Exam 2: Understanding the Research Process

Which of the following is NOT a sampling technique?

What is the term that refers to a relationship in which one variable is connected to change in another variable?

In a sociological study of the relationship between variables, what is associated with and/or causes change in the value of the other?

Tammy created a survey to study how much alcohol students drink. On the survey she asked the following question: In the past seven days, how many times have you consumed alcohol or smoked marijuana? What is the main problem with how this survey question is worded?

Before Leann starts interviewing her research participants, she informs them of the risks and benefits of their participation in her study. By doing this, she is ensuring

What data-gathering technique includes focus groups?

Which term refers to the process of developing specific values for the concepts in your study?

When evaluating research, you should ask all of the following questions EXCEPT

Amelie used data collected by the United States Census Bureau to study changes in family size over the past 100 years. What kind of research is she conducting?

Researchers generalize their findings when they are able to use findings from a sample to explain patterns in a larger population.

A study aimed at understanding and ending child abuse would be an example of interpretive social science research.

An educated guess that explains the relationship between two variables in a study is called a(n)

Critical social science believes that research must be value-free.

Dr. Karner is interested in learning how students in his department feel about the courses being offered. To select the students who will take the questionnaire, he wrote the names of every student on small slips of paper and blindly drew 100 names from a hat. What sampling method did he use?

What is the portion of a population studied by researchers that represents the whole population?

During what phase of the research process would you operationalize your concepts?

When evaluating research, one must ask which theory informed the research.

How have modern technological advances assisted the research process?

Megan submitted a manuscript to a journal for publication. The editor at the journal asked experts in the topic Megan studied to read and comment on her work. Megan received feedback from these experts that she then used to improve her manuscript before it was published. What practice is described here?

Which term is used for data that represent different values?