SOC 300 final ACTUAL Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Bias - CORRECT ANSWER - a lack of objectivity or inclination to favor a person or idea,
regardless of the facts.
closed-ended questions - CORRECT ANSWER - survey questions where the respondent
selects an answer from a list
contingency questions - CORRECT ANSWER - survey question intended for only some
respondents determined by their response from another question
open-ended questions - CORRECT ANSWER - questions where the respondents provide their
own answers
probe - CORRECT ANSWER - asking a question to get more information ("can you tell me
more about that?")
questionnaire qualities - CORRECT ANSWER - appearance, randomized ordering,
sensitivity, demographic questions at the end
response rate - CORRECT ANSWER - number of people participating in a survey divided by
the number selected in the sample
secondary analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - where the data collected is processed by one
researcher and reanalyzed by another
case study - CORRECT ANSWER - an intensive study about a person, a group of people or a
unit, which is aimed to generalize over several units
, emancipatory research - CORRECT ANSWER - a research perspective of producing
knowledge that can be of benefit to disadvantaged people.
ethnography - CORRECT ANSWER - description of the people and place you are studying,
making a narrative
ethnomethodology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of how social order is produced in and
through processes of social interaction.
extended case method - CORRECT ANSWER - brings existing theory to bear on a particular.
ethnographic case. It thereby enables complex macro-level questions to be examined. through
their everyday manifestations in micro-level social settings
focus group - CORRECT ANSWER - group interview usually to discuss a specific topic and
observe interactions between members
grounded theory - CORRECT ANSWER - systematic methodology (collect data, form
concepts, group concepts into categories, identify relationships)
institutional ethnography - CORRECT ANSWER - understanding how personal experiences
such as work or marriage are institutionalizedFqua
naturalism - CORRECT ANSWER - a theory that states that the natural world and social
world are roughly identical and governed by similar principles.
PAR (participatory action research) - CORRECT ANSWER - approach where participants of
study are given control in the research and how it's conducted, to combat the view that research
may be superior
qualitative interview
and CORRECT Answers
Bias - CORRECT ANSWER - a lack of objectivity or inclination to favor a person or idea,
regardless of the facts.
closed-ended questions - CORRECT ANSWER - survey questions where the respondent
selects an answer from a list
contingency questions - CORRECT ANSWER - survey question intended for only some
respondents determined by their response from another question
open-ended questions - CORRECT ANSWER - questions where the respondents provide their
own answers
probe - CORRECT ANSWER - asking a question to get more information ("can you tell me
more about that?")
questionnaire qualities - CORRECT ANSWER - appearance, randomized ordering,
sensitivity, demographic questions at the end
response rate - CORRECT ANSWER - number of people participating in a survey divided by
the number selected in the sample
secondary analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - where the data collected is processed by one
researcher and reanalyzed by another
case study - CORRECT ANSWER - an intensive study about a person, a group of people or a
unit, which is aimed to generalize over several units
, emancipatory research - CORRECT ANSWER - a research perspective of producing
knowledge that can be of benefit to disadvantaged people.
ethnography - CORRECT ANSWER - description of the people and place you are studying,
making a narrative
ethnomethodology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of how social order is produced in and
through processes of social interaction.
extended case method - CORRECT ANSWER - brings existing theory to bear on a particular.
ethnographic case. It thereby enables complex macro-level questions to be examined. through
their everyday manifestations in micro-level social settings
focus group - CORRECT ANSWER - group interview usually to discuss a specific topic and
observe interactions between members
grounded theory - CORRECT ANSWER - systematic methodology (collect data, form
concepts, group concepts into categories, identify relationships)
institutional ethnography - CORRECT ANSWER - understanding how personal experiences
such as work or marriage are institutionalizedFqua
naturalism - CORRECT ANSWER - a theory that states that the natural world and social
world are roughly identical and governed by similar principles.
PAR (participatory action research) - CORRECT ANSWER - approach where participants of
study are given control in the research and how it's conducted, to combat the view that research
may be superior
qualitative interview
