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Ethnographic research produces qualitative data because_____________?
A. the findings are amenable to statistical analysis
B. it is conducted over a period of several years
C. it uncovers rich detailed accounts from an insider’s perspective
D. it compares findings from a number of different cases
A survey that asks the respondent to indicate their level of education and includes response categories of some high school high school and university violated which important rule for constructing close-ended items for naires ?
A. exhaustive
B. mutually exclusive
C. comprehensive
D. tangible
E. relevant
Which of the following is a personal document with closed access ?
A. government white paper
B. confidential medical records
C. household account book
D. the shares register of a business
s that are relevant to some respondents may irrelevant to others are known as______________?
A. double barreled questions
B. leading questions
C. contingency questions
D. Matrix questions
Reading a number of books and journals regarding crime in Canada is a good example of______________?
A. qualitative research
B. ethnography
C. secondary research
D. field research
E. non-participant observation
What is meant by reflexivity in sociological research ?
A. research findings feed back into society and as a result may change it
B. research findings empower the general public making them more confident
C. research funders have control over research findings and who has access
D. sociologists learn more about the society they live in
The validity of laboratory experiment is doubtful in sociology because the people being observed are_____________?
A. unconscious
B. conscious and behave artificially
C. behave naturally
D. None of these
An experiment can be defined as______________?
A. an attempt to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions
B. a piece of research conducted in a laboratory
C. a piece of research trying out new methods
D. an attempt to deceive participants about the research’s true purpose
Impressionistic studies are____________?
A. fully controlled
B. less controlled
C. uncontrolled
D. None of these
Pre-testing a naira is useful for_____________?
A. finding out which topics are important to the respondents
B. testing out your computer and printer
C. identifying any problems with the wording and routing
D. deciding which respondents to leave out of the final sample
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