Exam 15: Research Using Historical and Comparative Data and Content Analysis

According to Skocpol (1984),interpretive historical sociology compares the histories or particular historical experiences of nations in narrative form,noting similarities and differences and inferring explanations for key national events.

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Question 41

Max Weber's (Bendix 1962:268)comparative sociology of religions contrasted which religions?

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Question 42

Describe the difference between historical events and historical process research.

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Question 43

The central insight behind unobtrusive measures in historical and comparative investigations is that we can improve our understanding of social processes when we make comparisons to other times and places.

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Question 44

Qualitative historical research often follows a story involving specific actors and other events occurring at the same time or takes account of the position of actors and events in time.In other words,qualitative historical research is usually ______.

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Question 45

What types of data are appropriate for content analysis?

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Question 46

If the applicability of general theoretical propositions is limited to particular historical circumstances,then the theory is ______.

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Question 47

What is an oral history? Why should a researcher be skeptical while collecting data through the use of oral histories?

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Question 48

What kind of data sources do demographers use?

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Question 49

Which of the following is not one of the four basic types of historical and/or comparative research methods?

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Question 50

Which of the following is not necessary to compute the demographic bookkeeping equation?

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Question 51

How is reliability of coding assessed in content analysis?

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Question 52

Event structure analysis seeks to identify the underlying structure of an action in a chronology of events.

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Question 53

Which of the following is not a stage for a systematic qualitative comparative historical study stated in Chapter 15?

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Question 54

Cross-sectional comparative research tends to be all of the following except ______.

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Question 55

What is demography? What sorts of statistics do demographers collect?

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Question 56

In case-oriented historical research,the sample is ______.

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Question 57

Event history analysis can use the counterfactual to identify key events and figures.

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Question 58

Historical process research can use qualitative or quantitative techniques.

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Question 59

What is the first stage in a systematic,qualitative,comparative historical study?

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According to Skocpol (1984),interpretive historical sociology compares the histories or particular historical experiences of nations in narrative form,noting similarities and differences and inferring explanations for key national events.

Max Weber's (Bendix 1962:268)comparative sociology of religions contrasted which religions?

Describe the difference between historical events and historical process research.

The central insight behind unobtrusive measures in historical and comparative investigations is that we can improve our understanding of social processes when we make comparisons to other times and places.

Qualitative historical research often follows a story involving specific actors and other events occurring at the same time or takes account of the position of actors and events in time.In other words,qualitative historical research is usually ______.

What types of data are appropriate for content analysis?

If the applicability of general theoretical propositions is limited to particular historical circumstances,then the theory is ______.

What is an oral history? Why should a researcher be skeptical while collecting data through the use of oral histories?

What kind of data sources do demographers use?

Which of the following is not one of the four basic types of historical and/or comparative research methods?

Which of the following is not necessary to compute the demographic bookkeeping equation?

How is reliability of coding assessed in content analysis?

Event structure analysis seeks to identify the underlying structure of an action in a chronology of events.

Which of the following is not a stage for a systematic qualitative comparative historical study stated in Chapter 15?

Cross-sectional comparative research tends to be all of the following except ______.

What is demography? What sorts of statistics do demographers collect?

In case-oriented historical research,the sample is ______.

Event history analysis can use the counterfactual to identify key events and figures.

Historical process research can use qualitative or quantitative techniques.

What is the first stage in a systematic,qualitative,comparative historical study?

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