Exam 2: Methods

A variable that is thought to cause a change in another variable is called the:

Jackson is using newspaper articles dating from the early 1950s to study unofficial attitudes toward working women post-World War II.Jackson is using what research method?

What is the meaning of the term white coat effects in social research?

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:

Based on the results of a representative sample of students at his high school,Jack claims that "the majority of high school students today believe premarital sex is wrong." Jack may be "speaking beyond his data" because the results he obtained may not easily translate to the attitudes of other high school students across the United States.This concern addresses the study's:

Sandra Harding's (1987)three elements of feminist research include all of the following EXCEPT:

A testable statement about the relationship between two or more variables is called a(n):

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

A standard yardstick measures 36 inches,but Sarah is using a "faulty" yardstick (one that measures 40 inches long)to measure the campers in her youth group.Sarah will not get a(n)____________ indication of height,but she will have a(n)____________ measure of height.

The likelihood that a researcher will obtain the same result using the same measures the next time he or she tests a hypothesis is:

Andy hypothesized that the stress created during economic downturns would increase the probability of spousal abuse.Stress would be considered the ____________ variable,and spousal abuse would be considered the ____________ variable.

The General Social Survey (GSS)is replicated yearly with a new sample of 2,000 respondents.This is an example of:

All of the following are described as golden rules of ethical conduct in social research EXCEPT:

When a researcher is successful at measuring what he or she intends to measure,this is called:

If Sandra wants to generalize the findings of her study to another (possibly larger)population,it is important that the people in her study be:

Rogers Brubaker (1992)studied the notions of citizenship and nationhood in both France and Germany.His method of research is known as:

When one factor is said to influence another factor,we refer to this as:

The instructor of an introductory sociology class asks his students to fill out a questionnaire that he hopes to analyze and eventually publish.He tells the students that if they choose NOT to fill out the questionnaire,they will have points deducted from their next test. Which golden rule(s)of research does this situation violate? Can you think of any potential white coat effects that come into play? Give at least one suggestion of how the instructor could handle the situation in a more ethical manner.

A double-blind study means that:

If a field researcher cannot reveal that a study is being done for fear that this revelation might significantly affect the social processes being studied,he or she is finding out that: