Exam 2: Asking And Answering Sociological Questions

Compare and contrast two of the major research methods discussed in the text (survey,experiment,field research,comparative-historical).What are the advantages and disadvantages of each method? Write a research question on the topic of divorce using each of the three methods.

In Waves of War,Andreas Wimmer reported the finding that since 1800,wars around the world have increasingly resulted from:

How is social science different from a natural science?

List the SEVEN steps in the scientific research process and discuss what happens in each step.

Which of the following is a great puzzle-solving research question?

The correlation coefficient gives a researcher a good idea of the range of a series of figures.

for her research project in her sociology class,Joan has decided to do research on gender wage differences between men and women.What should be her next step?

Which of the following statements is an example of a hypothesis?

Reviewing the evidence involves all of the following EXCEPT:

According to the text,many scholars are less confident in the ability of social science to attain which of the following goals?

Which statement best characterizes sociology in its early development?

Which of the following describes an advantage of survey research?

A disadvantage of survey research is that only small groups or communities can be studied this way.

If the value of one variable goes up when the value of another variable goes down,a negative correlation exists.

Experiments are usually much easier for other researchers to replicate than surveys or ethnographies.

Theda Skocpol's States and Social Revolutions is an example of what type of research?

Researchers cannot claim that variables are correlated unless the correlation coefficient is 1 or -1.

for a sample to accurately reflect the characteristics of the study population,it must be:

A researcher will survey college students concerning their attitudes toward lowering the legal drinking age to 18.Which of the following is a good research hypothesis?

The only valid way to study a large population is to include every member of the population in the study group.