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{{ user.firstname }} {{user.lastname}} chat Users in your courses: {{ c.title | truncate:20 }} No users known yet! {{ c.title || '(user no longer on Open Assembly)' }} 1. The 1st step of the scientific method: 2. A measurement is considered ________ if it actually measures what it is intended to measure, according to the topic of the study.
3. Sociological studies test relationships in which change in one ________ causes change in another.
4. In a study, a group of ten-year-old boys are fed doughnuts every morning for a week and then weighed to see how much weight they gained. Which factor is the dependent variable?
5. Which statement provides the best operational definition of “childhood obesity”?
2.2 Research Methods6. Which materials are considered secondary data?
7. Why is choosing a random sample an effective way to select participants?
8. What research method did John S. Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd mainly use in their Middletown study?
9. Which research approach is best suited to the scientific method?
10. The main difference between ethnography and other types of participant observation is:
11. Which best describes the results of a case study?
12. Using secondary data is considered an unobtrusive or ________ research method.
2.3 Ethical Concerns13. Which statement illustrates value neutrality?
14. Which person or organization defined the concept of value neutrality?
15. To study the effects of fast food on lifestyle, health, and culture, from which group would a researcher ethically be unable to accept funding?
Which founder of sociology believes societies change due to class struggle?Karl Marx (1818-1883)
It also presents Marx's theory of society, which differed from what Comte proposed. Marx rejected Comte's positivism. He believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the struggles of different social classes over the means of production.
What is the term for measurement test or study that actually measures what it intends to measure?Validity is defined as the ability of an instrument to measure what the researcher intends to measure. There are several different types of validity in social science research. Each takes a different approach to assessing the extent to which a measure actually measures what the researcher intends to measure.
Which sociologist described sociology as the study of social forms?
What is the main difference between ethnography and other types of participant observation?The main difference between ethnography and other types of participant observation is: ethnography isn't based on hypothesis testing. ethnography subjects are unaware they're being studied. ethnographic studies always involve minority ethnic groups.
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