Quiz 2

In the 1980s, many politicians argued that listening to heavy metal music led teenagers to commit suicide. While you might find this belief silly, it is a(n):

hypothesis

Sociologists who conduct interviews can only gather data from a limited number of people because:

interviews are too time consuming.

Which of the following affect the methods used by sociological researchers?

what they want to accomplish the methods they are trained in and feel comfortable with the time available to complete their projects the resources and funds available all of the above

Which of the following is an advantage of using ethnography to study social life?

Ethnography allows the researcher to gather abundant data on a small population.

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of using interviews to conduct social research?

Interviewees are allowed to speak in their own words.

Some researchers suggest that interviews give "voice" to people who may never have been heard before and offer privileged access to authentic experience, private worlds, and true selves. How do interviews do this?

Interviews allow respondents to speak in their own words; they can reveal their thoughts, feelings, and beliefs—internal states that would not necessarily be accessible by any other means.

When high schools want to ask students about sensitive subjects like drug use or sexual health, they often use surveys rather than a more direct form of communication like interviews. Why?

Surveys allow students to answer the questions in private and assure the confidentiality of their responses.

Arlie Hochschild was concerned that her sample of interviewees was too small to guarantee representativeness. How did Hochschild attempt to overcome this problem?

by comparing demographic information about her interviewees with information about her target population

You're conducting research on violence in the media. If you're trying to decide whether "violence" includes words as well as actions, in what part of the research process are you engaged?

defining the variables

What do you call broad theoretical models of the social or natural world

paradigms