FRHD 2100 FINAL EXAM REVIEW
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Define: Empirical - CORRECT ANSWER - based on observation or experiment
What is the Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER - systematic was of gathering
scientific evidence
Four different ways:
1) formulate research question (theories and behaviors)
2) Hypothesis
3) test hypothesis
4) draw conclusions
What are the Four steps in the Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) formulate
research question (theories and behaviors)
2) Hypothesis
3) test hypothesis
4) draw conclusions
What are the Goals of the Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER - predict, explain and
control future events
What are Techniques used in the Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER - field study,
surveys, individual case studies, interviews, lab experiments
Define: Demographic - CORRECT ANSWER - Vital statistics of the human population
EX. race, age, nationality
,THE STATISTICAL STUDY OF HUMAN POPULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THEIR
SIZE, DENSITY, DISTRIBUTION, COMPOSITION, AND INCOME.
What are some Commonly used variables used in the Scientific Method - CORRECT
ANSWER - Biological, psychological, sociological and demographic
What is the Quantitative Research Method - CORRECT ANSWER - A formal, objective,
systematic research process to describe, test relationships, or examine cause-and-effect
interactions among variables
Focusing on either large groups and populations or specific groups of people which could
accurately represent the worlds population
What is the Case study Method? - CORRECT ANSWER - in-depth biography of an
individual or small focus group
What are Methods of Observation used? - CORRECT ANSWER - Case Study Method
The Survey Method
Large Scale Canadian and American Studies
Naturalistic Method
Ethnographic Method
Focus Group Method
Laboratory Method
Correlation
What are the 8 Observation Methods? - CORRECT ANSWER - Case Study Method
The Survey Method
Large Scale Canadian and American Studies
Naturalistic Method
Ethnographic Method
, Focus Group Method
Laboratory Method
Correlation
How is information for a Case study conducted? - CORRECT ANSWER - through
interviews, questionnaires, family history
What is the Survey Method? - CORRECT ANSWER - information gathered through
questionnaires or interviews
*allowing researchers to sift through large populations
What are some Large scale Canadian and American Studies? - CORRECT ANSWER -
The Kinsley Report
NHSLS study
Canadian youth, sexual heath and AIDS/ HIV studies
Canadian community health survey
Canadian contraception studies
Compas Survey
What is The Kinsley Report - CORRECT ANSWER - used 5300 men and 5940 women
throughout the years of 1938-1949 and asked various sex related questions
- group sampling method
- not representing the general population as they used mainly college students
- ** link between education and oral sex
- check RELIABILITY by re interviewing the candidates 18 months later
- highly reliable incident with the responses of the candidates
How did the Kinsley study test reliability? - CORRECT ANSWER - by re interviewing the
candidates 18 months later
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Define: Empirical - CORRECT ANSWER - based on observation or experiment
What is the Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER - systematic was of gathering
scientific evidence
Four different ways:
1) formulate research question (theories and behaviors)
2) Hypothesis
3) test hypothesis
4) draw conclusions
What are the Four steps in the Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) formulate
research question (theories and behaviors)
2) Hypothesis
3) test hypothesis
4) draw conclusions
What are the Goals of the Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER - predict, explain and
control future events
What are Techniques used in the Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER - field study,
surveys, individual case studies, interviews, lab experiments
Define: Demographic - CORRECT ANSWER - Vital statistics of the human population
EX. race, age, nationality
,THE STATISTICAL STUDY OF HUMAN POPULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THEIR
SIZE, DENSITY, DISTRIBUTION, COMPOSITION, AND INCOME.
What are some Commonly used variables used in the Scientific Method - CORRECT
ANSWER - Biological, psychological, sociological and demographic
What is the Quantitative Research Method - CORRECT ANSWER - A formal, objective,
systematic research process to describe, test relationships, or examine cause-and-effect
interactions among variables
Focusing on either large groups and populations or specific groups of people which could
accurately represent the worlds population
What is the Case study Method? - CORRECT ANSWER - in-depth biography of an
individual or small focus group
What are Methods of Observation used? - CORRECT ANSWER - Case Study Method
The Survey Method
Large Scale Canadian and American Studies
Naturalistic Method
Ethnographic Method
Focus Group Method
Laboratory Method
Correlation
What are the 8 Observation Methods? - CORRECT ANSWER - Case Study Method
The Survey Method
Large Scale Canadian and American Studies
Naturalistic Method
Ethnographic Method
, Focus Group Method
Laboratory Method
Correlation
How is information for a Case study conducted? - CORRECT ANSWER - through
interviews, questionnaires, family history
What is the Survey Method? - CORRECT ANSWER - information gathered through
questionnaires or interviews
*allowing researchers to sift through large populations
What are some Large scale Canadian and American Studies? - CORRECT ANSWER -
The Kinsley Report
NHSLS study
Canadian youth, sexual heath and AIDS/ HIV studies
Canadian community health survey
Canadian contraception studies
Compas Survey
What is The Kinsley Report - CORRECT ANSWER - used 5300 men and 5940 women
throughout the years of 1938-1949 and asked various sex related questions
- group sampling method
- not representing the general population as they used mainly college students
- ** link between education and oral sex
- check RELIABILITY by re interviewing the candidates 18 months later
- highly reliable incident with the responses of the candidates
How did the Kinsley study test reliability? - CORRECT ANSWER - by re interviewing the
candidates 18 months later
