SOC 3900 MIDTERM EXAM WITH ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS NEW UPDATE!!
(T/F) Social scientists should take a great amount of caution not to allow personal biases
to affect research conclusions. - Answer True
The everyday fallacy that involves drawing a conclusion too readily, or arguing on the
basis of invalid assumptions is called:
A. Fallacy of inaccurate observation
B. Fallacy of illogical reasoning
C. Resistance to change
D. Selective Observation
E. Overgeneralization - Answer B. Illogical reasoning
The errors of everyday observations and reasoning listed below include which of the
following EXCEPT:
A. Overgeneralization
B. Illogical Reasoning
C. Selective observation
D. Resistance to change
E. Testing hypotheses - Answer E. Testing hypothesis
The fallacy in reasoning that consists of an unjustified conclusion that what holds for
some cases holds for all is called:
,A. Selective observation
B. Illogical reasoning
C. Overgeneralization
D. Resistance to change
E. Inaccurate observation - Answer C. Overgeneralization
(T/F) Internal validity refers to an assertion which A causes B actually is true. - Answer
True
(T/F) Generalizing from findings about one group, population or setting to other groups,
populations or settings involves what? - Cross-population generalizability. - Answer
True
(T/F) Sample generalizability has to do with the issue of how a sample is selected from a
population. - Answer True
A study attempts to answer the question whether the Federal wetlands protection
programs have significantly slowed the destruction of wetlands. What type of research
is this?
A. Descriptive
B. Qualitative
C. Exploratory
D. Evaluation
E. Explanatory - Answer E. Explanatory
Unlike commonsense reasoning, science and social science depend on which to
develop knowledge?
A. Systematic observation
, B. Systematic measurement
C. Evaluation of methods by others
D. Representative samples
E. All of the above - Answer E. All of the above
Inaccurate and unrepresentative observation is avoided in social research by:
A. Systematic observation
B. Systematic measurement
C. Evaluation of methods by others
D. Representative samples
E. All of the above - Answer B. Systematic measurement
Social scientists go to great lengths to make their research a true representation of the
social world. In other words, they are very concerned about:
A. Operationalization
B. Generalizability
C. Validity
D. Conceptualization
E. Reliability - Answer C. Validity
Social science can be defined as the investigation of social reality using methods that
are:
A. Logical and systematic
B. Fair and exploratory
C. Textual and critical
CORRECT ANSWERS NEW UPDATE!!
(T/F) Social scientists should take a great amount of caution not to allow personal biases
to affect research conclusions. - Answer True
The everyday fallacy that involves drawing a conclusion too readily, or arguing on the
basis of invalid assumptions is called:
A. Fallacy of inaccurate observation
B. Fallacy of illogical reasoning
C. Resistance to change
D. Selective Observation
E. Overgeneralization - Answer B. Illogical reasoning
The errors of everyday observations and reasoning listed below include which of the
following EXCEPT:
A. Overgeneralization
B. Illogical Reasoning
C. Selective observation
D. Resistance to change
E. Testing hypotheses - Answer E. Testing hypothesis
The fallacy in reasoning that consists of an unjustified conclusion that what holds for
some cases holds for all is called:
,A. Selective observation
B. Illogical reasoning
C. Overgeneralization
D. Resistance to change
E. Inaccurate observation - Answer C. Overgeneralization
(T/F) Internal validity refers to an assertion which A causes B actually is true. - Answer
True
(T/F) Generalizing from findings about one group, population or setting to other groups,
populations or settings involves what? - Cross-population generalizability. - Answer
True
(T/F) Sample generalizability has to do with the issue of how a sample is selected from a
population. - Answer True
A study attempts to answer the question whether the Federal wetlands protection
programs have significantly slowed the destruction of wetlands. What type of research
is this?
A. Descriptive
B. Qualitative
C. Exploratory
D. Evaluation
E. Explanatory - Answer E. Explanatory
Unlike commonsense reasoning, science and social science depend on which to
develop knowledge?
A. Systematic observation
, B. Systematic measurement
C. Evaluation of methods by others
D. Representative samples
E. All of the above - Answer E. All of the above
Inaccurate and unrepresentative observation is avoided in social research by:
A. Systematic observation
B. Systematic measurement
C. Evaluation of methods by others
D. Representative samples
E. All of the above - Answer B. Systematic measurement
Social scientists go to great lengths to make their research a true representation of the
social world. In other words, they are very concerned about:
A. Operationalization
B. Generalizability
C. Validity
D. Conceptualization
E. Reliability - Answer C. Validity
Social science can be defined as the investigation of social reality using methods that
are:
A. Logical and systematic
B. Fair and exploratory
C. Textual and critical
