Test Bank For The Process of Social Research 2nd Edition By
Jeffrey C. Dixon
(1) You have decided to read an article published in Law and Society. Professor Jones
would urge you to begin reading the article by: - ANSWER: Reading the abstract and
conclusions
(2) A good abstract DOES NOT include a statement about - ANSWER: The findings of
each table and graph
(4) When names are removed from questionnaires and are replaced with id numbers
so that only the researcher can later link a response to a particular name, the
researcher should tell the respondent that the information is: - ANSWER:
confidential
(5) Your friend asks you what constitutes informed consent in social research? You
tell him: - ANSWER: It refers to the combination of no harm to subjects and the
assurance that participation is voluntary
(6) The process where subjects are interviewed and informed of any unrevealed
purpose of the research they are a part of is called - ANSWER: Debriefing
(7) The PRIMARY ethical research issue raised by the Milgrim study was - ANSWER:
The effects of the methods on the teacher
(8) Ethical issues are distinguished from political issues in research in that - ANSWER:
There are no formal codes of accepted political conduct whereas there are codes of
ethical conduct
(9) Walking with an open umbrella on a beautiful day or going home on semester
break and calling your mom or dad Mr. and Mrs. Are techniques used by ________
to understand social form or rules - ANSWER: Ethnomethodologists
(10) A model or scheme for helping us organize and interpret the world is referred to
as: - ANSWER: Paradigm
(11) Which of the following topics would a macrotheorist be more likely to study
than a microtheorist? - ANSWER: The relationships between government, family, and
the economy
(12) A ________ is a testable statement about a relationship between two variables -
ANSWER: Hypothesis
(13) Which of the following illustrates the use of the inductive method? - ANSWER:
Observations, pattern finding, and generalization
, (14) Which of the following outlines the steps in the traditional of science model? -
ANSWER: Theoretical understanding, operationalization of concepts, a testable
hypothesis, empirical observations
(15) Which of the following employs the nomothetic model of explanation? -
ANSWER: An isolation of the three most important reasons as to why men were
selected to all the leadership positions at a former women's college that went coed
(16) If a researcher wanted to know why there was a noticeable increase in the
number of burglaries in the town of Southpaw during 2005, the researcher would
design an - ANSWER: Explanatory study
(17) Professor Dooley examined the literature on AIDS and could find nothing that
examined children's attitudes toward parents and friends with AIDS. To examine this
topic, Dooley should undertake an: - ANSWER: Exploratory study
(18) To look at changes in the average age of marriage for men and women in US,
professor Jones studied the U.S. census over a period of decades. Jones was doing a:
- ANSWER: Trend Study
(20) Professor Jones asked some students to write down the number of hours they
worked last week. He then created the 4 categories of "20 hours or less," "20-40
hours," "40-60 hours," "60 hours or more." A social scientist would say that the
professor's scheme is - ANSWER: Exhaustive
(21) Classifying someone as employed or not employed treats employment as: -
ANSWER: Nominal Variable
(22) Which of the following sequences illustrates the progression of measurement
steps in a fully structured scientific study? - ANSWER: Conceptualization, nominal
definition, operational definition, and measurements in the real world
(23) A criminologist is interested in assessing perceptions of crime in each
neighborhood of a metropolitan area. He/she is planning to ask some people in each
neighborhood, "how fearful are you that crime will happen in your area?" Individuals
who are asked this question can choose between the following responses: "no fear"
"some fear" "much fear" the criminologist would be using the ___________ level of
measurement - ANSWER: Ordinal Variable
(25) Which of the following steps index construction is the first one to be out of
sequence? - ANSWER: Examine the multivariate relationships among the items being
considered for inclusion
(26) Likert scales are designed to be ________ in measurement - ANSWER: Ordinal
Jeffrey C. Dixon
(1) You have decided to read an article published in Law and Society. Professor Jones
would urge you to begin reading the article by: - ANSWER: Reading the abstract and
conclusions
(2) A good abstract DOES NOT include a statement about - ANSWER: The findings of
each table and graph
(4) When names are removed from questionnaires and are replaced with id numbers
so that only the researcher can later link a response to a particular name, the
researcher should tell the respondent that the information is: - ANSWER:
confidential
(5) Your friend asks you what constitutes informed consent in social research? You
tell him: - ANSWER: It refers to the combination of no harm to subjects and the
assurance that participation is voluntary
(6) The process where subjects are interviewed and informed of any unrevealed
purpose of the research they are a part of is called - ANSWER: Debriefing
(7) The PRIMARY ethical research issue raised by the Milgrim study was - ANSWER:
The effects of the methods on the teacher
(8) Ethical issues are distinguished from political issues in research in that - ANSWER:
There are no formal codes of accepted political conduct whereas there are codes of
ethical conduct
(9) Walking with an open umbrella on a beautiful day or going home on semester
break and calling your mom or dad Mr. and Mrs. Are techniques used by ________
to understand social form or rules - ANSWER: Ethnomethodologists
(10) A model or scheme for helping us organize and interpret the world is referred to
as: - ANSWER: Paradigm
(11) Which of the following topics would a macrotheorist be more likely to study
than a microtheorist? - ANSWER: The relationships between government, family, and
the economy
(12) A ________ is a testable statement about a relationship between two variables -
ANSWER: Hypothesis
(13) Which of the following illustrates the use of the inductive method? - ANSWER:
Observations, pattern finding, and generalization
, (14) Which of the following outlines the steps in the traditional of science model? -
ANSWER: Theoretical understanding, operationalization of concepts, a testable
hypothesis, empirical observations
(15) Which of the following employs the nomothetic model of explanation? -
ANSWER: An isolation of the three most important reasons as to why men were
selected to all the leadership positions at a former women's college that went coed
(16) If a researcher wanted to know why there was a noticeable increase in the
number of burglaries in the town of Southpaw during 2005, the researcher would
design an - ANSWER: Explanatory study
(17) Professor Dooley examined the literature on AIDS and could find nothing that
examined children's attitudes toward parents and friends with AIDS. To examine this
topic, Dooley should undertake an: - ANSWER: Exploratory study
(18) To look at changes in the average age of marriage for men and women in US,
professor Jones studied the U.S. census over a period of decades. Jones was doing a:
- ANSWER: Trend Study
(20) Professor Jones asked some students to write down the number of hours they
worked last week. He then created the 4 categories of "20 hours or less," "20-40
hours," "40-60 hours," "60 hours or more." A social scientist would say that the
professor's scheme is - ANSWER: Exhaustive
(21) Classifying someone as employed or not employed treats employment as: -
ANSWER: Nominal Variable
(22) Which of the following sequences illustrates the progression of measurement
steps in a fully structured scientific study? - ANSWER: Conceptualization, nominal
definition, operational definition, and measurements in the real world
(23) A criminologist is interested in assessing perceptions of crime in each
neighborhood of a metropolitan area. He/she is planning to ask some people in each
neighborhood, "how fearful are you that crime will happen in your area?" Individuals
who are asked this question can choose between the following responses: "no fear"
"some fear" "much fear" the criminologist would be using the ___________ level of
measurement - ANSWER: Ordinal Variable
(25) Which of the following steps index construction is the first one to be out of
sequence? - ANSWER: Examine the multivariate relationships among the items being
considered for inclusion
(26) Likert scales are designed to be ________ in measurement - ANSWER: Ordinal
