Social Research Methods Exam 1 Questions
With Correct Answers
Science - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A set of logical, systematic,
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documented methods for investigating nature and natural processes;
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the knowledge is produced by these investigations
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Social Science - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the use of scientific methods to
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investigate individuals, societies, and social processes; the knowledge
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produced by these investigations
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Pseudoscience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Claims presented so that they
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appear scientific even though they lack supporting evidence and
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plausibility
Motives for Social Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Policy Motivation,
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Academic Motivation, and Personal Motivation
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Four types of social research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Descriptive
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Research, Exploratory Research, Explanatory Research and Evaluation
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Research
, Descriptive Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Defines & Describes
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something, what it is. It is quantitative, but not experimental. It simply
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describes an event, survey, correlation study, or case study.
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Exploratory Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-seeks to find out how
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people get along in the setting under question, what meanings they give
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to their actions and what issues concern them
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Explanatory Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-seeks to identify causes
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and effects of social phenomenon and to predict how one phenomenon
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will change or vary in response to variation in some other phenomenon
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Evaluation Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-seeks to determine the
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effects of programs, policies or other efforts
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Qualitative Method - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Methods such as
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participant observation, intensive interviewing, and focus groups that
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are designed to capture social life as participants experience it rather
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than in categories predetermined by the researcher. These methods rely
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on written or spoken words or observations that do not often have a
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direct numerical interpretation and typically involve exploratory
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research questions, an orientation to social context, and the meanings
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attached by participants to events and to their lives.
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With Correct Answers
Science - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A set of logical, systematic,
| | | | | | | |
documented methods for investigating nature and natural processes;
| | | | | | | |
the knowledge is produced by these investigations
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Social Science - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the use of scientific methods to
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investigate individuals, societies, and social processes; the knowledge
| | | | | | | |
produced by these investigations
| | |
Pseudoscience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Claims presented so that they
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appear scientific even though they lack supporting evidence and
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plausibility
Motives for Social Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Policy Motivation,
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Academic Motivation, and Personal Motivation
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Four types of social research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Descriptive
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Research, Exploratory Research, Explanatory Research and Evaluation
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Research
, Descriptive Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Defines & Describes
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something, what it is. It is quantitative, but not experimental. It simply
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describes an event, survey, correlation study, or case study.
| | | | | | | |
Exploratory Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-seeks to find out how
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people get along in the setting under question, what meanings they give
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to their actions and what issues concern them
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Explanatory Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-seeks to identify causes
| | | | | | | |
and effects of social phenomenon and to predict how one phenomenon
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will change or vary in response to variation in some other phenomenon
| | | | | | | | | | |
Evaluation Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-seeks to determine the
| | | | | | | |
effects of programs, policies or other efforts
| | | | | |
Qualitative Method - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Methods such as
| | | | | | |
participant observation, intensive interviewing, and focus groups that
| | | | | | | |
are designed to capture social life as participants experience it rather
| | | | | | | | | | |
than in categories predetermined by the researcher. These methods rely
| | | | | | | | |
on written or spoken words or observations that do not often have a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
direct numerical interpretation and typically involve exploratory
| | | | | | |
research questions, an orientation to social context, and the meanings
| | | | | | | | | |
attached by participants to events and to their lives.
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