A. is one of the easiest tools for sociological inquiry because it requires only good note taking
B. is not subject to the same controls that are applied to other methods
C. requires the involvement of the researcher in the activity being studied
D. may be unobtrusive or participant
Related Mcqs:
- An attempt to understand the social world by situating social events in their corresponding environment is called_____________?
A. Social work
B. Sociology
C. Society
D. None of these - The first step in scientific method is________________?
A. Observation
B. Recollection
C. Addition to already experimented material
D. None of these - Contemporary sociology includes______________?
A. evolutionary relativism
B. liberal feminism and explicit examination of women’s social roles and experiences
C. postmodernism feminism and critical theory
D. a combination of biological theory conflict theory and evolutionary theory - Constructed reality is________________?
A. the ability to control the behavior of others
B. the principle that meaning derives from social interaction in daily life
C. the observed consequences that permit the adaptation or adjustment of a system
D. and artificial explanation of culture that exists apart from any social reality or shared social meaning - In idealized views of science the experimental method is said to involve_____________?
A. testing out new research methods to see which one works best
B. isolating and measuring the effect of one variable upon another
C. using personal beliefs and values to decide what to study
D. interpreting date subjectively drawing on theoretical paradigms - Which of the following was an early Black sociologist active in the struggle for a racially egalitarian society who was critical of theorists who semmed content with the status quo ?
A. Harriet Martineau
B. Herbert Spencer
C. Booker T Washington
D. W, E.B Du Bois - Social Sciences are pejoratively known as_______________?
A. Soft sciences
B. hard sciences
C. Theoretical
D. None of these - Those aspects of social life that have to do with order, stability and social organization that allow societies and groups to hold together and endure are called______________?
A. social statics
B. social dynamics
C. social absolutes
D. constructed reality - When conducting social research what is the next step in the scientific method after a review of the literature ?
A. collecting data
B. choosing a research design
C. selecting a researchable problem
D. formulating a hypothesis - Sociology can be considered a social science because________________?
A. its theories are logical explicit and supported by empirical evidence
B. sociologists collect data in a relatively objective and systematic way
C. ideas and research findings are scrutinized by other sociologists
D. all of the above
