Exam 2: Methods

Research subjects have a right to know that they are participating in a study and what the study consists of.This is known as:

Define hypothesis.State a hypothesis of your own using,for example,the variables weight and eating habits or access to healthful foods and eating habits.Identify the independent variable (X).Identify the dependent variable (Y).

The main reason that achieving high response rates and limiting selection bias are so important is that they:

When one factor is said to influence another factor,it is called:

The extent to which a researcher can claim that his or her findings are applicable to a larger population than was studied is known as:

You conduct a study of romantic love among college students.You ask one student to participate,and she says she is annoyed and offended that you asked her.You have caused her harm,but does this level of harm constitute an ethics violation?

A sociologist is interested in understanding the ways in which inmates experience prison and the effect prison has on their post-sentence employment prospects.Describe a study design (that is,a methodological approach)that would address this question.List two advantages of this design.List two disadvantages of this design.

Shamus Khan used his status and privilege to study how:

Harry's study compared how the posts on Craigslist of "men seeking women" differed from the posts of "women seeking men." What method was Harry using when he catalogued the traits mentioned in posts?

Describe one significant difference between white coat effects and reflexivity in social research.Offer one reason why awareness of white coat effects is important.Offer one reason why reflexivity is important.

Because they are an accessible population,undergraduate students are sometimes used in sociological research.In relation to the concept of generalizability,this tendency could represent a potential defect in research because:

________ is generally the best method available to the social scientist interested in collecting original data to describe a population too large to observe directly.

Positivist sociologists tend to use which of the following types of methodological approaches?

You may do a study of college wrestling and use your experience as a student-athlete to access wrestling spaces,athletes,and coaches.Considering how your past opportunities and privileges influence your study and its findings is:

Which of the following methods involves collecting data from written reports or other artifacts in order to discover patterns in behaviors or attitudes dating to an earlier time period?

Professor Clayton hypothesizes that travel to other countries increases students' abilities to do well in advanced sociology classes.Which variable is the independent variable?

What type of research describes people's behavior in rich detail and focuses on the meanings people give to their actions?

Elizabeth would like to conduct a study to determine how women define spousal abuse and the meanings they attach to their experiences.What research method will Elizabeth most likely use?

Compare and contrast qualitative and quantitative research methods.List and explain two points of comparison (similarity).List and explain two points of contrast (difference).

A sociologist finds a strong relationship between education and income.If he only assumes that the amount of education people receive directly causes them to earn a certain income,and not that a family's income can determine educational attainment,he is forgetting to consider: