SOCIOLOGY EXAM 1 CHAPTERS 1 6
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
TESTED ANSWERS
◉ microsociology
Answer: a branch of sociology that seeks to understand local
interactional contexts; its methods of choice are ethnographic,
generally including participant observation and in-depth
interviews
focus on face-to-face encounters and the types of interactions
between the individuals
◉ macrosociology
Answer: a branch of sociology generally concerned with social
dynamics at a higher level of analysis--- that is across the breadth
of a society.
they might investigate immigration policy or gender norms or
how the educational system interacts with the labor market,
**use qualitative methods
◉ research methods
Answer: approaches that social scientists use for investigating the
answers to questions
◉ Quantitative method
,Answer: method that seeks to obtain information about the social
world that is already in, or can be converted to, numeric form.
-uses statistical analysis to describe the social world that those
data represents.
-attempts to mimic the scientific method
◉ Qualitative method
Answer: method that attempts to collect information about the
social world that cannot be readily converted to numeric form.
info is often used to document the meanings that actions
engender in social participants or to describe the mechanisms by
which social processes occur.
◉ deductive approach
Answer: a research approach that starts with a theory, forms a
hypothesis, makes empirical observations, and then analyzes the
data to confirm, reject, or modify the original theory
◉ inductive approach
Answer: a research approach that starts with empirical
observations and then works to form a theory
◉ theory
Answer: a set of principles on which the practice of an activity is
based.
, ◉ hypothesis
Answer: a proposed relationship between two variables
◉ correlation or association
Answer: simultaneous variation in two variables
◉ causality
Answer: the notion that a change in one factor results in a
corresponding change in another
◉ To establish causality, three factors are needed....
Answer: 1. correlation
2. time order
3. ruling out alternative explainations
◉ dependent variable
Answer: the outcome that the researcher is trying to explain
◉ independent variable
Answer: a measured factor that the researcher believes has a
causal impact on the dependent variable.
◉ operationaliization
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
TESTED ANSWERS
◉ microsociology
Answer: a branch of sociology that seeks to understand local
interactional contexts; its methods of choice are ethnographic,
generally including participant observation and in-depth
interviews
focus on face-to-face encounters and the types of interactions
between the individuals
◉ macrosociology
Answer: a branch of sociology generally concerned with social
dynamics at a higher level of analysis--- that is across the breadth
of a society.
they might investigate immigration policy or gender norms or
how the educational system interacts with the labor market,
**use qualitative methods
◉ research methods
Answer: approaches that social scientists use for investigating the
answers to questions
◉ Quantitative method
,Answer: method that seeks to obtain information about the social
world that is already in, or can be converted to, numeric form.
-uses statistical analysis to describe the social world that those
data represents.
-attempts to mimic the scientific method
◉ Qualitative method
Answer: method that attempts to collect information about the
social world that cannot be readily converted to numeric form.
info is often used to document the meanings that actions
engender in social participants or to describe the mechanisms by
which social processes occur.
◉ deductive approach
Answer: a research approach that starts with a theory, forms a
hypothesis, makes empirical observations, and then analyzes the
data to confirm, reject, or modify the original theory
◉ inductive approach
Answer: a research approach that starts with empirical
observations and then works to form a theory
◉ theory
Answer: a set of principles on which the practice of an activity is
based.
, ◉ hypothesis
Answer: a proposed relationship between two variables
◉ correlation or association
Answer: simultaneous variation in two variables
◉ causality
Answer: the notion that a change in one factor results in a
corresponding change in another
◉ To establish causality, three factors are needed....
Answer: 1. correlation
2. time order
3. ruling out alternative explainations
◉ dependent variable
Answer: the outcome that the researcher is trying to explain
◉ independent variable
Answer: a measured factor that the researcher believes has a
causal impact on the dependent variable.
◉ operationaliization
