____________involves the transformation of raw data into numbers to make it suitable for further analysis ?

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1. Education is undergoing a transformation in which the boundary between schooling and the outside world is breaking down allowing for workplace education beyond the confines of the classroom and at many different times How is this broad change usually described ?

   A. lifelong learning B. extended education C. e-learning D. de-schooling...

2. Invention can be further divided into material inventions and social inventions democratic government is an example of____________?

   A. material invention B. Social Invention C. both of these D. None of these...

3. What research method is popular because it is comparatively inexpensive and well-suited to studying large numbers of people ?

   A. interviews B. participant observation C. experiments D. content analysis E. surveys...

4. Which sociology perspective emphasizes that societies literally could not function if massive numbers of people defied standards of appropriate conduct ?

   A. functionalist perspective B. conflict perspective C. interactionist perspective D. labelling theory...

5. A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically called a (n)_____________?

   A. sample B. experiment C. research design D. scientific method...

6. Ethnographic research produces qualitative data because_____________?

   A. the findings are amenable to statistical analysis B. it is conducted over a period of several years C. it uncovers rich detailed accounts from an insider’s perspective D. it compares findings from a number of different cases...

7. A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically called a (n) ?

   A. sample B. experiment C. research design D. scientific method...

8. _____________ uses multiple data collection methods on the same area of interest?

   A. Triangulation B. Ethnography C. Field research D. Variation E. Cluster sampling...

9. A major disadvantage of using mail naires to collect data is____________?

   A. the cost of the stamps B. the response rates C. the inability to follow-up D. some respondents are paranoid E. the mail is slow...

10. A data collection method in which the researcher does not interact with the subject(s) being studied is called_______________?

    A. an unobtrusive B. field research C. qualitative analysis D. content analysis E. ethnography...