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SRM Midterm Exam Latest UpdateOvergenerlizations occur when people conclude that what is true for some is true
for all. - ANSWER True
Illogical reasoning occurs when people conclude that what is true for one case is
true for all cases. - ANSWER False
Although science requires the systematic data collection, scientists should protect
the specific methods of data collection that need not be disclosed - ANSWER
False
Through systematic sampling and measurement, social science can overcome
selective and inaccurate observation - ANSWER True
Exploratory research is designed to identify causes and effects. - ANSWER False
Evaluation research can be used to describe the impact of social programs. -
ANSWER True
Cross-population validity determines whether the findings based on a sample can
be generalized to a population different than the one from which it was drawn. -
ANSWER True
Descriptive research suggests how social phenomena (such as neighborhood
characteristics) affects other social phenomena (such as youth outcomes). -
ANSWER False
When the findings of a study accurately represent empirical reality, the results are
said to be valid. - ANSWER True
When a measurement measures what we think it does, it has external validity -
ANSWER False
Internal validity is also referred to as casual validity. - ANSWER True
A hypothesis suggests that change in the independent variable creates change in
the dependent variable. - ANSWER False
A theory is a tentative statement about empirical reality including a relationship
between two or more variables. - ANSWER False
Deductive research begins the research process with theory, from which a
, hypothesis is derived. - ANSWER True
The ecological fallacy suggests that change in the dependent variable is caused by
something other than the independent variable. - ANSWER False
A good social research question will be feasible and have social and scientific
relevence. - ANSWER True
When the independent variable decreases, so does the dependent variable. This
pattern is known as positive direction of association. - ANSWER False
An anomalous pattern in the data not seem to fit the theory from which a research
hypothesis was derived. - ANSWER True
Descriptive research starts with data and proceeds only to the stage of making
empirical generalizations; it does not generate entire theories. - ANSWER True
In a panel design, data are collected from the same individuals at multiple points
in time. - ANSWER True
An example of a cohort study would be to conduct a survey of people born in the
1950s at one point in time. - ANSWER False
The researcher who conducted famous studies on obdeience was Stanley Milgram.
- ANSWER True
Milgram used both undergraduates and nonstudent populations in his studies on
obedience. - ANSWER True
Every social scientist needs to consider how to practice his or her discipline
ethically. - ANSWER True
The Belmont Report established three basic ethical principles for the protection of
human subjects. - ANSWER True
Institutions seeking federal funds for research involving human subjects must
have a group that reviews research proposals. - ANSWER True
The American Sociological Association has adopted ethical guidelines that are
more lenient than federal standards. - ANSWER False
There were no concerns about the ethical treatment of participants in Milgram's
studies. - ANSWER False
It is difficult to justify any risk to human subjects or any expenditure of time and
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