Sociology MCQs

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According to Scott (1990) a document is authentic if it________________?
A. Is a sincere and accurate account free from political bias
B. Is representative of all the similar documents that did not survive
C. Has both a literal and an interpretable meaning
D. Is a sound original, or reliable copy of known authorship
Eyeballing is a technique that involves________________?
A. Reading a textual document quickly to understand the gist of it
B. Gathering a sample from whoever you can see in a public place
C. Scanning a table to identify general patterns and significant figures
D. Keeping your eyes on research participants at all times
Tearoom Trade is typical of the s asked by sociologists because______________?
A. It takes place outside the university campus
B. It makes use of covert research methods
C. It investigates working of society that are different from official accounts
D. The investigator is sympathetic to the activities that he is investigating
When in sociology we speak of researchers using controls, we mean_______________?
A. Being as precise as possible in defining an initial hypothesis
B. Holding some variables constant to look at the effects of others
C. Supervising the data collection process as closely as possible
D. Seeking to manipulate the outcomes of a research process
In observational studies the scientist observes_______________?
A. The things that happen by themselves
B. Are arranged knowingly
C. Both a and b
D. None of these
If the information needed has already been written down somewhere it is looked up. It is called_____________?
A. Observational studies
B. Sociological analysis
C. Statistical comparative studies
D. None of these
The first step in any sociological research project is to_________________?
A. Collect data
B. Define the problem
C. Review previous research
D. Formulate a hypothesis