sampling

Survey Research: a Quantitative Technique

Interviews: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

Field Research: a Qualitative Technique

Unobtrusive Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

Other Methods of Data Collection Analysis

Sharing Your Work

Research Methods in the Real World

Filters

Exam 14: Reading and Understanding Social Research

Understanding _____ research methods is an excellent preparation for questioning the everyday assumptions that others make.

Identify several key questions worth asking about the literature review when reading research reports.

In a scholarly journal article all the details provide important contextual information that can help assess the claims made by the researcher.

The _____ provides readers with an excellent,easily digestible review of a study's major findings and of the framework the author is using to position her findings.

A _____ will presumably give lots of information about the researcher's method of data collection,her or his sample,and information about how she or he identified and recruited research participants.

Describe a table.

Which kind of information cannot be known to even the most responsible consumer of research?

What does one need to do to be a responsible consumer of research?

Which of the following is a question about sample that needs to be asked while reading research reports?

Researchers are ethically bound to protect the identities of their subjects.

Which of the following is a question about abstracts that needs to be asked while reading research reports?

Understanding _____ methods is excellent preparation for questioning the everyday assumptions that others make.

Explain what can be learned from an article simply from reading its abstract and its acknowledgments.

What kind of questions must an individual ask himself when he comes across descriptions of sociological research in various media outlets?

Understanding sociological research methods is an excellent preparation for questioning the everyday assumptions that others make.

Which of the following is true of abstracts?

_____ tells the likelihood that the relationships observed could be caused by something other than chance.

Abstracts typically are long and include every small detail of the research.

Statistical significance tells us that the relationships we observe are caused by chance.

Describe how having a background in sociological research methods is useful for our everyday encounters with sociology using an example.

Introduction

Linking Methods With Theory

Research Ethics

Beginning a Research Project

Research Design

Defining and Measuring Concepts

Sampling

Survey Research: a Quantitative Technique

Interviews: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

Field Research: a Qualitative Technique

Unobtrusive Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

Other Methods of Data Collection Analysis

Sharing Your Work

Research Methods in the Real World

Filters