Sociology & the Scientific Method

A science is really any practice that uses a systematic method of observation to gain knowledge. And you probably know that systematic method as

• Statistics

• Research Method

• Interpretive Sociologist

• Scientific Method

What philosophy is the scientific method is rooted in?

• Darwinism

• Social Science

• positivism

• negativism

A "positive" theory is one that's

• objective and fact-based

• objective and hear say

• subjective and value based

• subjective

A "normative" theory is

• subjective and value-based

• objective and fact-based

• subjective and fact-based

• unrelated

the study of society is based on

• systematic observations of grups

• fact-based data

• systematic observations of social behavior

• systematic observations of personal behavior

If your interested in how humans behave in the real world you don't want your_______________ to make them act differently than they otherwise would.

• suggestions

• attitudes

• research methods

• philosophy

Which of these contains steps in the right order?

• Ask a question, state your hypothesis, research, experiment, analyze, make a conclusion
• State your hypothesis, ask a question, research, experiment, analyze, make a conclusion
• Ask a question, research, state your hypothesis, experiment, analyze, make a conclusion
• State your hypothesis, ask a question, research, make a conclusion, experiment, analyze

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

What is the first step in the scientific method?

• draw conclusions

• ask a question/make an observation

• make a hypothesis

• test the experiment

Which happens first?

• make a hypothesis

• make a plan

• ask a question/make an observation

• draw conclusions