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WorksheetsUnit 1 Practice Test
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 56mins
The __________ perspective emphasizes the social contexts in which people live.
ethnocentric
sociological
natural sciences
societal
__________ is the study of society and human behavior.
Natural science
Science
Psychology
Sociology
Auguste Comte is credited as being the founder of __________.
sociology
economics
modern science
political science
The __________ uses objective, systematic observations to test theories.
naturalistic method
commonsense method
scientific method
research-free technique
Who was the founder of conflict theory?
Robert Merton
George Herbert Mead
Max Weber
Karl Marx
You want to conduct research on the importance of practicing algebra problems daily and the grades earned in this subject. You write down in your notebook: Students who work out practice problems daily will get higher grades in algebra. This is
a spurious correlation
impossible to test
a hypothesis
an analysis of the results of the research
Which of the following describes secondary analysis?
Reviewing survey research
Graphing data visually
Reviewing experimental research
Using pre-collected data
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
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
Which of the following are examples of variables in research?
Age
Education
Gender
Occupation
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
small, manageable number of subjects that represent the population
participants
random sample
sample
represent research collected in numerical form that can be counted
primary data
quantitative data
qualitative data
the testing of a hypothesis under controlled conditions
experiment
field research
Hawthorne effect
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
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
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.
Your primary status in education is
Athlete
Citizen
Teacher
Student
a variable changed by other variables
dependent variables
independent variables
experiment
evidence that comes from direct experience, scientifically gathered data, or experimentation
ethnography
field research
empirical evidence
a defined group serving as the subject of a study
sample
population
random sample
You want to conduct research on the importance of practicing algebra problems daily and the grades earned in this subject. You write down in your notebook: Students who work out practice problems daily will get higher grades in algebra. This is
a spurious correlation
impossible to test
a hypothesis
an analysis of the results of the research
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 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
This describes which of the following?
Using statistics from government reports like the census is a form of sociological research known as:
secondary analysis
case study
field research
participant observation
Random selection means:
choosing subjects for no particular reason
choosing subjects by demographics
every subject having an equal chance at participation
What is a hypothesis?
an educated guess
an absolute solution
a random guess
an experiment
What are two methods of surveying?
tests and interviews
experiments and questionnaires
interviews and questionnaires
case studies and experiments
What do sociologists use to conduct research?
Sociological Method
Scientific Method
Only surveys
Only case studies
Which of the following describes secondary analysis?
Reviewing survey research
Graphing data visually
Reviewing experimental research
Using pre-collected data
This research tool includes surveys and pre-collected data.
Qualitative research methods
Quantitative research methods
Which of the following are examples of variables in research?
Age
Education
Gender
Occupation
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
small, manageable number of subjects that represent the population
participants
random sample
sample
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
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
