A. an attempt to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions
B. a piece of research conducted in a laboratory
C. a piece of research trying out new methods
D. an attempt to deceive participants about the research’s true purpose
Related Mcqs:
- An experiment can be defined as_______________?
A. an attempt to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions
B. a piece of research conducted in a laboratory
C. a piece of research trying out new methods
D. an attempt to deceive participants about the research’s true purpose - In Symbolic Interactionist Theory Mead defined the generalized other as______________?
A. the group of structural theories of society that he was reacting against
B. the overall impression of ourselves that we try to give off to others
C. a significant figure in early childhood who teaches us the general values of society
D. an image of how people in the wider society might perceive our behavior - Durkheim defined social facts as______________?
A. ways of acting thinking and feeling that are collective and social in origin
B. the way scientists construct knowledge in a social context
C. data collected about social phenomena that are proven to be correct
D. ideas and theories that have no basis in the external physical world - The validity of laboratory experiment is doubtful in sociology because the people being observed are_____________?
A. unconscious
B. conscious and behave artificially
C. behave naturally
D. None of these - Sometimes the scientist personally participates in some experiment to observe it fully It is Known as_____________?
A. Personal studies
B. Participant-observer studies
C. Observational studies
D. None of these - The Scientific study of human social life is termed as______________?
A. Society
B. Sociology
C. Anthropology
D. None of these - s that are relevant to some respondents may irrelevant to others are known as______________?
A. double barreled questions
B. leading questions
C. contingency questions
D. Matrix questions - The concepts in a hypothesis are stated as______________?
A. variables
B. populations
C. ideas
D. indices
E. theories - In an experiment two groups are identical except for the change that researchers introduce into one group That group is called______________?
A. the contaminated group
B. the control groups
C. the experimental group
D. the neutral standard - Goldthorpe identified the Service class as______________?
A. those in non-manual occupations exercising authority on behalf of the state
B. people working in consultancy firms who were recruited by big businesses
C. the young men and women employed in domestic service in the nineteenth century
D. those who had worked in the armed services