#2 Revision Quiz Sociology Methods of Research

Information collected personally by the researcher

• secondary data

• primary data

• official statistics

• quantitative date

Which of the following is a strength of qualitative data?

• can express the quality of a relationship

• expressed numerically

• Explains the "why"

• Allows people to talk freely

Collecting data on one group of society and then comparing them with others to identify conditions that may be causing social events.

• quantatative data

• longitudinal studies

• participant observation

• comparitive analysis

What is a limitation of structured interviews?

• The researcher effect

• Achieves consistant results

• Achieves comparable results

• Can be controlled by the interviewer

What is the difference between an questionaire and a structured interview?

• reliability of the interview is higher than a questionaire

• A structureed interview is conducted personally a questionaire is not

• The type of data from a questionaire is more valid

• All of the above

People changed their behavior knowing they were being studied.

• control group

• researcher effect

• researcher bias

• Hawthorne effect

Occur when two or more things happen at the same time that may indicated a relationship

• causation

• correlation

• variable

• experiment

The idea that when one action occurs another always follows

• variable

• causation

• correlation

• Hawthorne Effect

What is "Verstehen"

• covert observation

• verstehen

• overt observation

• valid statistical data

• To understand by experiencing (empathy)

A specific graup of people from which a sample may be used for study

• group interview

• focus group

• A sampling frame

• cross sectional study