Soc 1- 50

1.      The property of the sample to reflect the characteristics of the general population is called

• A representative sample

• (incidence, trend, differential)

• participant observation

• The research sample (also known as respondents)

One of the type of sociological survey -

• A representative sample

• participant observation

• The research sample (also known as respondents)

• (incidence, trend, differential)

If a sociologist joined the participants of the demonstration to conduct research, then he conducts -

• (incidence, trend, differential)

• A representative sample

• participant observation

• The research sample (also known as respondents)

The actual population selected for the research

• The research sample (also known as respondents)

• participant observation

• (incidence, trend, differential)

• A representative sample

Type of questions that leave respondents with a space in which to write their answers

• open-ended

• close-ended

• a hypothesis

• The general population

Type of questions that give a respondent a fix number of choices

• close-ended

• open - ended

• a hypothesis

• The general population

Explanation for a phenomenon based on a conjecture about the relationship between the phenomenon and one or more causal facto

• open ended

• close ended

• a hypothesis

• The general population

All people who could potentially be studied as part of the research

• Qualitative

• The general population

• open ended

• closed ended

Methods attempt to gather detailed, rich data allowing for an in-depth understanding of individual action in the context of social life

• a pilot study

• a random sample

• Qualitative

• focus group

Trial run in which just a few people complete a questionnaire

• a pilot study

• Qualitative

• a random sample

• focus group