Sociology Research methods

When a researcher collects data personally, it is called:

• secondary

• primary

• control group

• Hawthorne Effect

An example of a government generated secondary source of data would be;

• university research data

• primary

• Qualitative

• The Census

The focus of the research is:

• research question

• data analysis

• causation

• correlation

Check all that apply

Which of the following are NOT part of laboratory research?

• control group

• seminology

• experimental group

• covert observations

A statistical relationship between two or more variables is called

• control group

• Hawthorne Effect

• Correlation

• official statistics

Non-numeric data that expresses the quality of a relationship between two variables is called

• quantitative data

• primary data

• qualitative data

• sampling

The changes in people's behavior that result from their knowledge of being observed is called:

• Hawthorne Effect

• Researcher Effect

• Verstehen Effect

• Seminology

Which of the following is NOT one of the stages of research design?

• Planning

• Information gathering and processing

• Evaluation and Analysis

• Presenting completed research

• publishing completed research

Check all that apply

Which of the following can influence the researcher effect?

• personal bias

• hypothesis

• personal objectivity

• relationship between researcher and subject

The study of cultural meanings (hidden meanings ) in media is called:

• Seminology

• Hawthorne Effect

• Researcher Bias

• Primary data collection