social research mid term

studies that only emply the use of field research or textual analysis are:

the most commonly used value for confience levels by social science researchers is:

concepts are abstracts and an idea that can be named, defined, and measured

___ questions allow researchers to easily compare responses across different populatioins and time periods

there are statistical analyses to determine the reliability and validity of a measure

Ethical principals in the Belmont Report of 1979

a measure that metaphorically hits the top corner of a targer consistently is

which type of research design collects data from inidividuals at only one point in time?

which step of the scientific method demonstrates empiricism?

qualitative methods typically collect state that enable rish descroption in:

a measure that metaphorically can be said to "consistently hit the bullsys" is

what led to the development of the Nuremberg Code?

the 3 prinicals of the Belmont report is respect, beneficene, and justice

risks involeved with participating in a social study is more likely to be physical than social and psychological

Which step that researchers can take to minimize conflicts of interests?

when sociologists consider whether research is ethical, they are referring to whether:

dr nguyen is interested in better understanding which students at the U of Houston study aborad Her target population is

a question that asks about 2 or more ideas or concepts in a single question is known as a(n) ___ question

absolute standard is the differences when comparing to others in the same historical, social, or regional context

which of the following represents the constraining influence of social structure against his agency

literature reviews start with more abstrace concepts and then move into more specific defintion of the terms

she expects a negative relations between the concepts, which means she expects to find

compared to telephone surveys, in face to face interveiws:

what is an issue with using the federal poverty line (FPL) to measure poverty?

an increase of gun sales leading to an increae of gun related injuries is an example of a postive relationship

which statement illustrates the reason why conflict perspective are associated with Karl Marx

an example of the sociologal imagination is:

not all variables can be classified nealty during the conceptualization and operationalization phases

why is internal validity difficult to assess in social research

the rational choice paradigm accounts for how there are different levels of information access between groups of people

A ______ variable will make the association between two other variable weaker or stronger

cluster and stratified sampling are examples of probability sampling

Dr. Lang plans a study of why some high schoolers join honor societies. Which of the following is the unit of analysis?

a limitation of longitudinal studies are:

which of the following is the correct term for a measure that is consistent, ependable, and predictable

the key difference between an interval and a ratio variable is that only

A theory says that social class is a stong predictor of an individual's health status. what kind of theory is this?

the degree to which the results of a study can be generalized is called

in soical research, the intergration of theory with _______ is neccessary.

a type of order effect in which exposure to a particular image, word, or feeling shapes how we think and feel is:

if a variable has an infinte set of possible values from low to high, it is a(n) ____ variable

the results of an experiment with good external validity can be gernalized to other samples

which organization is responsible for assessing whether the potential benefits of proposed research outweigth its risks?

which basic question about social phenomena is asked by the sturctural functionalism paradigm?

measure to a small, representative subsample of study pop. before resarch starts

which of the following is an example of a macrosociological topic

inductive approach:

the scientific paradigm of positivism can be related to the goal of conducting value free research

the sociological imagination is:

which of the following in an example of a quantitative method?

When researcher interview participants after a study and inform them of its actual purpose, this is called:

waht did researchers do to the subjects in the Tuskegee syphilis experiment

a perfect Cronbach's alpha score is

the Certificaiton of Confidentiality still means that sociologists are liable to testifying on their studies

in research, what is the MOST important quality that distinguishes a populations as "vulnerable"?

a college level sociology class it typically considered representative of the national population

the research approach that begins with observations and "builds up" to a theory is teh deductive approach

what is a limitation of the sturctural fuctionalism paradigm?

a variable that has values that can be ordered but have no fixed distance between them is called a(n)____ variable

what is the unit of analysis in the following research question: How do crimerate differ across NYC neighborhoods?

conceptualization is the orocess of linking variables to procedures of how they will be measured

which words represent these levels, in order from the widest point of the triangle to the narrowest?

which approach to research refers to the translation of general theory into specific empirical analysis

The Tuskegee syphilis study led to the distrust of medical professionals

select the most precise answer. Danika excercises her sociological imgination when she thinks about:

The is the correct APA style for in -text citations (Johnson, 2019)

a benefit of nonprobability samples is that they can better establish cause and effect

Which unethical study involved deceiving a group of poor black men about their health status

the poverty line is an example of an absolute standard