Sociology 1000 CORRECT QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS
Population - ANSWER The totality of a collection of people, institutions, events or
objects that a researches seeks to generalize.
Sample Population - ANSWER A portion/subset of the total population of interest.
Representative Sample - ANSWER A group that mirrors/reflects the characteristics of
the overall population. (Ideal Sample)
Survey Research - ANSWER A data collecting technique that uses a carefully designed
set of questions.
Priming - ANSWER When a word, picture or any other stimulant directs us to a specific
response - often without our awareness.
Valid Measuring - ANSWER One that accurately captures or measures the concept or
property of interest to the researcher.
Reliable Measure - ANSWER A measure that has consistent/stable results.
Prejudice - ANSWER A prejudgment towards certain members of a social group.
Culture against people - ANSWER when beliefs, values, or norms of a society lead to
destructive or harmful patterns of behavior
Infant Mortality Rate - ANSWER the number of deaths in the first year of life for every
1,000 live births
Social Indicators - ANSWER Quantitive measures or indicies of a social phenomenon
Poverty - ANSWER An economic state or condition in which ones annual income is
below that judged necessary to support a predetermined minimal standard of living
Extreme Poverty - ANSWER
What is a mutant statistic? - ANSWER Are stretched, twisted, distorted or mangled
versions of original source and are no longer accurate samples/statistics.
Operationalization - ANSWER The way a researcher defines & measures the concept
or variable of interest.
Egoistic Suicide - ANSWER Suicide that occurs from lack of social integration/excessive
individualism
& ANSWERS
Population - ANSWER The totality of a collection of people, institutions, events or
objects that a researches seeks to generalize.
Sample Population - ANSWER A portion/subset of the total population of interest.
Representative Sample - ANSWER A group that mirrors/reflects the characteristics of
the overall population. (Ideal Sample)
Survey Research - ANSWER A data collecting technique that uses a carefully designed
set of questions.
Priming - ANSWER When a word, picture or any other stimulant directs us to a specific
response - often without our awareness.
Valid Measuring - ANSWER One that accurately captures or measures the concept or
property of interest to the researcher.
Reliable Measure - ANSWER A measure that has consistent/stable results.
Prejudice - ANSWER A prejudgment towards certain members of a social group.
Culture against people - ANSWER when beliefs, values, or norms of a society lead to
destructive or harmful patterns of behavior
Infant Mortality Rate - ANSWER the number of deaths in the first year of life for every
1,000 live births
Social Indicators - ANSWER Quantitive measures or indicies of a social phenomenon
Poverty - ANSWER An economic state or condition in which ones annual income is
below that judged necessary to support a predetermined minimal standard of living
Extreme Poverty - ANSWER
What is a mutant statistic? - ANSWER Are stretched, twisted, distorted or mangled
versions of original source and are no longer accurate samples/statistics.
Operationalization - ANSWER The way a researcher defines & measures the concept
or variable of interest.
Egoistic Suicide - ANSWER Suicide that occurs from lack of social integration/excessive
individualism
