Category: Methods and Research

A. government white paper
B. confidential medical records
C. household account book
D. the shares register of a business

A. double barreled questions
B. leading questions
C. contingency questions
D. Matrix questions

A. qualitative research
B. ethnography
C. secondary research
D. field research
E. non-participant observation

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

A. unconscious
B. conscious and behave artificially
C. behave naturally
D. None of these

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

A. fully controlled
B. less controlled
C. uncontrolled
D. None of these

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

A. Society
B. Sociology
C. Anthropology
D. None of these

A. theory always precedes research
B. theory can be developed independent of research
C. research always precedes theory
D. the relationship between theory and research is cyclical
E. research is dictated by the theoretical perspective