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Chapter 1: What Is Social Research? A Particular Way of Knowing
Test Bank
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 1
1) Reasons for conducting social research include all except
Page reference: What Is Social Research?
a. understanding the social world
b. exploring a new phenomenon
c. promote personal opinions
d. seeking solutions to social problems
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 2
2) Studying and understanding the world through systematic and direct observation is known as
Page reference: Overview
a. Empirical research
b. Sociological imagination
c. Epistemology
d. Sociology
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 3
3) The sociological imagination is
Page reference: Overview
a. The practice of linking people’s experiences to social conditions
b. Studying the social world using observation
c. Focused on individual level explanations for social problems
d. A concept developed in the 18th century
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 4
4) Which of the following is the best example of using the sociological imagination to understand unemployment
Page reference: Overview
a. William is fired for being late to work three times in a row.
b. Kiera has trouble finding a job after college due to large scale downsizing.
c. After Li tells her boss that she hates working 2nd shift, she is taken off the schedule.
d. Stephanie misses her shift because her regular babysitter is sick.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 5
5) Tools and practices used to gather and analyze information are known as
Page reference: Introduction
a. Surveys
b. Sociological imagination
c. Research Methods
d. Experiments
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 6
6) Knowing where social knowledge comes from is
Page reference: Methodology
a. A form of power
b. Not related to methodology
c. Not possible to determine
d. A way of perpetuating false claims
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 7
7) Research conducted to generate questions and hypotheses about emerging or not-yet-defined phenomena is called
Page reference: Types of Understanding and Research
a. Exploratory research
b. Descriptive research
c. Explanatory research
d. Evaluative research
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 8
8) Research that is focused primarily on describing a social phenomenon is known as
Page reference: Types of Understanding and Research
a. Exploratory research
b. Descriptive research
c. Explanatory research
d. Evaluative research
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 9
9) _____________ research attempts to explain and predict future conditions for people, situations, and settings
Page reference: Types of Understanding and Research
a. Exploratory research
b. Descriptive research
c. Explanatory research
d. Evaluative research
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 10
10) A researcher who wanted to assess or improve the effectiveness of a policy would engage in _______________.
Page reference: Types of Understanding and Research
a. Exploratory research
b. Descriptive research
c. Explanatory research
d. Evaluative research
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 11
11) Dr. Scott is interested in conducting research that will shed light on how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the amount of physical distance that people put between themselves and others when in public. Which type of research is this most likely to fit into?
Page reference: Types of Understanding and Research
a. Descriptive
b. Explanatory
c. Evaluative
d. Exploratory
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 12
12) Dr. Glover wants to assess how well online and hybrid teaching impacted student’s understanding of course content. What type of research is she most likely conducting?
Page reference: Types of Understanding and Research
a. Descriptive
b. Exploratory
c. Evaluative
d. Explanatory
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 13
13) Dr. Filoteo hypothesizes that students who were online during the COVID-19 pandemic are less likely to have a favorable opinion of their college experience than students who were in a hybrid or fully in-person learning environment. What type of research is she likely to be conducting?
Page reference: Types of Understanding and Research
a. Explanatory
b. Descriptive
c. Evaluative
d. Exploratory
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 14
14) Research that is conducted with the goal of advancing knowledge is known as
Page reference: Types of Understanding and Research
a. Applied research
b. Evaluative research
c. Basic research
d. Descriptive research
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 15
15) Dr. Parks is assessing the effectiveness of a program for kindergarten students focused on citizenship and empathy for a local organization. This is an example of _____________ research.
Page reference: Types of Understanding and Research
a. Applied
b. Basic
c. Exploratory
d. Descriptive
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 16
16) Epistemology is focused on
Page reference: Epistemology and Ontology
a. How we know what we know
b. The nature of reality
c. Research methodology
d. Testing hypotheses with data
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 17
17) Ontology is concerned with
Page reference: Epistemology and Ontology
a. What sorts of things can be known
b. Methods for gathering data
c. The nature of reality and existence
d. The morality of society
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 18
18) Dr. Jenson is interested in the way that content is including into high school curricula, particularly with the notion the topics that are included shape what students know and will know. Which field does his inquiry best fit into.
Page reference: Epistemology and Ontology
a. Epistemology
b. Ontology
c. Philosophy
d. Psychology
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 19
19) Which of the following inform what we know?
Page reference: Ways of knowing
a. Tradition and authority
b. Intuition and common sense
c. Personal experiences
d. All of these
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 20
20) What is the goal of sociological theory?
Page reference: Theory Building and Testing
a. To advance a researcher’s opinions
b. To make sense of the social world
c. To advocate for a particular cause
d. To ponder the morality of an issue
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 21
21) _________ research begins with theory from which hypothesis are developed and tested using data.
Page reference: Deductive versus inductive reasoning
a. Inductive
b. Descriptive
c. Deductive
d. Exploratory
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 22
22) Inductive research ________________.
Page reference: Deductive versus inductive reasoning
a. Begins with theory
b. Begins with data collection
c. Is not a method for acquiring knowledge
d. Moves from the general to the specific
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 23
23) Dr. Myers discovers a set of diaries in his university library archival section that has not been previously analyzed. He starts combing through the data and discovers a pattern in how friendship dynamics are described. Based on this, he starts to develop a theory of male friendship. What type of research best describes this process?
Page reference: Deductive versus inductive reasoning
a. Deductive research
b. Evaluative research
c. Applied research
d. Inductive research
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 24
24) Dr. Glimore formulates a hypothesis that students who are exposed to anti-racist curricula in high school are more likely to have interracial friendships. She tests the hypothesis by collecting data using a survey of college students. Her analysis of the data supports her hypothesis. Which type of research best describes this process?
Page reference: Deductive versus inductive reasoning
a. Descriptive research
b. Deductive research
c. Inductive research
d. Applied research
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 25
25) Hypotheses are ______________________.
Page reference: Deductive versus inductive reasoning
a. Based on a researcher’s personal opinions and beliefs.
b. Ideas or systems of ideas that provide logical explanations of the social world.
c. Tentative assertions that are tested with data.
d. Not connected to theory.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 26
26) Which of the following is an example of a good sociological hypothesis?
Page reference: Deductive versus inductive reasoning
a. Birth control is immoral.
b. As access to birth control decreases, women’s overall health declines.
c. Laws related to birth control are absurd.
d. Sixty five percent of women indicate they support teen access to birth control.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 27
27) Martin and Luke (2010) hypothesized that mothers talk more with their daughters about relationships, sexual abuse, their reproductive bodies, and morality than their sons. Their hypotheses were based on
Page reference: Box 1.1
a. Their own experiences
b. Media representations of mother/daughter dialogs about sexuality
c. The data they collected
d. Their review of existing research and theory
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 28
28) The research process does not always adhere to a rigid sequence. Instead, it can be the case that researchers may shift between theory and data gathering several times in the process. This strategy is described as
Page reference: Deductive versus inductive reasoning
a. Qualitative
b. Iterative
c. Deductive
d. Inductive
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 29
29) The 2004 study by González-López (2004) was inductive because
Page reference: Box 1.2
a. She found that masculinity and fatherhood are variable experiences.
b. She used interviews to gather data on this topic.
c. Her work suggested a new theoretical understanding of patriarchy.
d. She interviewed immigrant men from a variety of regions.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 30
30) Émile Durkheim’s theory of suicide is best understood as
Page reference: Middle-range and Grand Theories
a. A middle-range theory
b. Inductive research
c. A grand theory
d. A qualitative study
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 31
31) Which theory is best understood as a grand theory?
Page reference: Middle-range and Grand Theories
a. Standpoint theory from Smith and Hill Collins
b. Merton’s theory of anomie
c. Durkheim’s theory of suicide
d. González-López theory of patriarchy
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 32
32) Research that relies mainly on words and non-numeric data is known as
Page reference: Qualitative and Quantitative Inquiry
a. Qualitative research
b. Quantitative research
c. Applied research
d. Exploratory research
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 33
33) Research that uses numbers and statistics is known as
Page reference: Qualitative and Quantitative Inquiry
a. Quantitative research
b. Qualitative research
c. Descriptive research
d. Basic research
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 34
34) All of the following are differences between qualitative and quantitative research EXCEPT
Page reference: Qualitative and Quantitative Inquiry
a. Qualitative research focuses on interpretive work while quantitative researcher relies on numerical analysis.
b. Quantitative research is primarily deductive while qualitative is primarily inductive.
c. Quantitative research approaches social reality as dynamic and changing while qualitative research approaches the social reality as more objective aligning with natural laws.
d. Quantitative research incorporates the norms of positivism while qualitative research seeks to determine how people interpret the social world.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 35
35) Which of the following is NOT a part of the scientific method?
Page reference: Figure 1.3
a. Review the literature
b. Replicate other researcher’s study
c. Formulate a hypothesis
d. Design and conduct a study
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 36
36) Which of the following statements are true about how qualitative and quantitative research relate to the scientific method.
Page reference: Figure 1.3
a. Both quantitative and qualitative research follows the scientific method in the same ways.
b. Only quantitative research adheres to principles of the scientific method.
c. Both qualitative and quantitative research involve systemic inquiry that rely on the methodological, logical and consistent practices of data collection.
d. Qualitative research involves testing hypotheses in a sequence that aligns with the steps of the scientific method.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 37
37) An approach to data collection and analysis that draws on multiple tools and procedures is known as:
Page reference: Mixed Methods in Action
a. Qualitative research
b. Quantitative research
c. Mixed methods research
d. Basic research
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 38
38) Which of the following is true of mixed methods research?
Page reference: Mixed Methods in Action
a. It can include quantitative and qualitative analysis.
b. It is used increasingly in social science research.
c. It can reduce the divide between qualitative and quantitative research.
d. All of these are true of mixed methods research.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 39
39) In Bonilla-Silva’s mixed methods study (2006)
Page reference: Mixed Methods in Action
a. Interview data provided greater insight on how racist attitudes identified in the survey data were expressed
b. White people were likely to admit they were racist in interviews but not in surveys.
c. He was able to identify color-blind rhetoric from survey responses.
d. Liberal whites were more likely to avoid color-blind rhetoric than conservatives.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 40
40) Which types of research methodology did Olsen (1997) use in her study of immigrant students in high schools?
Page reference: Mixed Methods in Action
a. Interviews and participant observation
b. Surveys and interviews
c. Participant observation and surveys
d. Participant observation
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 41
41) The literature search, study design, data analysis, and even presentation of findings are all guided by what?
Page reference: Formulating Questions
a. Hypothesis
b. Mixed-methods
c. Research question
d. Methodology
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 42
42) All of the following are true of research questions EXCEPT
Page reference: Formulating Questions
a. It states the purpose of the study.
b. It is an answerable question which determines how data is collected and analyzed.
c. It can change as the research progresses.
d. It cannot be too broad in its scope.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 43
43) Research questions can shift in the course of a study for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
Page reference: Formulating Questions
a. New data or findings can lead to a new discovery.
b. The researcher has time limitations.
c. Funding sources may shift.
d. The researcher is afraid they will be wrong about their predictions.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 44
44) Good research questions
Page reference: Box 3.1
a. Are formulated outside of the established theory or prior research.
b. Do not have to contribute to our knowledge but can simply reflect the researcher’s interest.
c. Can focus on philosophical or moral considerations
d. Are clear, specific, understandable, and researchable
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 45
45) The norm of researcher’s drawing conclusions based on fact and not values, bias, or preconceptions is known as
Page reference: Perceptions, Values, and Practicalities
a. Ontology
b. Objectivity
c. Epistemology
d. Sociology
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 46
46) Which of the following is an example of an objective research approach
Page reference: Perceptions, Values, and Practicalities
a. Attending to the meanings people attach to social reality
b. Developing sympathy for respondents in a study
c. Determining whether a respondent’s viewpoint is right or wrong
d. Relying on personal values and experiences when interpreting findings
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 47
47) Feminist research, critical race theory, and intersectional theory are examples of a(n) _____________ approach to research.
Page reference: The Reflexive Ideal
a. Objectivist
b. Qualitative
c. Quantitative
d. Reflexive
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 48
48) Behar’s (1996) contribution to social researchers’ understanding of reflexivity in the book The Vulnerable Observer is best summarized as
Page reference: Methods in Action: The Art of Reflexivity
a. Researchers should reflect on who they are in relationship to who they are studying and how this impacts their insights.
b. Objectivity is an important goal at all costs.
c. Being vulnerable as a researcher undermines the credibility of the research findings.
d. A researcher’s identity and biography has little impact on the research process because of objectivity.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 49
49) Which of the following is not true regarding the connection between politics and research?
Page reference: Political Positions and Conditions
a. The priorities of organizations that fund research can shape how studies are designed.
b. How respondents view the utility of social research may impact their participation
c. Gaining access to a research site is a negotiated process that could involve interrogating the researcher’s motivations.
d. Because of objectivity, politics does not impact research or the research process.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 50
50) Which of the following statements about the practicalities of research are true?
Page reference: Practical considerations
a. Researchers may find it difficult to develop rapport with research participants, particularly if they are studying groups involved with illegal activities.
b. Researchers typically do not need to worry about monetary costs when conducting research.
c. The ideal is more important than the feasible when pursuing a research project.
d. All researchers have the skills to conduct any type of study.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 51
51) If you oppose the exercise of others’ power over you, you are engaging in
Page reference: p. 16 “Thinking Relationally: The Paired Concepts”
a. resistance
b. solidarity
c. privilege
d. contingency
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 52
52) The uneven distribution of social resources is termed
Page reference: p. 16 “Thinking Relationally: The Paired Concepts”
a. structure
b. confirmation bias
c. inequality
d. privilege
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 53
53) Inequality has existed in all societies, though
Page reference: p. 16 “Thinking Relationally: The Paired Concepts”
a. societies may differ in who is treated unequally.
b. some societies have achieved equality
c. all societies take similar measures to undo it
d. the same strategies for addressing it work even in very different societies
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 54
54) When advantages in life flow to people at the top of a social hierarchy, they are experiencing
Page reference: p. 17 “Thinking Relationally: The Paired Concepts”
a. conflict
b. solidarity
c. privilege
d. contingency
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 55
55) How do people with privilege often protect their belief that they earned their good fortune in life?
Page reference: p. 17 “Thinking Relationally: The Paired Concepts”
a. Refusal to watch televised news or read a newspaper
b. Social integration, which allows them to meet people who are disadvantaged and pass negative judgments on their situation
c. Social isolation, which prevents them from seeing people without such advantages
d. Disengagement from politics due to cynicism
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 56
56) Which of the following is evidence that social life on our planet is increasingly interconnected?
Page reference: p. 17 “Thinking Relationally: The Paired Concepts”
a. The birth rate for Muslims in the U.S. is higher than the birth rate for people of most other religions.
b. Prejudice against immigrants in the U.S. has increased since 2016.
c. Most Americans believe it is important to stand for the national anthem while attending sporting events where it is played.
d. For most Americans, most of the consumer goods in their household are made abroad.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 57
57) The interconnection of social life on the planet is termed
Page reference: p. 17 “Thinking Relationally: The Paired Concepts”
a. globalization
b. localization
c. parochialism
d. cosmopolitanism
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 58
58) The seen and unseen regular, organized patterns of social life are termed
Page reference: p. 18 “Thinking Relationally: The Paired Concepts”
a. social structure
b. inequality
c. contingency
d. sociological imagination
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 59
59) Openness in social life produced by human choices and actions is termed
Page reference: p. 18 “Thinking Relationally: The Paired Concepts”
a. contingency
b. solidarity
c. power
d. privilege
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 60
60) Your city government is currently hiring people to work on each of the four projects below. If they can hire only one sociologist, which job should they hire the sociologist to do?
Page reference: p. 19 “Why Sociology?”
a. Counting how many migratory birds fly through the city during a period of time in order to understand how a new high-rise building might impact their migration patterns
b. Taking a census of how many youth are loitering in the public parks each day in order to assess if there is a need for a youth drop-in center
c. Measuring what percent of the content of the city’s garbage is recyclable in order to recommend a new system of sorting recyclables from trash
d. Measuring how much litter is left in the city’s central park each day in order to determine the correct number of trash cans that should be placed in the park
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 1
1) Discuss the four general purposes of research and provide an example of each.
Feedback: Exploration, description, explanation, and evaluation research
Section reference: Types of understanding- and research
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 2
2) Compare and contrast applied and basic research. Provide an example of each.
Feedback: Basic research is conducted in pursuit of insight, theory, or knowledge. Applied research is addressing a problem with the hope of finding a solution.
Section reference: Types of understanding- and research
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 3
3) How do epistemological and ontological considerations relate to the research process?
Feedback: Research contributes to what we know and how we understand reality.
Section reference: Epistemology and Ontology
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 4
4) Describe the difference between inductive and deductive research processes. How do they each relate to theory?
Feedback: Deductive approaches start with theory which shapes hypotheses and data collection. Then findings are analysed in order to test the theory. Inductive approaches start with data collection in order to build and develop theory.
Section reference: Deductive vs Inductive Reasoning
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 5
5) How do middle range theories different from grand theories? What is example of each?
Feedback: middle range theories are limited in scope and grand theories are more general and abstract
Section reference: Middle-range theories and grand theories
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 6
6) Compare and contrast quantitative and qualitative approaches to research. How does each approach relate to positivism?
Feedback: Qualitative approaches focus on words, images, and non-numeric symbols and quantitative focuses on numeric data and statistics
Section reference: Qualitative and quantitative inquiry
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 7
7) Describe the characteristics of a good research question. Why is the construction of the research question so important to the research process?
Feedback: The research question shapes all aspects of the research process. See Box 1.3 for considerations for developing good research questions.
Section reference: Formulating questions
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 8
8) Discuss at least three ways that politics or political dimensions can impact the research process.
Feedback: Could discuss stance of the researchers, teachers, or funders; may tailor research to match resources, have to consider stakeholder priorities. Have to maintain a stance of disinterest. Gaining access to respondents, access to gatekeepers, and so on.
Section reference: Political positions and considerations
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 9
9) What are the advantages of mixed methods research designs? Provide a specific example from the research studies discussed in the chapter. Why was a mixed method design important for the research question the researcher was studying?
Feedback: Mixed methods approaches use multiple tools and procedures to answer questions. Can be qualitative or quantitative. Each methodology gives us different kinds of information about the phenomenon we’re examining.
Section reference: Qualitative and quantitative inquiry
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 10
10) Discuss and contrast objective and reflexive approaches to the role of values in social research.
Feedback: Objectivity strives for value-free research where researchers avoid influence from bias and values. Reflexive approaches encourage researchers to be aware of their values and biases and to be straightforward about how they might impact the research process.
Section reference: Perceptions, Values, and Practicalities
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 11
11) What are some practical concerns to consider when designing and conducting research?
Feedback: Time, money, logistics, characteristics of the researcher, topic being studied, rapport, and so on.
Section reference: Practical considerations
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 12
12) What are some of the reasons people may conduct social research? What is beneficial about understanding research methods? Which do you find the most interesting or appealing and why?
Feedback: Understand the world, gather information, test theory, assess a policy or practice, address a social problem.
Section reference: Overview and Introduction
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 13
13) In your own words, explain the sociological imagination. Why is this approach to understanding the world important or value?
Feedback: Understand the connection between personal troubles and public issues. Allows us to understand the cause and solutions for social problems.
Section reference: Overview
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 14
14) What does it mean to claim that knowledge is created? How does social research and methodology contribute to the creation of knowledge?
Feedback: What we have access to learn, who creates it, which information is valued is a creation of the larger society. Methodology is a way of producing knowledge.
Section reference: Knowledge creation/Methodology
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 15
15) Provide an example of inductive and deductive research using the studies highlighted in the chapter.
Feedback: Students should draw on the studies in Box 1.1 and 1.2
Section reference: Deductive versus Inductive Research
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 16
16
Explain the steps of the scientific method as outlined in Figure 1.3 Use an example of a research question you’re interested in to explain each step
Feedback: Look at cycle on Figure 1.3
Section reference: Figure 1.3
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 17
17) What is value-laden research and why is it important? Provide an example of this approach.
Feedback: Feminist, critical race theory, or intersectional theory
Section reference: The Reflexive Ideal
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 18
18) Early sociologists, like Durkheim and Weber, saw objectivity as an ideal when conducting research. Do you think it is possible to be truly objective? Why or why not?
Feedback: Answers vary
Section reference: The Objective Ideal
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 19
19) Describe a research question that you are interested in studying. Then consider the reflexive ideal described in the chapter and Behar’s guidance for thinking about reflexivity. What values, biases, characteristics, and so on would you need to be aware of when conducting this study?
Feedback: Answers vary
Section reference: The Reflexive Idea
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 1 Question 20
20) You have been asked to design a research study examining housing discrimination in your community. Formulate a research question considering the guidelines for a good question. Decide what type of research you will conduct. Will it be applied or basic? Qualitative or quantitative? Why do you think these are the best approaches?
Feedback: Answers vary
Section reference:
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 1
1) Empirical research involves understanding the world through systemic, direct observation
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 2
2) The primary goal of the sociological imagination is examining individual experiences.
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 3
3) A sociologist utilizing the sociological imagination to understand unemployment would argue that improving individual applicant’s training would be the most effective solution.
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 4
4) Research methods are tools and practices used to gather and analyse information to generate knowledge in sociology and other social sciences.
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 5
5) Understanding how knowledge is created allows us to tell the difference between valid and false claims
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 6
6) Exploratory research seeks to explain and predict future conditions for people, situations, and settings.
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 7
7) “What is the impact of remote learning on graduation rates” is an example of an evaluative research question.
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 8
8) Research studies typically fall into one research type
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 9
9) Research studies typically fall into one research type
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 10
10) Research studies typically fall into one research type
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 11
11) Applied research is focused on solving a practical problem, for example, helping an organization assess the effectiveness of an intervention.
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 12
12) Basic research does not have a practical application beyond contributing to our knowledge about a topic
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 13
13) Epistemology would ask the question “what does reality mean?”
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
14) Theories are opinions which are based on personal beliefs.
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 15
15) Inductive research begins with the specific data in order to build theory.
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 16
16) With deductive research, data gathering is the first step.
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 17
17) González-López’s study of the sexual lives and life histories of adult Mexican immigrants was an example of deductive research.
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 18
18) Middle-range theories are limited in scope and can be tested with empirical data
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 19
19) Critical theory is an example of a grand theory.
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 20
20) Qualitative research usually entails a deductive approach in the relationship between theory and research.
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 21
21) The notion that authentic knowledge relies on empirical observations and scientific analysis is known was epistemology.
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 22
22) Qualitative research is not based on the scientific method.
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 1 Question 23
23) Mixed-method research draws on multiple tools and procedures to collect data about the social world.
a. True
b. False