A. with the group for months and sometimes years
B. discreet about his/her research
C. close to the leadership of the group that he/she is studying
D. open and honest about his/her intentions
E. taking copious notes
Related Mcqs:
- One of the ethical problems with covert participant observation is______________?
A. not being able to write comprehensive field notes or record conversations
B. deceiving the respondents as to the reason for your presence
C. observing people outside of their natural setting
D. subjecting the participants to physical harm - Which of the following conducted observation research on two groups of high school males-the Saints and the Roughnecks-and concluded that social class played an important role in the varying fortunes of the two groups ?
A. Richard Quincy
B. Edwin Sutherland
C. Emile Durkheim
D. William Chambliss - When a research is not deceptive about the field research that he/she is this person is probably assuming the role of____________?
A. secondary observer
B. participant-as-observer
C. complete participant
D. ethnographer
E. social scientist - A researcher examines the literature written by Black novelists during the “Negro Renaissance” (1913-1935) to see if they reflect the political movements going on in the Black community in the United States at that time What type of research methodology is being used in this example ?
A. secondary analysis
B. interviews
C. observation
D. content analysis - In order for field research to be successful the researcher must be________________?
A. tactful
B. creative
C. unobtrusive
D. fluent in several languages
E. discreet - A researcher was able to prove that, on average as age increases eyesight declines In research terminology this is called a (n) ?
A. variation
B. correlation
C. observation
D. measure of central tendency
E. spurious relationship - While a role is the behavior expected of one in a particular status role behavior is_____________?
A. Actual behavior
B. Supposed behavior
C. Ascribed behavior
D. None of these - In order for a variable to be measured, a researcher must provide a (n) ?
A. operational definition
B. quantitative theorem
C. theory
D. hypothesis
E. scale - A researcher can obtain a higher response rate by using which type of survey ?
A. interviews
B. naires
C. representative samples
D. observation techniques - 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
