b. population
c. survey
d. experiment
TB_Q.1.7.32
The ________ is made up of the individuals intended to represent the population
to be studied.
a. sample
b. control group
c. respondent
d. average
TB_Q.1.7.33
In a ________, everyone in the target population has the same chance of being
included in the study.
a. stratified random sample
b. random sample
c. sample of any sort
d. survey
TB_Q.1.7.34
The ________ is drawn from selected subgroups of a target population.
a. questionnaire
b. neutral question
c. stratified random sample
d. random sample
TB_Q.1.7.35
If the questions that you ask the people taking part in your study are not
________, you will end up with biased answers.
a. easy
b. designed to elicit the answers you want
c. neutral
d. complicated enough
TB_Q.1.7.36
Li, a sociology undergraduate, was required to participate in a research
study being conducted by a graduate student in his department. He didn’t know
the topic until he got there, and the things the interviewer asked him were
embarrassing. Li chose answers that weren’t quite true—in fact, they weren’t true
at all—in order to save face himself and also to please the interviewer. This is
example of
a. interviewer bias.
b. rapport.
c. self-administered questionnaires.
d. dependent variables.
TB_Q.1.7.37
______ is a feeling of trust between researchers and the people they are studying.
a. Rapport
b. Interviewer bias
c. Participant observation
d. An unobtrusive measure
TB_Q.1.7.38
Questions followed by a list of possible answers that the respondent can select are
called
a. biased questions.
b. closed-ended questions.
c. stratified questions.
d. open-ended questions.
TB_Q.1.7.39
Open-ended questions are questions that respondents
a. pick from a list.
b. turn into closed-ended questions.
c. generally don’t answer.
d. answer in their own words.
TB_Q.1.7.40
In secondary analysis, researchers analyze data collected by
a. robots.
b. their own interviews.
c. others.
d. the subjects themselves.
TB_Q.1.7.41
Police reports, photographs, and videos are examples of ________ used by
researchers.
a. participant observation
b. documents
c. generalizability
d. dependent variables
TB_Q.1.7.42
The subjects in an experiment who are exposed to the independent variable make
up the
a. experimental group.
b. population.
c. sources of potential bias.
d. control group.
TB_Q.1.7.43
In a control group, subjects are
a. exposed to all variables in the study.
b. not exposed to the dependent variable.
c. an example of participant observation.
d. not exposed to the independent variable.
TB_Q.1.7.44
The independent variable causes a change in the
a. control group.
b. dependent variable.
c. other independent variables in the study.
d. generalizability of the experiment.
TB_Q.1.7.45
________ are used to study people who are unaware that they are being studied.
a. Questionnaires
b. Interviews
c. Open-ended questions
d. Unobtrusive measures
TB_Q.1.7.46
The best method of sociological research to use
a. is surveys.
b. depends on the type of question.
c. is experiments.
d. is document analysis.
TB_Q.1.8.47
In sociological research, gender
a. plays no role.
b. excludes female subjects from most contemporary social research.
c. is influential.
d. always leads to interviewer bias.
TB_Q.1.9.48
Professional handling of confidential sociological field notes entails
a. publishing them only in professional journals.
b. burning the notes once the researcher has had time to draw conclusions from
them.
c. publishing them online, so that anyone can read them.
d. protecting respondents.
TB_Q1.10.49
_____ is the breaking down of national boundaries because of advances in
communications, trade, and travel.
a. Conflict theory
b. Globalization
c. Verstehen
d. Focusing on the macro level
TB_Q1.10.50
Capitalism becoming the world’s dominant economic system is known as
a. the globalization of capitalism.
b. symbolic interactionism.
c. increasing isolationism.
d. the advance of democracy.
TB_Q1.3.51: Very broadly, where did Weber believe that capitalism was more
likely to flourish?
TB_Q1.4.52: Discuss feminists and conflict theory.
TB_Q1.6.53
What are the eight steps of the research model?
TB_Q1.7.54
What are the three ways sociologists measure average, and how do they differ?
TB_Q1.10.55: Describe the three historical phases of sociology.