Causation in Social Science

Causation means that...

• events happen in predictable ways.

• one event leads to another.

• both

• neither

What type of methods rely on numerical data?

• quantitative

• qualitative

• numerical

• hypothesis

What types of methods rely on stories and descriptions?

• quantitative

• qualitative

• historical

• researchers

What is a "population" in sociology?

• a group of people with certain specified characteristics

• a group of people who live in a specific area

• a number of things that are the same and counted

• a characteristic that can be measured numerically

What does a "sample" represent?

• the whole population

• the overall quality of a population

• free food

• a selection of specific characteristics

How are representative samples created?

• randomly from the whole

• a selection from the whole

• from a list of the whole

• a lottery

What is a questionnaire?

• a written survey

• an interview

• a bubble form

• a quiz

What is an interview?

• a conversation between the researcher and the population

• a form that is filled out

• doesn't matter b/c it's not used in sociology

• what you see on the news

What is an example of a "survey"?

• a questionnaire

• an interview

• a set of questions

• all of these

What kind of data is used for secondary analysis?

• Data that was already collected

• brand new information

• numbers

• stories