Question 1

According to Skocpol (1984),interpretive historical sociology compares the histories or particular historical experiences of nations in narrative form,noting similarities and differences and inferring explanations for key national events.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Max Weber's (Bendix 1962:268)comparative sociology of religions contrasted which religions?

Accepted Answer

A) Confucianism,Taoism,Hinduism 
B) Protestantism and Ancient Judaism 
C) Taoism,Hinduism,Buddhism,and Ancient Judaism. 
D) Protestantism,Confucianism,Taoism,Hinduism,Buddhism,and Ancient Judaism.

Question 3

Describe the difference between historical events and historical process research.

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Question 4

The central insight behind unobtrusive measures in historical and comparative investigations is that we can improve our understanding of social processes when we make comparisons to other times and places.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Qualitative historical research often follows a story involving specific actors and other events occurring at the same time or takes account of the position of actors and events in time.In other words,qualitative historical research is usually ______.

Accepted Answer

A) holistic 
B) conjunctural 
C) temporal 
D) narrative

Question 6

What types of data are appropriate for content analysis?

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

If the applicability of general theoretical propositions is limited to particular historical circumstances,then the theory is ______.

Accepted Answer

A) analytic 
B) interpretive 
C) historically conditional 
D) variable oriented

Question 8

What is an oral history? Why should a researcher be skeptical while collecting data through the use of oral histories?

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Question 9

What kind of data sources do demographers use?

Accepted Answer

A) birth and death records 
B) marriage and divorce records 
C) migration records 
D) all of these

Question 10

Which of the following is not one of the four basic types of historical and/or comparative research methods?

Accepted Answer

A) historical events research 
B) historical process research 
C) historical policy research 
D) cross-sectional comparative research

Question 11

Which of the following is not necessary to compute the demographic bookkeeping equation?

Accepted Answer

A) births during the time interval 
B) deaths during the time interval 
C) fertility rate during the time interval 
D) in-migration during the time interval

Question 12

How is reliability of coding assessed in content analysis?

Accepted Answer

A) comparing different coders' codes for the same variables 
B) scontrols 
C) testing the same codes on a new sample 
D) split-ballot design

Question 13

Event structure analysis seeks to identify the underlying structure of an action in a chronology of events.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following is not a stage for a systematic qualitative comparative historical study stated in Chapter 15?

Accepted Answer

A) identify similarities and differences between the cases in terms of key concepts or events and the outcome to be explained 
B) select cases that vary in terms of key concepts or events 
C) propose a causal explanation for the historical outcome and check it against the features of each case 
D) draw a diagram outlining the major events from each case

Question 15

Cross-sectional comparative research tends to be all of the following except ______.

Accepted Answer

A) variable oriented 
B) nomothetic 
C) deductive 
D) longitudinal

Question 16

What is demography? What sorts of statistics do demographers collect?

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Question 17

In case-oriented historical research,the sample is ______.

Accepted Answer

A) multiple nations at a single point in time 
B) multiple nations at multiple points in time 
C) one nation or other geographic unit 
D) individuals within a single nation

Question 18

Event history analysis can use the counterfactual to identify key events and figures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Historical process research can use qualitative or quantitative techniques.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What is the first stage in a systematic,qualitative,comparative historical study?

Accepted Answer

A) select cases (such as nations)that vary in terms of the key concepts or events 
B) specify a theoretical framework and identify key concepts or events that should be examined to explain a phenomenon 
C) propose a causal explanation for the historical outcome and check it against the features of each case 
D) identify similarities and differences between the cases in these key concepts or events and the outcome to be explained

Exam 15: Research Using Historical and Comparative Data and Content Analysis

According to Skocpol (1984),interpretive historical sociology compares the histories or particular historical experiences of nations in narrative form,noting similarities and differences and inferring explanations for key national events.

Max Weber's (Bendix 1962:268) comparative sociology of religions contrasted which religions?

Describe the difference between historical events and historical process research.

The central insight behind unobtrusive measures in historical and comparative investigations is that we can improve our understanding of social processes when we make comparisons to other times and places.

Qualitative historical research often follows a story involving specific actors and other events occurring at the same time or takes account of the position of actors and events in time.In other words,qualitative historical research is usually ______.

What types of data are appropriate for content analysis?

If the applicability of general theoretical propositions is limited to particular historical circumstances,then the theory is ______.

What is an oral history? Why should a researcher be skeptical while collecting data through the use of oral histories?

What kind of data sources do demographers use?

Which of the following is not one of the four basic types of historical and/or comparative research methods?

Which of the following is not necessary to compute the demographic bookkeeping equation?

How is reliability of coding assessed in content analysis?

Event structure analysis seeks to identify the underlying structure of an action in a chronology of events.

Which of the following is not a stage for a systematic qualitative comparative historical study stated in Chapter 15?

Cross-sectional comparative research tends to be all of the following except ______.

What is demography? What sorts of statistics do demographers collect?

In case-oriented historical research,the sample is ______.

Event history analysis can use the counterfactual to identify key events and figures.

Historical process research can use qualitative or quantitative techniques.

What is the first stage in a systematic,qualitative,comparative historical study?