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Comm 305 Exam 1 Questions AndAnswers @ 2024
Henry Hogson conducted an experiment in which he tested the theory that the intensity
of social interaction among people increases if they are anxious. What type of study is
this most likely to be? - Answer o Explanatory Research
In exploratory research one does all of the following, EXCEPT: - Answer o Test a theory
or explanation
Social research methods include all of the following, except: - Answer o Therapy
Which best summarizes the main goal of descriptive research? - Answer o Develop a
detailed picture of a situation or issue.
A research method in which subject respond to series of items in a questionnaire: -
Answer o Survey
Elizabeth Bethouse conducted a study of gambling establishments operated by American
Indian groups. She examined two establishments operated by different tribes. During the
study she spent many hours at each establishment and gained a detailed knowledge of
the tribal leaders, gambling employees and gambling customers. She also investigated
how the establishments were organized, their impact economic development in the area
and how tribal members saw them. She conducted: - Answer o A case study
Social Research methods are: - Answer Ways to gather information to answer a question
about the social world.
Which of the following is not an example of a qualitative research method: - Answer o
Time Series
, A friend makes the follwoing comment: "Persons who grew up with much older sibling
tend to treat the older sibling as a parent figure." She is making a
All of the following characterize applied sociological research except which one?
Joss Foss studied gender differences in attitudes towards mathematics and science
among 45 first grade students. Over the next twelve years he studied the same 45
children when they were in the fifth, eighth, and twelfth grades. This is what type of
research? - Answer o Generalization
o The primary concern is with the internal logic and rigor of the research design, so a
researcher attempts to reach the absolute norms of scientific rigor and scholarship.
o Panel study research (A study on cross sectional sample)
What is the purpose of basic social research or basic sociology?
Where are Institutional Review Boards and what is the purpose of one? - Answer o Create
fundamental knowledge about how the social world works.
oThey are at most colleges, hospitals and research centers. They make sure that
research involving humans is carried out ethically.
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