Question 1

Unobtrusive measures measure the impact of the researcher on the phenomena being studied.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Using existing statistics,Professor Ford finds that towns with low median incomes tend to have higher crime rates than towns with high median incomes.Ford concludes that poor people are more likely to commit crimes than people with high incomes.Ford is

Accepted Answer

A) Committing the ecological fallacy. 
B) Using verstehen. 
C) Doing content analysis. 
D) Developing ideal types. 
E) Doing replication. 
A) Committing the ecological fallacy. 
B) Using verstehen. 
C) Doing content analysis. 
D) Developing ideal types. 
E) Doing replication. A

Question 3

A friend of yours was interested in determining whether the news media picked up on campus events.Your friend decided to do a content analysis of the local newspaper.Your friend counted each story that mentioned the university's name.At the end of two months,136 events had been counted.Your friend asked for your comments on his research.You told your friend that he

Accepted Answer

A) did manifest coding. 
B) did latent coding. 
C) should have recorded the base. 
D) did manifest coding and he should have recorded the base. 
E) did latent coding and he should have recorded the base. 
A) did manifest coding. 
B) did latent coding. 
C) should have recorded the base. 
D) did manifest coding and he should have recorded the base. 
E) did latent coding and he should have recorded the base. D

Question 4

Which one of the following is not an advantage of content analysis?

Accepted Answer

A) economy in terms of time and money 
B) safety 
C) allows you to study processes occurring over a long time 
D) no limitations in the quality of units of analysis 
E) ease in revising data collection protocols as needed 
A) economy in terms of time and money 
B) safety 
C) allows you to study processes occurring over a long time 
D) no limitations in the quality of units of analysis 
E) ease in revising data collection protocols as needed

Question 5

Logical reasoning and replication are used to handle the problem of validity in the analysis of existing statistics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which one of the following is an example of unobtrusive research?

Accepted Answer

A) Sophrinia did an interview of church members 
B) Valencia did a questionnaire of Girl Scouts 
C) Winkler did a laboratory study on communication patterns 
D) Angelo did a study of social class and wedding announcements 
E) Jake did a study on kindergarteners' opinion of super-heroes. 
A) Sophrinia did an interview of church members 
B) Valencia did a questionnaire of Girl Scouts 
C) Winkler did a laboratory study on communication patterns 
D) Angelo did a study of social class and wedding announcements 
E) Jake did a study on kindergarteners' opinion of super-heroes.

Question 7

Sources of comparative and historical data can include

Accepted Answer

A)  letters. 
B)  public records. 
C)  newspaper articles. 
D)  diaries. 
E)  all of these choices are correct. 
A)  letters. 
B)  public records. 
C)  newspaper articles. 
D)  diaries. 
E)  all of these choices are correct.

Question 8

Which of the following ethical concern still applies to unobtrusive research?

Accepted Answer

A) reactivity 
B) no harm to participants 
C) Confidentiality 
D) Deception 
E) informed consent 
A) reactivity 
B) no harm to participants 
C) Confidentiality 
D) Deception 
E) informed consent

Question 9

Which aspect of content analysis requires particular attention to developing operational definitions?

Accepted Answer

A) what 
B) to whom 
C) why 
D) with what effect 
E) how 
A) what 
B) to whom 
C) why 
D) with what effect 
E) how

Question 10

Coding in content analysis DOES NOT involve

Accepted Answer

A) conceptualization. 
B) operationalization. 
C) selecting a level of measurement. 
D) the interaction of theoretical concerns and empirical observations. 
E) coding in content analysis involves all of these choices. 
A) conceptualization. 
B) operationalization. 
C) selecting a level of measurement. 
D) the interaction of theoretical concerns and empirical observations. 
E) coding in content analysis involves all of these choices.

Question 11

Hillary did an historical/comparative study of dating patterns in the 1950s and 1960s but had some reservations about the accuracy of her data sources.It would be best to use

Accepted Answer

A) corroboration. 
B) analytic induction. 
C) content analysis. 
D) verstehen. 
E) historical research 
A) corroboration. 
B) analytic induction. 
C) content analysis. 
D) verstehen. 
E) historical research

Question 12

One of the interesting developments provided by unobtrusive online research is that large scale ________ observation of social processes can be observed

Accepted Answer

A)  static. 
B)  dynamic. 
C)  longitudinal. 
D)  latent. 
E)  none of these choices are correct. 
A)  static. 
B)  dynamic. 
C)  longitudinal. 
D)  latent. 
E)  none of these choices are correct.

Question 13

There are no ethical concerns when conducting unobtrusive research.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Existing statistics can be used

Accepted Answer

A) as the main data for social scientific inquiry. 
B) to provide a historical context for research. 
C) to provide a conceptual context for research. 
D) as a supplemental source of data for social scientific inquiry. 
E) Existing statistics can be used to do all of these choices. 
A) as the main data for social scientific inquiry. 
B) to provide a historical context for research. 
C) to provide a conceptual context for research. 
D) as a supplemental source of data for social scientific inquiry. 
E) Existing statistics can be used to do all of these choices.

Question 15

The concrete and clearly observable variables in content analysis is the manifest content.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Like other kinds of social research,one of the first steps in content analysis is to determine

Accepted Answer

A) the number of cases that the research will focus on. 
B) the kind of medium that the analysis will focus on. 
C) the units of analysis that the research will focus on. 
D) the ease of accessibility of the subject matter. 
E) the type of sampling for the research. 
A) the number of cases that the research will focus on. 
B) the kind of medium that the analysis will focus on. 
C) the units of analysis that the research will focus on. 
D) the ease of accessibility of the subject matter. 
E) the type of sampling for the research.

Question 17

What type of sampling is used in content analysis?

Accepted Answer

A) simple 
B) random 
C) stratified 
D) cluster 
E) any sampling method is appropriate 
A) simple 
B) random 
C) stratified 
D) cluster 
E) any sampling method is appropriate

Question 18

The number of times the phrase "serial murderer" appears in a criminology textbook would be,in content analysis terms,an example of

Accepted Answer

A) latent content. 
B) pseudo content. 
C) manifest content. 
D) verstehen content. 
E) unspecific content. 
A) latent content. 
B) pseudo content. 
C) manifest content. 
D) verstehen content. 
E) unspecific content.

Question 19

Describe a study for which content analysis is the appropriate research method.Discuss how you would use manifest and latent coding.Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the two coding schemes.

Accepted Answer

A study for which content analysis is th

Question 20

Fantanella did a content analysis of letters to the editor.She counted the number of times that the words "disagree" and "agree" appeared,but she also coded the underlying message of the letters as being positive or negative.Counting the number of times the two words appeared is known as coding the

Accepted Answer

A) ideal types. 
B) manifest content. 
C) obvious meaning. 
D) latent content. 
E) words 
A) ideal types. 
B) manifest content. 
C) obvious meaning. 
D) latent content. 
E) words

Unobtrusive measures measure the impact of the researcher on the phenomena being studied.

Using existing statistics,Professor Ford finds that towns with low median incomes tend to have higher crime rates than towns with high median incomes.Ford concludes that poor people are more likely to commit crimes than people with high incomes.Ford is

Which one of the following is not an advantage of content analysis?

Logical reasoning and replication are used to handle the problem of validity in the analysis of existing statistics.

Which one of the following is an example of unobtrusive research?

Sources of comparative and historical data can include

Which of the following ethical concern still applies to unobtrusive research?

Which aspect of content analysis requires particular attention to developing operational definitions?

Coding in content analysis DOES NOT involve

Hillary did an historical/comparative study of dating patterns in the 1950s and 1960s but had some reservations about the accuracy of her data sources.It would be best to use

One of the interesting developments provided by unobtrusive online research is that large scale ________ observation of social processes can be observed

There are no ethical concerns when conducting unobtrusive research.

Existing statistics can be used

The concrete and clearly observable variables in content analysis is the manifest content.

Like other kinds of social research,one of the first steps in content analysis is to determine

What type of sampling is used in content analysis?

The number of times the phrase "serial murderer" appears in a criminology textbook would be,in content analysis terms,an example of

Describe a study for which content analysis is the appropriate research method.Discuss how you would use manifest and latent coding.Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the two coding schemes.

Fantanella did a content analysis of letters to the editor.She counted the number of times that the words "disagree" and "agree" appeared,but she also coded the underlying message of the letters as being positive or negative.Counting the number of times the two words appeared is known as coding the

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The Ethics and Politics of Social Research

Research Design

Conceptualization, operationalization, and Measurement

Indexes, scales, and Typologies

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Evaluation Research

Qualitative Data Analysis

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Exam 11: Unobtrusive Research

Unobtrusive measures measure the impact of the researcher on the phenomena being studied.

Using existing statistics,Professor Ford finds that towns with low median incomes tend to have higher crime rates than towns with high median incomes.Ford concludes that poor people are more likely to commit crimes than people with high incomes.Ford is

Which one of the following is not an advantage of content analysis?

Logical reasoning and replication are used to handle the problem of validity in the analysis of existing statistics.

Which one of the following is an example of unobtrusive research?

Sources of comparative and historical data can include

Which of the following ethical concern still applies to unobtrusive research?

Which aspect of content analysis requires particular attention to developing operational definitions?

Coding in content analysis DOES NOT involve

Hillary did an historical/comparative study of dating patterns in the 1950s and 1960s but had some reservations about the accuracy of her data sources.It would be best to use

One of the interesting developments provided by unobtrusive online research is that large scale ________ observation of social processes can be observed

There are no ethical concerns when conducting unobtrusive research.

Existing statistics can be used

The concrete and clearly observable variables in content analysis is the manifest content.

Like other kinds of social research,one of the first steps in content analysis is to determine

What type of sampling is used in content analysis?

The number of times the phrase "serial murderer" appears in a criminology textbook would be,in content analysis terms,an example of

Describe a study for which content analysis is the appropriate research method.Discuss how you would use manifest and latent coding.Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the two coding schemes.

Fantanella did a content analysis of letters to the editor.She counted the number of times that the words "disagree" and "agree" appeared,but she also coded the underlying message of the letters as being positive or negative.Counting the number of times the two words appeared is known as coding the

Human Inquiry and Science

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

Evaluation Research

Qualitative Data Analysis

Quantitative Data Analysis

The Logic of Multivariate Analysis

Statistical Analyses

Reading and Writing Social Research

Filters