SOC final exam review CH12. Part 3

12. What has been the dominant mode of social science research in the twentieth century?

using secondary data

5. Usable secondary data can be found by..........

Doing a literature review or searching the internet.

13. A major disadvantage of using an unobtrusive measure is that your subjects are likely to be inconvenienced. (T or F)

False

A disadvantage to using physical traces to gather data is their unobtrusiveness. (T or F)

False

According to the ASA code of ethics, researchers must require participant confidentiality when collecting information from public records. (T or F)

False

Although using available data may provide researchers with highly reliable information, it is usually too costly for an individual researcher to afford. (T or F)

False

Personal records tend to have easier access than physical traces. (T or F)

False

Personal records, like diaries, family albums and personal correspondence should never be used in social science research because of ethical concerns. (T or F)

False

There are few sources of available data that allow researchers to examine changes over time. (T or F)

False

The unit of analysis for studies based on secondary analysis is almost always.....

Individuals

6. The unit of analysis used in the United Nations Demographic Yearbook and the International Labor Office is the.....

Nation

Letters, emails, Twitter feeds, and autobiographies are included in.........

Personal records

______data is collected by the researcher and________ data is collected by someone other than the researcher.

Primary; Secondary

The fact that we cannot be certain about the______ the available data that has been collected is a disadvantage to using this as a source of information.

Reliability of

Secondary data is.....

The data that has been collected by someone else

14. If we take group based results and infer that individuals in those groups share those characteristics, we are committing ecological fallacy. (T or F)

True

One concern of using available data is being confused about the unit of analysis. (T or F)

True

Physical traces includes any kind of physical evidence left by humans. (T or F)

True

One of the most frequently employed sources of existing statistics is/are the....

U.S Census

A major advantage of using available data is that data are usually....

cheap and convenient

The ecological fallacy refers to....

making inferences about individuals from data about aggregates

One important danger of using available data is.....

the possibility of becoming confused about your unit of analysis.