Sociology 110: Chapter 2 Quiz
Which of the following concepts refers to deciding exactly what is to be measured when assigning value to a variable?
Operationalizing
What concept refers to any change in a subject's behavior that is caused by the awareness of being studied?
The Hawthorne effect
If you were to conduct sociological research that closely follows the logic of science, which research method would you most likely use?
The experiment
_________ refers to measuring exactly what one intends to measure.
Validity
Imagine that you were going to measure the age of a number of respondents taking part in a survey. As you record the data, you are using the concept "age" as ________
a variable
"A mental construct that represents some aspect of the world in a somewhat simplified form" is the definition of a ________
concept
If you have been criticized for "androcentricity" in your research, you are being criticized for ________
doing the research from a male perspective.
Sociologists cannot precisely predict any person's behavior because _______
human behavior is highly complex and has many causes.
Sociologists use the term "empirical evidence" to refer to ________
information we can verify with our senses.
Science can be defined as a ________
logical system that bases knowledge on direct, systematic observation.
The sociological perspective coupled to research reveals that ________
much of what passes for "common sense" in the United States turns out to be at least partly wrong.
A small number of people that are used to represent a much larger population is called a ________
sample.
Two variables are said to display correlation if ________
they vary together.
Which research method asks subjects to respond to a series of items in a questionnaire or an interview?
A survey