Sociological Research Methods Quiz3

Which of the following is an advantage of non-participant observation?

• It allows the researcher to become fully immersed in the group's activities.

• It resolves ethical issues of consent and deception.

• It eliminates the Hawthorne effect.

• It ensures the researcher is involved in illegal activities.

What is a disadvantage of non-participant observation?

• It provides a comprehensive view of the group's experiences.

• It eliminates the Hawthorne effect.

• The researcher may not gain a full view of the group's experiences.

• It allows the researcher to ask questions openly.

What is a key advantage of longitudinal studies?

• They rely heavily on human memory.

• They are not useful for identifying trends.

• They help develop a sense of correlations and possibly cause and effect relationships.

• They have no issues with attrition.

Which of the following is a problem associated with longitudinal studies?

• They are not useful for developing trends.

• They have no issues with attrition.

• Awareness of being studied may affect behaviour.

• They provide immediate results.

What is a benefit of using case studies in sociological research?

• They provide a broad, generalisable view of society.

• They are not useful for testing sociological theories.

• They develop a detailed account from the perspective of those studied.

• They eliminate issues with validity and reliability.

Which of the following is a problem with case studies?

• They are highly representative of large populations.

• They have issues with generalisability.

• They are not useful for developing hypotheses.

• They do not rely on human memory.

Which statement best describes how Paul Willis’ "Learning to Labour" challenged traditional Marxist theories of education?

• Willis argued that working-class students passively accept the school system’s ideology.

• Willis showed that working-class students actively resist the school system, but their resistance ironically reproduces their working-class status.

• Willis claimed that schools eliminate social class distinctions.

• Willis rejected the idea of counter-school cultures.

What is a benefit of triangulation and methodological pluralism in research?

• It limits the methods used to a single approach.

• It reduces the validity and reliability of the research.

• It provides a fuller, more reliable and valid picture of social life.

• It discourages cross-checking and comparing results.

Which of the following is a stage in the research process?

• Ignoring ethical guidelines.

• Skipping the pilot study.

• Selection of research problem.

• Avoiding data analysis.

What is an advantage of using a positivist approach in longitudinal studies?

• It relies solely on human memory.

• It is not useful for identifying cause and effect relationships.

• It helps in developing a sense of correlations.

• It discourages the use of statistical analysis.