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Chapter 2: Discover Sociological Research
Multiple Choice
1. The process of gathering empirical data, creating theories, and rigorously testing
theories is known as ______.
a. hypothesizing
b. the scientific method
c. qualitative research
d. quantitative research
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. ______ reasoning starts from general information and theories but then proceeds to
break them down into more specific and testable hypotheses.
a. Deductive
b. Inductive
c. Empirical
d. Subjective
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. ______ reasoning starts from specific information and uses that information to
identify larger patterns from which to generalize.
a. Quantitative
b. Inductive
c. Deductive
d. Qualitative
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Medium
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4. A PhD student centered his research on testing whether labeling theory, which had
been traditionally studied in the negative context of deviance, could be applied to a
more positive context. This researcher’s general approach reflects ______ reasoning.
a. subjective
b. inductive
c. abductive
d. deductive
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. Working from data about suicide rates, Émile Durkheim created a theory of suicide.
His approach reflects ______ reasoning.
a. quantitative
b. deductive
c. inductive
d. qualitative
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Hard
6. Which of the following is an idea about society, derived from theory, which can be
disproved when tested against observation?
a. common wisdom
b. common knowledge
c. a hypothesis
d. a variable
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. ______ research is characterized by data that can be converted into numbers.
a. Qualitative
b. Empirical
c. Quantitative
d. Inductive
Ans: C
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Eglitis, Discover Sociology: Core Concepts, 2e
SAGE Publishing, 2021
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Which of the following is an example of quantitative research?
a. 40 in-depth interviews with residents of a suburban neighborhood
b. field observations of people interacting and dancing in a nightclub
c. content analysis of meme images on a popular blogging website
d. 2,000 multiple-choice survey questionnaires that measure respondents’ drug usage
habits
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Which of the following is true of quantitative research?
a. It generally involves small sample sizes.
b. It relies on focus groups, participant and nonparticipant observation, interviews,
content analysis, and archival research.
c. It generates in-depth knowledge of social life, institutions, and processes.
d. It offers insight into broad patterns of behavior.
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Which of the following is true of qualitative research?
a. Data are quantified or converted into numbers.
b. It is often conducted through large-scale surveys.
c. It generates in-depth knowledge of social life, institutions, and processes.
d. It generally involves large sample sizes.
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Medium
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Eglitis Student Resource
Eglitis, Discover Sociology: Core Concepts, 2e
SAGE Publishing, 2021
Test Bank
Chapter 2: Discover Sociological Research
Multiple Choice
1. The process of gathering empirical data, creating theories, and rigorously testing
theories is known as ______.
a. hypothesizing
b. the scientific method
c. qualitative research
d. quantitative research
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. ______ reasoning starts from general information and theories but then proceeds to
break them down into more specific and testable hypotheses.
a. Deductive
b. Inductive
c. Empirical
d. Subjective
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. ______ reasoning starts from specific information and uses that information to
identify larger patterns from which to generalize.
a. Quantitative
b. Inductive
c. Deductive
d. Qualitative
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Medium
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,DOWNLOAD THE Test Bank for Discover Sociology Core Concepts 2nd Edition
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Eglitis, Discover Sociology: Core Concepts, 2e
SAGE Publishing, 2021
4. A PhD student centered his research on testing whether labeling theory, which had
been traditionally studied in the negative context of deviance, could be applied to a
more positive context. This researcher’s general approach reflects ______ reasoning.
a. subjective
b. inductive
c. abductive
d. deductive
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. Working from data about suicide rates, Émile Durkheim created a theory of suicide.
His approach reflects ______ reasoning.
a. quantitative
b. deductive
c. inductive
d. qualitative
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Hard
6. Which of the following is an idea about society, derived from theory, which can be
disproved when tested against observation?
a. common wisdom
b. common knowledge
c. a hypothesis
d. a variable
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. ______ research is characterized by data that can be converted into numbers.
a. Qualitative
b. Empirical
c. Quantitative
d. Inductive
Ans: C
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, DOWNLOAD THE Test Bank for Discover Sociology Core Concepts 2nd Edition
Eglitis Student Resource
Eglitis, Discover Sociology: Core Concepts, 2e
SAGE Publishing, 2021
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Which of the following is an example of quantitative research?
a. 40 in-depth interviews with residents of a suburban neighborhood
b. field observations of people interacting and dancing in a nightclub
c. content analysis of meme images on a popular blogging website
d. 2,000 multiple-choice survey questionnaires that measure respondents’ drug usage
habits
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Which of the following is true of quantitative research?
a. It generally involves small sample sizes.
b. It relies on focus groups, participant and nonparticipant observation, interviews,
content analysis, and archival research.
c. It generates in-depth knowledge of social life, institutions, and processes.
d. It offers insight into broad patterns of behavior.
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Which of the following is true of qualitative research?
a. Data are quantified or converted into numbers.
b. It is often conducted through large-scale surveys.
c. It generates in-depth knowledge of social life, institutions, and processes.
d. It generally involves large sample sizes.
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 2.1: Describe the scientific method, and distinguish between
qualitative and quantitative research.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Sociology and Common Sense
Difficulty Level: Medium
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