Methods and Research

A. human behavior is meaningful and varies between individuals and cultures
B. it is difficult for sociologists to gain access to a research laboratory
C. sociologists are not rational or critical enough in their approach
D. we cannot collect empirical data about social life

A. acknowledge research collaboration and assistance
B. preserve the confidentiality of their subjects
C. protect their subjects from personal harm
D. make all research notes available for public scrutiny

A. control group
B. representative group
C. experimental group
D. correlation group

A. participant observation research
B. a survey
C. content analysis
D. an experiment

A. administers a naira to every fifth woman who enters a business office
B. examines the attitudes of residents of a city by interviewing every twentieth name in the city,s telephone book
C. studies the attitudes of Democratic voters by choosing every tenth name found on a city,s list of registered Democrats
D. None of the above

A. observation research
B. a survey
C. content analysis
D. an experiment

A. correlation
B. independent variable
C. dependent variable
D. sample

A. collect data
B. define the problem
C. review previous research
D. formulate a hypothesis

A. Basic understanding
B. Practical use
C. Applied use
D. None of these

A. Personal studies
B. Participant-observer studies
C. Observational studies
D. None of these