Chapter 5 How Sociologist Do Research

What is a valid sociological topic?

• anything involving psychology

• respectable human behavior

• all human activity

• only things that can be measured mathematically

What is the first step in the research model?

• reviewing the literature

• sharing the results

• beginning the case study

• choosing the subject matter

In the research model, specifying what it is that you want to learn about a topic happens during the stage of __________.

• defining the problem

• reviewing the literature

• sharing the results

• unobtrusive measures

In which stage of the research model might you discover that the question you are interested in answering has already been addressed?

• formulating a hypothesis

• reviewing the literature

• analyzing the results

• choosing a research method

A(n) __________ predicts a relationship between or

among variables.

• research design

• literature review

• hypothesis

• aggregate

To collect data on your topic, you need to select the appropriate __________.

• publisher

• findings

• results

• research method

In the research model, collecting the data is necessary before __________.

• formulate hypothesis

• analyzing the results

• defining the problem

• reviewing the literature

The __________ step in the research model is to share the results.

• first

• second

• next to last

• last

What you expect to find according to predictions from a theory is known as a(n) __________.

• research design

• variable

• hypothesis

• analysis of documents

A(n) __________ is a factor thought to be significant for human behavior, which can vary (change) from one case to another

• operational definition

• variable

• hypothesis

• research method