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Research in Sociology MCQ

A concept or its empirical measure that can take on two or more possible values is called as

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Correct Answer: Variable

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The characteristic of being free of personal beliefs and opinions that would influence the course of research is called as

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Correct Answer: Value neutrality

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The degree to which concepts and their measurements accurately represent what they claim to represent is called as

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Correct Answer: Validity

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A research method that uses a questionnaire to a group of people their characteristics, opinions, and behaviors is called as

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Correct Answer: Survey

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Dividing a population into a series of subgroups and taking random samples from within each group is called as

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Correct Answer: Stratified sampling

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Statistical data is Quantitative information obtained from ______ that collect data for their own or others’ use.

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Correct Answer: All of Above

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A correlation between two or more variables caused by another factor that is not being measured is called as

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Correct Answer: Spurious relationship

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A response bias based on the tendency of respondents to answer a question in way that they perceive will be favorably received is called as

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Correct Answer: Social desirability bias

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________ Are Explanations of how and why scientific observations are as they are

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Correct Answer: Scientific theories

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Scientific method is A process of gathering _______data, and creating theories.

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Correct Answer: Both of these

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A small number of people; a portion of the larger population selected to represent the whole is known as

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Correct Answer: Sample

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Specific techniques for systematically gathering data are called as

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Correct Answer: Research methods

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The repetition of a previous study using a different sample or population to verify or refute the original findings is called as

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Correct Answer: Replication

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The extent to which researchers’ findings are consistent with the findings of different studies of the same thing is known as

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Correct Answer: Reliability

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Sampling in which everyone in the population of interest has an equal chance of being chosen for the study is called as

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Correct Answer: Random sampling

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Factors that can be counted are known as

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Correct Answer: Quantitative variables

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Research that gathers data that can be quantified and offers insight into broad patterns of social behavior and social attitudes is called _______ research.

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Correct Answer: Quantitative

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Variables that express qualities and do not have numerical values are calleda as

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Correct Answer: Qualitative variables

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Research that is characterized by data that cannot be quantified is called _______ research

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Correct Answer: Qualitative

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A theory must lead to testable hypotheses that can be disproved if they are wrong” is known as

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Correct Answer: Both of these

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A relationship showing that as one variable rises or falls, the other does as well is called as

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Correct Answer: Positive Correlation

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The whole group of people studied is known as

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Correct Answer: Population

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Operational definition Describes the concept in such a way that it can be ______

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Correct Answer: Both of these

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Objectivity is The ability to represent the object of study accurately.

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Correct Answer: True

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A relationship showing that as one variable increases, the other decreases is called as

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Correct Answer: Negative Correlation

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Questions that tend to elicit particular responses is known as

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Correct Answer: Leading questions

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A detailed conversation designed to obtain in-depth information about a person and his or her activities is called as

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Correct Answer: Interview

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Inductive reasoning Starts from specific data, such as interviews, observations, or field notes, that may focus on a Whole community

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Correct Answer: False

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Variables the researcher changes intentionally are called as

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Correct Answer: Both of these

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Ideas about the world, derived from theories,describe possible relationships between social phenomena is called

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Correct Answer: Hypotheses

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A research method that uses in-depth and often extended study to describe and analyze a group or community is known as

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Correct Answer: Both of these

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Research techniques for investigating cause and effect under controlled conditions are known as

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Correct Answer: Experiments

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The examination of written materials or cultural products is called

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Correct Answer: Document analysis

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Variables that change as a result of changes in other variables.

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Correct Answer: Dependent variables

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Deductive reasoning Starts from broad theories about the social world but proceeds to break them down into more specific and testable _________.

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Correct Answer: Hypotheses

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The degree to which two or more variables are associated with one another is called as

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Correct Answer: Correlation

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Ideas that summarize a set of phenomena are known as

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Correct Answer: Concepts

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A relationship between two variables in which one variable is the cause of the other is called as

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Correct Answer: Causal relationship

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A characteristic of results that systematically misrepresent the true nature of what is being studied is called as

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Correct Answer: Bias

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