Sociological Research

which of the following methods would be useful if you wanted to find out the politial view of  1000 people

• interview 
• case study 
• survey 
• field research

sociologists must always consider the ethical implications of the research methods

• true
• false

What is the concept of multiple causation?

• using pre-collected information

• an event that occurs as a result of several factors working in combination

• focus on a single group, incident, or community

• a statement of relationships among well-defined variables

What is a case study?

• using pre-collected information

• an event that occurs as a result of several factors working in combination

• focus on a single group, incident, or community

• a statement of relationships among well-defined variables

What is a population?

• a group of people who represent a larger population.

• research that involves the pursuit of knowledge in a systematic way

• the stealing of someone else’s work

• the people a researcher wants to study

What is a research sample?

• a group of people who represent a larger population.

• research that involves the pursuit of knowledge in a systematic way

• the people a researcher wants to study

• a measure of how things are related to one another

What is a correlation?

• a group of people who represent a larger population.

• research that involves the pursuit of knowledge in a systematic way

• the people a researcher wants to study

• a measure of how things are related to one another

An interviewer asks you to name your three favorite ways to spend your leisure time. This is an example of a (an) ________ question.

• correlation

• representative

• closed-ended

• open-ended

Research aimed at gathering an in-depth understanding of an issue by way of open ended questioning, non-statisitical research techniques, or value-based observations.
This describes which of the following?

• Quantitative Research
• Qualitative Research

Quantitative research uses numerical data.

• True
• False