Exam 4: How Do We Know What We Know the Methods of the Sociologist

At what point in the research process are hypotheses developed?

A researcher who decides to measure academic success with Grade Point Average (GPA) has __________ the variable.

Value neutrality refers to

The Tuskegee project, in which nearly 400 African Americans were left untreated for syphilis to find out what would happen, is an example of

List, in the correct order, the eight steps in conducting research.

One of the criteria for determining whether variable X causes variable Y is that

List five of the issues that a researcher must guarantee to an institutional review board.

Research occurring in its "natural" setting is

Annie chooses a random sample of a neighborhood, every fifth block in a small town, and then attempts to include all the people on these blocks in her research. Annie's research is using a ________ sample.

__________ variables cause or influence __________ variables.

What flaw did researcher Eric Turkheimer find in past studies of twins and intelligence?

Regarding bias in social research,

If people know they are being studied, they may change their behavior and even attitudes. This is called

Explain the types of samples identified in the text - random, stratified, cluster, systematic, and purposive.

Quantitative analysis tends to use __________ reasoning, in which researchers figure out their results from demonstrable facts.

Computer assisted interviewing techniques can have the advantage of

IQ is related to how much people study, which, in turn, is related to final exam scores. In this example, time studying is a(n) __________ variable.

In research, confidentiality refers to the researcher

What is deductive reasoning?

A variable with possible responses ranging from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree is called a