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Chapter 2 Practice Quiz
Social Research Methods
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An ethnography usually relies on what?
Strict objectivity
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Direct observation and extended field research
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Statistics
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Government compliance
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Policy
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Since 1997, Statistics Canada has used the Market Basket Measure (MBM) to establish what?
Minimum wage
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A poverty line
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Absolute poverty
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None of the above
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When research participants indicate their understanding and acceptance of the research conditions, what are they providing?
Consensus
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Validation
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Informed consent
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Collegiality
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"Positivism" is a term used by August Comte to describe which belief?
The belief that social sciences could be studied subjectively
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The belief that social sciences could be studied using the same methods as used to study the natural sciences
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The belief that the results of social science research will always be affected by the bias of the researcher
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The belief that the researcher is an insider and therefore will study their subjects with complete objectivity
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The belief that social scientific theories are always correct
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The more a person exercises the less likely he or she is to have heart disease. What is the dependent variable in this statement?
Heart disease
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Exercise
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Age
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Gender
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Running
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Failing to give proper scrutiny to a statistic is seen in ________
journalists
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students
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politicians
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all of the above
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Robert Allen Humphreys' published PhD dissertation, Tearoom Trade is viewed as a pioneering study of _________
human rights
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homosexuality
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the hospitality industry
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heterosexuality
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asexuality
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Which term refers to informal, face-to-face interviews designed to cover specific topics without the rigid structure of a questionnaire but with more structure than an open interview?
Structured interviews
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Semi-structured interviews
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Closed interviews
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Open interviews
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Participant observation
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Which of the following types of research involves the close examination of characteristics that cannot be counted or measured?
Quantitative
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Qualitative
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Statistics
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Closed-ended questionnaires
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Polls
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Participant observation is a good example of ethnography.
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Michel Foucault in
The History of Sexuality I
states that with regard to sexual deviance, the "deviant" patient is allowed to have a voice that is heard without translation from the outsider/expert.
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Quantitative research is often accused of being "soft."
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In the mixed-methods approach to research, quantitative research can be used to confirm or expand on the results of qualitative research, or vice versa.
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Polls can be manipulated for political ends.
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Edward Said's book
Orientalism
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Auguste Comte coined the term "sociology."
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Discourse analysis focuses only on the use of the spoken language.
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