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Socio 101 Ch2 Research Quiz Question 1) Which is an example of non-reactive research?   Interacting with heroin addicts and providing safe needles

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Socio 101

Ch2 Research Quiz

Question 1) Which is an example of non-reactive research?

 

Interacting with heroin addicts and providing safe needles.

  

Interacting with the homeless during data gathering.

 

  

Gathering Dating from government studies.

 

  

Educating classrooms on the needs for safe sex.

 

 

Question 2) Which of the following is not a purpose of the American Sociological Association’s code of ethics?

  

To ensure financial gain of researchers.

 

  

To Foster Scholarly participation from academics.

 

  

To guarantee safety of their participants.

 

  

Try and remain value neutral.

 

 

Question 3 Which is NOT an example of a sociological hypothesis?

 

The more positive reinforcement a parent gives a child, the better they do in school.

 

The more CDs Jamilla buys, the less money she has in her bank account.

  

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The more study halls given to students the worse they do on tests.

 

Question 4 Miguel is doing a research paper on New York City’s Stone Wall riots of 1969. He visits the scene of the riots, interviews people who were there, reads the police reports of the event, and watches video footage. Miguel is conducting a(n) ______.

  

Overview

 

  

Data Analysis

 

  

Case Study

 

  

Experiment

 

 

Question 5 Kyle is collecting newspaper clippings from his grandfather about the American public’s perception of World War II.

  

Interactive data

 

  

primary data

 

  

Secondary Data

 

  

Tertiary data 

Question 6 What is the importance of interpretive framework?

 

It leads to in-depth knowledge of a participant’s social world.

  

It relies on statistics to determine causal relationships.

 

 

It prevents researchers from making unethical decisions.

 

  

It eliminates the need for a literature review. 

Question 7  Reliability in social research is defined in the text as:

 

How long a study is expected to remain relevant and influential

 

How likely results are to be replicated if a study is reproduced.

 

How close the study’s results come to the experimenter’s hypothesis.

 

How well the study measures what it was designed to measure.

 

Question 8

• Kendra is researching the effects of vitamin C on test-taking ability. Before the exam, Kendra gives group A orange juice and group B water. Vitamin C is the   __?

  

Experimental group

 

  

Dependent variable

 

  

Independent Variable

 

  

Control group

 

 

Question 9

• Which of the following is not a step in the scientific method?

  

Report results

 

  

Receive corroboration from the field

 

  

Research existing sources

 

  

Formulate a hypothesis 

Question 10 In order to better understand the sorority pledging process at her university for her sociology thesis, Carmen pledges with a popular sorority. This is an example of __.

  

Secondary data analysis

 

  

Literature review

 

  

Dependent variables

 

  

Participant observation