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WorksheetsSociological Research
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Which of the following describes secondary analysis?
Reviewing survey research
Graphing data visually
Reviewing experimental research
Using pre-collected data
The more hours a student studies the higher their grades will be is an example of...
Negative correlation
Positive correlation
This research method is ideal for studying large numbers of people.
Experiment
Interview
Survey
What type of questions are used in an interview?
Closed-ended questions
Open-ended questions
Which of the following topics are included in census data?
Martial status
Education
Race
Occupation
Ms. Zibilich wants to survey Hannan students about their opinions on school pep rallies. How would she collect a representative sample?
Choosing 10 seniors to answer the survey
Choosing 15 faculty members to answer the survey
Randomly selecting high school students from Northshore schools
Randomly selecting students from grades 8-12 at Hannan
This research tool includes surveys and pre-collected data.
Qualitative research methods
Quantitative research methods
What is one advantage of a close-ended question survey?
Responses are limited to pre-set answers
Surveys can be expensive to produce
Many people do not respond to surveys
A large number of responses can be collected
Why is the scientific method used when conducting research?
It encouraged randomness when doing research
It enhances social responsibility
It lessens the need for professional competence
It provides a systematic way to pursue knowledge
Which of the following are examples of variables in research?
Age
Education
Gender
Occupation
Getting 8 hours of sleep each night will result in better mood.
What is the dependent variable?
The amount of sleep
The comfort of the bed
The temperature in the room
The mood of the person after 8 hours of sleep
The more stress a person experiences causes a decrease in their health. This is an example of...
Positive correlation
Negative correlation
The goal of removing any personal views from the research process.
Peer-review process
Bias
Value-neutrality
The principle that subjects in any study must know about the nature of the research project, any potential benefits or risks that they may face, and that they have the right to stop participating at any time, for any reason.
Confidentiality
Informed Consent
Debriefing
The requirement that researchers explain how they collected and analyzed their evidence and how they reached their conclusions.
Transparency
Replication
Validity
in-depth analysis of a single event, situation, or individual
content analysis
case study
empirical evidence
field research
evidence that comes from direct experience, scientifically gathered data, or experimentation
ethnography
field research
empirical evidence
a scholarly research step that entails identifying and studying all existing studies on a topic to
create a basis for new research
field research
literature review
meta-analysis
a defined group serving as the subject of a study
sample
population
random sample
the degree to which a sociological measure accurately reflects the topic of study
reliability
value neutral
validity
small, manageable number of subjects that represent the population
participants
random sample
sample
the testing of a hypothesis under controlled conditions
experiment
field research
Hawthorne effect
represent research collected in numerical form that can be counted
primary data
quantitative data
qualitative data
What is a qualitative variable?
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
defined by membership in a category
a statement of relationships among well-defined variables
Which best describes secondary analysis?
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
defined by membership in a category
a statement of relationships among well-defined variables
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 stealing of someone else’s work
the people a researcher wants to study
a measure of how things are related to one another
What is the scientific method?
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
a measure of how things are related to one another
Which best defines plagiarism?
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
a measure of how things are related to one another
A researcher sends you a form to fill out concerning your favorite movies. This is an example of ...
a questionnaire.
a sample.
secondary analysis.
multiple causation.
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
What happens in a negative correlation?
The variables do not change.
The variables change in opposite directions.
The variables change in the same direction.
Only the independent variables change.
Which research method would be most useful in symbolic interactionism?
participant observation
survey
experiment
case study
A researcher is interested in studying the behavior of high-school basketball teams. Over one season, she joins the team during practice, watching the players’ interactions first-hand. What type of research is this?
a questionnaire
an interview
a case study
participant observation
Which of the following is an example of unethical research?
Research subjects agreeing to try untested products after they are told of possible dangers.
Students participating in a psychological study after signing a confidentiality agreement.
Medical experiments conducted on prisoners who are not informed of potential side effects.
Surveys conducted in low-income neighborhoods with a guarantee of confidentiality.
The final step when conducting research is to ...
analyze the data.
develop a hypothesis.
collect the data.
state findings and conclusions.
