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Chapter 1: Understanding Sociology
Multiple Choice
Selecting a research design is important because it may affect both the
amount of time and the:
A. validity of the study.
B. cost of the project.
C. reliability of the study.
D. scale of the
project. Answer: B
Type: I
A study, generally in the form of an interview or a questionnaire that
provides sociologists with information concerning how people think or act
is known as:
A. observation research.
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B. a survey.
C. secondary analysis.
D. an
experiment.
Answer: B
Type: D
To conduct a cross-cultural study of job discrimination against women, a
sociologist interviews 75 women between the ages of 20 and 40 in an
American city, and 75 women in the same age group in a Canadian city.
This study would be classified as:
A. a secondary analysis.
B. participant observation.
C. a survey.
D. a content
analysis. Answer: C
Type: C
Surveys and interviews that focus on macrosociological analyses would be
likely to follow which theoretical perspective?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. both functionalist and conflict
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perspectives Answer: D
Type: P
The results of an interview may be influenced by:
A. the gender of the interviewer.
B. the race of the interviewer.
C. neither gender nor race of the interviewer.
D. both gender and race of the
interviewer. Answer: D
Type: I
Observation research is the most common form of research, which relies
on what is seen in the field and in naturalistic settings more than it does on
statistical data.
A. quantitative
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B. qualitative
C. ethnographic
D. experime
ntal Answer: B
Type: D
What method can researchers employ in order to counter bias in their
sampling?
A. snowball sampling
B. weighting
C. convenience sample
D. non-random
surveying Answer: B
Type: I
Adler and Adler’s work on self-injury is a useful illustration of
which of the three major sociological approaches?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. reflects all three
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Chapter 1: Understanding Sociology
Multiple Choice
Selecting a research design is important because it may affect both the
amount of time and the:
A. validity of the study.
B. cost of the project.
C. reliability of the study.
D. scale of the
project. Answer: B
Type: I
A study, generally in the form of an interview or a questionnaire that
provides sociologists with information concerning how people think or act
is known as:
A. observation research.
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B. a survey.
C. secondary analysis.
D. an
experiment.
Answer: B
Type: D
To conduct a cross-cultural study of job discrimination against women, a
sociologist interviews 75 women between the ages of 20 and 40 in an
American city, and 75 women in the same age group in a Canadian city.
This study would be classified as:
A. a secondary analysis.
B. participant observation.
C. a survey.
D. a content
analysis. Answer: C
Type: C
Surveys and interviews that focus on macrosociological analyses would be
likely to follow which theoretical perspective?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. both functionalist and conflict
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perspectives Answer: D
Type: P
The results of an interview may be influenced by:
A. the gender of the interviewer.
B. the race of the interviewer.
C. neither gender nor race of the interviewer.
D. both gender and race of the
interviewer. Answer: D
Type: I
Observation research is the most common form of research, which relies
on what is seen in the field and in naturalistic settings more than it does on
statistical data.
A. quantitative
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B. qualitative
C. ethnographic
D. experime
ntal Answer: B
Type: D
What method can researchers employ in order to counter bias in their
sampling?
A. snowball sampling
B. weighting
C. convenience sample
D. non-random
surveying Answer: B
Type: I
Adler and Adler’s work on self-injury is a useful illustration of
which of the three major sociological approaches?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. reflects all three
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