What is the meaning of the term reflexivity with regard to social research?
Answer
Selected Answer: c. being aware of the effects that researchers have on the processes and relationships they are studying
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FEEDBACK: Reflexive researchers analyze and critically consider their role in, and their effect on, their own research (p. 52).
Question 2
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Which of the following elements describe(s) feminist approaches to social research?
Answer
Selected Answer: d. all of the above
Response Feedback:
FEEDBACK: Sandra Harding proposes three ways to conduct feminist research. First, treat women’s experiences as legitimate empirical and theoretical resources. Second, engage in social science that may bring about policy changes to help improve women’s lives. Third, take the role of the researcher into account. Overall, there is no single feminist research method (p. 55).
Question 3
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In social research, a hypothesis is defined as ________
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Selected Answer: d. a proposed relationship between two variables.
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FEEDBACK: Hypotheses propose relationships between two variables. They usually include the direction of the relationship; in other words, they usually include whether the variables move in the same direction (positive) or in opposite directions (negative) (p. 50).
Question 4
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Which of the following data collection methods are commonly used in social research?
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Selected Answer: b. historical methods, participant observation, interviews
Response Feedback:
FEEDBACK: There are many ways that sociologists collect data. These include, but are not limited to, surveys, interviews, participant observation, historical methods, experiments, content analysis, and comparative research. Also note that while sociologists do conduct experiments, they are rarely (if ever) conducted in labs (p. 58).
Question 5
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Social research that tries to engage a nonacademic audience and influence society is often referred to as ________
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Selected Answer: a.
Public sociology.
Response Feedback:
FEEDBACK: Public sociology is the practice of sociological research, teaching, and service that seeks to reach a wider audience and influence society (p. 69).
Question 6
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Which of the following describes the deductive approach to research?
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Selected Answer: a.
A researcher makes empirical observations and then develops a theory based on these observations.
Response Feedback:
FEEDBACK: A deductive approach starts with a theory, followed by formation of a hypothesis, making of empirical observations, and then analysis of the data to confirm, reject, or modify the original theory. Conversely, an inductive approach starts with empirical observations and then moves toward formulation of a theory (p. 45).
Question 7
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Hypothesis: Children in families that eat dinner together at least four times per week experience fewer behavior problems in school. In this hypothesis, what is the dependent variable?变量,就是y值,所以是后面一个
Answer
Selected Answer: c. how often children misbehave in school
Response Feedback:
FEEDBACK: A dependent variable is the outcome that a researcher is trying to explain (p. 50).
Question 8
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A thermometer 温度计that consistently gives readings that are five degrees cooler than the actual temperature is ________
Answer 不准确,表示不有效/很consistent,表示可靠
Selected Answer: b.
Reliable but not valid.
Response Feedback:
FEEDBACK: Reliability is consistency in measurement. A thermometer can be reliable but not valid. In other words, it can provide consistent temperatures, though they may be consistently incorrect (p. 51).
