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  1. Return to Process of Social Research 2e Student Resources

Chapter 2 Practice Quiz

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. The essence of the scientific process is

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. As a scientific enterprise, social research involves theory, verifiable data, logical reasoning, and

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. In contrast to deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning

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. Suppose you reason as follows: If I spend 15 hours per week studying research methods, I will earn an A in the course. I will study research methods at least 15 hours per week. Therefore, I will earn an A in the course. What type(s) of reasoning is this?

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. Which of the following sequences best describes the inductive logic of inquiry?

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. A researcher observes that same-sex gangs commit more acts of vandalism than mixed-sex gangs. She theorizes that competition for recognition among equal-status peers increases the tendency to commit publicly deviant acts. What type(s) of reasoning is this?

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. In which of the following social contexts did Dixon and Rosenbaum find that white-black interactions reduced anti-black stereotyping?

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. In her study of class differences in child rearing, Lareau

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. Which of the following principles follows from text's discussion of science and its limitations?

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. The discovery of the misclassification of network data in the 2004 General Social Survey

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