soc chap 3

Which statements are true about random sampling

1.you need to start with a list of everyone who could be included in the study 2.there is no bias in determining who will be included in the sample

Leon is constructing research to determine how much physical appearance affects initial attraction by posting photos of a student on a dating app and then changing the appearance to make a person less attractive even though the rest of the information stay the same he measured the number of likes the person received under both circumstances this is an example of____ research

Basic

coding

Classified into categories

In an experiment on the impact of Praise on performance dr. Jones divides the class into two groups to conduct a simple task he Praises one group for falsely and the other group receives no. The group with no praise is the______ group

Control

Data analysis

Evaluating information

Applied research helps sociologists

Solve specific problems

Devah Pagers research on having a criminal record affect it applicants job prospects found that white with a criminal record not called back for interviews at about the same rate as blacks without a criminal record

True

Poorly designed questions and a biased sample are most likely to affect

Validity

What type of researcher is attempting to learn about new things by collecting data

a consumer of knowledge

Dr. Murphy is a part of the group whose job it is to review research protocols to make sure the rights of the participants are being protected this allows a research project to receive federal funding what is this group called

an institutional review board

The researchers are deciding whether a change in one phenomenon causes a change in another they are determining

causation

The interdisciplinary field that involves analyzing large sets of information is called

data science

Chris knew it was important for his research to be consistent just means that they must be valid

false

Documents aren't usually a good source of information for research

false

Fedora I knew it was important for her research to be consistent this means that they must be valid

false

Hypotheses helps sociologists notice and understand patterns in society

false

If you cannot use a random sample you may use a non-random sample

false

Research must be subjective in nature

false

To demonstrate causation the effect must precede the cause

false

sociological research is generally limited to academic areas

false

The Test example of Devah Pager who wanted to find out having a criminal record affect it and applicants jobs prospects demonstrates what kind of research

field

Then wanted to determine how people near her Town felt about building a new water park so she surveyed the sample of people from her town I never encounter with you three examples of to see if they could build a water park answer they was not ____because the sample was over only covered her town

generalizable

What is a a difference between a survey and an interview

interviews allow for more in-depth responses than surveys do

How can I research skills make you a better consumer of information about political candidates

it helps you know what to do with the research put out by candidates

Researchers often use documents to help them find out what is already known about the topic this process is called

literature review

Informed consent

means that participate in research or given information about the research and any risks involved

Bad word Rob and her colleagues survey of students to understand the financial situation resulted in which of these outcomes

over half had food insecurities

Which of these are considered data

quotes facts and statistics

Research measure measurements must produce the same results each time in other words they must be

reliable

quantitative methods

rely on numbers

And she's an responded it's important to make sure that the people are_____ or have terroristic typically of people in broader population used to study

representative

Researchers use samples of a ______ as respondents in a study

representative study

Mark is observing people in a bar in recording data of their behaviors what is Mark doing

research

The first step in the scientific method is set aside what to study and other words to determine the

research question

the first step in the scientific method is to decide what to study in other words to determine the

research questions

what are the steps in scientific research

step one develop research questions, Step 2 literature review, Step 3 develop hypotheses, step 4 develop research design, step 5 data collection, step 6 data analysis, step 7 data reporting and Publishing

Researchers might use Microsoft Excel or SPSS to analyze the data from

surveys

In the test example of Roosevelt Landon and Literary Digest what was the problem with the pole that produced and incorrect result

the pool was biased

All scientific researchers use the scientific method of research

true

Can you survey is a form of quantitative research

true

In a controlled experiment causation can be determined when the difference between the control group and the experimental group in only be due to the manipulated variable

true

Survey data is a form of quantitative research

true

qualitative methods

use words with images

Professor ordering a survey on social drinking in college she checked her finding several times to make sure they were correct and we're measuring what she wanted to measure the professor was concerned with the_____ of her survey

validity

Thomas had trouble finding people to include in his study can we ask for volunteers and promise to pay them each $5 what is wrong with this approach

volunteers may be biased differ from the general population