Introduction to Sociology - Milestone
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Which of the following was one of researcher Philip Zimbardo’s key findings in the
Stanford Prison Experiment?
The guards who participated in the experiment had aggressive personalities.
Research has the potential to harm the physical and mental well-being of participants.
Research does not impact the physical and mental well-being of participants.
The prisoners who participated in the experiment had aggressive personalities.
Jackie uses graphs and charts to present data on obesity in the United States. She creates a chart
showing the increasing number of children who are obese, as well as the mean, median, and
mode weights.
The type of data Jackie presents on the chart is called __________ statistics.
qualitative
,
spurious
inferential
descriptive
Which of the following sociologists produced research demonstrating the challenges of the
participant observation method?
William Foot Whyte
W.E.B. Du Bois
Lois Benjamin
Max Weber
1
Which of the following was one of researcher Philip Zimbardo’s key findings in the
Stanford Prison Experiment?
The guards who participated in the experiment had aggressive personalities.
Research has the potential to harm the physical and mental well-being of participants.
Research does not impact the physical and mental well-being of participants.
The prisoners who participated in the experiment had aggressive personalities.
Jackie uses graphs and charts to present data on obesity in the United States. She creates a chart
showing the increasing number of children who are obese, as well as the mean, median, and
mode weights.
The type of data Jackie presents on the chart is called __________ statistics.
qualitative
,
spurious
inferential
descriptive
Which of the following sociologists produced research demonstrating the challenges of the
participant observation method?
William Foot Whyte
W.E.B. Du Bois
Lois Benjamin
Max Weber
