Question 1

The attributes of the variable college class level include:

Accepted Answer

A) young, middle age, old 
B) study hard and not study hard 
C) first-year, sophomore, junior, senior 
D) the minimum hours requirement for each class level 
E) first, second, third, fourth, fifth 
A) young, middle age, old 
B) study hard and not study hard 
C) first-year, sophomore, junior, senior 
D) the minimum hours requirement for each class level 
E) first, second, third, fourth, fifth

Question 2

Vanesha wishes to use church attendance as a factor in her study,with the categories "none," "some," and "a lot." Church attendance and the categories are known,respectively,as:

Accepted Answer

A) a variable and attributes 
B) attributes and a variable 
C) theory and method 
D) method and theory 
E) variables 
A) a variable and attributes 
B) attributes and a variable 
C) theory and method 
D) method and theory 
E) variables

Question 3

Gender is a social construct,while sex is a designation of biological differences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The study of social science is interested in ______ patterns,and not ______ ones.

Accepted Answer

A) individual; social 
B) social; individual 
C) aggregate: social 
D) social: aggregate 
E) individual; aggregate 
A) individual; social 
B) social; individual 
C) aggregate: social 
D) social: aggregate 
E) individual; aggregate

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a component of the traditional research proposal?

Accepted Answer

A) review of the literature 
B) introduction 
C) data analysis 
D) researcher's opinion 
E) bibliography 
A) review of the literature 
B) introduction 
C) data analysis 
D) researcher's opinion 
E) bibliography

Question 6

The variable occupation has the attribute of plumber.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The variable plumber has the attribute of occupation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Causal reasoning suggests that

Accepted Answer

A) we use a premodern view. 
B) present circumstances cause future circumstances. 
C) future circumstances cause present circumstances. 
D) probabilistic reasoning is not involved. 
E) general reasoning is involved 
A) we use a premodern view. 
B) present circumstances cause future circumstances. 
C) future circumstances cause present circumstances. 
D) probabilistic reasoning is not involved. 
E) general reasoning is involved

Question 9

Which of the following would a sociologist be LEAST likely to study?

Accepted Answer

A) why crime rates are increasing in rural areas 
B) the incidence of child abuse in middle-income families 
C) why Mr. Smith quit his job 
D) the incidence of employment among white-collar workers 
E) why unemployment rates are higher for black teens than white teens 
A) why crime rates are increasing in rural areas 
B) the incidence of child abuse in middle-income families 
C) why Mr. Smith quit his job 
D) the incidence of employment among white-collar workers 
E) why unemployment rates are higher for black teens than white teens

Question 10

Interviewing an exceptionally talented and noteworthy athlete about his physical training regimen is what kind of research?

Accepted Answer

A) aggregate 
B) deceptive 
C) nomothetic 
D) idiographic 
E) longitudinal 
A) aggregate 
B) deceptive 
C) nomothetic 
D) idiographic 
E) longitudinal

Question 11

Nora observed people in her Sunday School for several months and then determined if there was a pattern in the different responses of men and women.Which one of the following approaches is reflected?

Accepted Answer

A) deductive 
B) transductive 
C) applied 
D) inductive 
E) reductive 
A) deductive 
B) transductive 
C) applied 
D) inductive 
E) reductive

Question 12

Epistemology can be defined as:

Accepted Answer

A) the science of finding out 
B) the science of knowing 
C) the discovery of reality through agreement 
D) the discovery of reality through experimentation 
E) the logical aspect of science 
A) the science of finding out 
B) the science of knowing 
C) the discovery of reality through agreement 
D) the discovery of reality through experimentation 
E) the logical aspect of science

Question 13

Michael observes that on Wednesday afternoons,a noticeably large number of students wear t-shirts promoting the school's marching band.He then assumes that perhaps that is the day the band has practice.Michael used:

Accepted Answer

A) quantitative thinking 
B) inductive theory 
C) qualitative thinking 
D) deductive theory 
E) selective observation 
A) quantitative thinking 
B) inductive theory 
C) qualitative thinking 
D) deductive theory 
E) selective observation

Question 14

Which of the following is most clearly a list of variables?

Accepted Answer

A) female, Jewish, educational level 
B) plumber, professor, dentist 
C) occupation, political party preference, birthrate 
D) 21, violent, social class 
E) dishonest, conservative, farmer 
A) female, Jewish, educational level 
B) plumber, professor, dentist 
C) occupation, political party preference, birthrate 
D) 21, violent, social class 
E) dishonest, conservative, farmer

Question 15

Of the following hypothetical scenarios,which would be the LEAST likely to be found within sociological research?

Accepted Answer

A)  changing crime rates in major urban areas. 
B)  the reason why Pablo and his wife chose to divorce. 
C)  how common substance abuse is in suburban neighborhoods 
D)  differing SAT scores for White and African American high school students 
E)  the nature of residential segregation in metropolitan areas. 
A)  changing crime rates in major urban areas. 
B)  the reason why Pablo and his wife chose to divorce. 
C)  how common substance abuse is in suburban neighborhoods 
D)  differing SAT scores for White and African American high school students 
E)  the nature of residential segregation in metropolitan areas.

Question 16

Today,social scientific theory addresses

Accepted Answer

A) how things should be. 
B) how things are. 
C) why things are as they are. 
D) how things are and why. 
E) how things should be and why. 
A) how things should be. 
B) how things are. 
C) why things are as they are. 
D) how things are and why. 
E) how things should be and why.

Question 17

____________ are the individual items that define a(n)__________________

Accepted Answer

A) qualitative, quantitative 
B) attributes, variable 
C) variable, attributes 
D) attributes, aggregate 
E) aggregates, attributes 
A) qualitative, quantitative 
B) attributes, variable 
C) variable, attributes 
D) attributes, aggregate 
E) aggregates, attributes

Question 18

Agreement reality hinders our attempts to find out for ourselves.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Deductive reasoning refers to movement from a set of specific observations to the discovery of a pattern.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

We study how variables are related to one another in order to know more about the people possessing those variables.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The attributes of the variable college class level include:

Vanesha wishes to use church attendance as a factor in her study,with the categories "none," "some," and "a lot." Church attendance and the categories are known,respectively,as:

Gender is a social construct,while sex is a designation of biological differences.

The study of social science is interested in patterns,and not ones.

Which of the following is NOT a component of the traditional research proposal?

The variable occupation has the attribute of plumber.

The variable plumber has the attribute of occupation.

Causal reasoning suggests that

Which of the following would a sociologist be LEAST likely to study?

Interviewing an exceptionally talented and noteworthy athlete about his physical training regimen is what kind of research?

Nora observed people in her Sunday School for several months and then determined if there was a pattern in the different responses of men and women.Which one of the following approaches is reflected?

Epistemology can be defined as:

Michael observes that on Wednesday afternoons,a noticeably large number of students wear t-shirts promoting the school's marching band.He then assumes that perhaps that is the day the band has practice.Michael used:

Which of the following is most clearly a list of variables?

Of the following hypothetical scenarios,which would be the LEAST likely to be found within sociological research?

Today,social scientific theory addresses

are the individual items that define a(n)______

Agreement reality hinders our attempts to find out for ourselves.

Deductive reasoning refers to movement from a set of specific observations to the discovery of a pattern.

We study how variables are related to one another in order to know more about the people possessing those variables.

Paradigms,theory,and Social Research

The Ethics and Politics of Social Research

Research Design

Conceptualization, operationalization, and Measurement

Indexes, scales, and Typologies

The Logic of Sampling

Experiments

Survey Research

Qualitative Field Research

Unobtrusive Research

Evaluation Research

Qualitative Data Analysis

Quantitative Data Analysis

The Logic of Multivariate Analysis

Statistical Analyses

Reading and Writing Social Research

Filters

Exam 1: Human Inquiry and Science

The attributes of the variable college class level include:

Vanesha wishes to use church attendance as a factor in her study,with the categories "none," "some," and "a lot." Church attendance and the categories are known,respectively,as:

Gender is a social construct,while sex is a designation of biological differences.

The study of social science is interested in ______ patterns,and not ______ ones.

Which of the following is NOT a component of the traditional research proposal?

The variable occupation has the attribute of plumber.

The variable plumber has the attribute of occupation.

Causal reasoning suggests that

Which of the following would a sociologist be LEAST likely to study?

Interviewing an exceptionally talented and noteworthy athlete about his physical training regimen is what kind of research?

Nora observed people in her Sunday School for several months and then determined if there was a pattern in the different responses of men and women.Which one of the following approaches is reflected?

Epistemology can be defined as:

Michael observes that on Wednesday afternoons,a noticeably large number of students wear t-shirts promoting the school's marching band.He then assumes that perhaps that is the day the band has practice.Michael used:

Which of the following is most clearly a list of variables?

Of the following hypothetical scenarios,which would be the LEAST likely to be found within sociological research?

Today,social scientific theory addresses

____________ are the individual items that define a(n)__________________

Agreement reality hinders our attempts to find out for ourselves.

Deductive reasoning refers to movement from a set of specific observations to the discovery of a pattern.

We study how variables are related to one another in order to know more about the people possessing those variables.

Paradigms,theory,and Social Research

The Ethics and Politics of Social Research

Research Design

Conceptualization, operationalization, and Measurement

Indexes, scales, and Typologies

The Logic of Sampling

Experiments

Survey Research

Qualitative Field Research

Unobtrusive Research

Evaluation Research

Qualitative Data Analysis

Quantitative Data Analysis

The Logic of Multivariate Analysis

Statistical Analyses

Reading and Writing Social Research

Filters

The study of social science is interested in patterns,and not ones.

are the individual items that define a(n)______