Choose the best answer for each multiple choice question. Usually, multiple choice questions include two or more answers that might appear to be correct but there is always one best answer.
1. Which one of the following is not an ethical guideline for research?
a. Confidentiality
b. Bias
c. Deception
d. Voluntary Participation
2. Researchers who seek to make research findings public must seek permission to conduct scientific studies from Institutional Review Boards when:
a. research involves direct contact with research subjects
b. research has a hypothesis
c. research involves statistical analysis
d. research involves data
3. Dr. Smith evaluates other research studies aggression to prepare his hypothesis on aggression. This is referred to as the ___________ within the research model design.
a. Operationalization of Variables
b. Analysis
c. Sharing Results
d. Literature Review
4. Boys who witness violence in the home are more likely to engage in intimate partner violence. What is the dependent variable in this hypothesis?
a. Witness violence
b. Boys
c. Engage in intimate partner violence
d. Home
5. An analysis of data using statistics is referred to as:
a. Quantitative analysis
b. Qualitative analysis
c. Reliability
d. Validity
6. Reliability refers to:
a. Validity
b. Consistency
c. Replication
d. Sampling
7. Are you measuring what you think you’re measuring refers to:
a. Validity
b. Consistency
c. Replication
d. Sampling
8. Functionalists are more likely to use the _______________ approach to research:
a. Critical
b. Interpretative
c. Positivist
d. Operational
9. Conflict sociologists are more likely to use the _______________ approach to research:
a. Critical
b. Interpretative
c. Positivist
d. Operational
10. Interactionists are more likely to use the _______________ approach to research:
a. Critical
b. Interpretative
c. Positivist
d. Operational
Extra Credit Critical Thinking Question
Why is the Tearoom Trade research study completed by Humphreys considered unethical by some sociologists?
Answers:
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. B
Extra Credit Answer
Humphreys misled his research subjects and did not maintain confidentiality.
Scoring Guide:
10-9: Excellent
8-7: Very Good
6-5: You need more practice
4 and below: You need to re-read the lecture more carefully.
a. Confidentiality
b. Bias
c. Deception
d. Voluntary Participation
2. Researchers who seek to make research findings public must seek permission to conduct scientific studies from Institutional Review Boards when:
a. research involves direct contact with research subjects
b. research has a hypothesis
c. research involves statistical analysis
d. research involves data
3. Dr. Smith evaluates other research studies aggression to prepare his hypothesis on aggression. This is referred to as the ___________ within the research model design.
a. Operationalization of Variables
b. Analysis
c. Sharing Results
d. Literature Review
4. Boys who witness violence in the home are more likely to engage in intimate partner violence. What is the dependent variable in this hypothesis?
a. Witness violence
b. Boys
c. Engage in intimate partner violence
d. Home
5. An analysis of data using statistics is referred to as:
a. Quantitative analysis
b. Qualitative analysis
c. Reliability
d. Validity
6. Reliability refers to:
a. Validity
b. Consistency
c. Replication
d. Sampling
7. Are you measuring what you think you’re measuring refers to:
a. Validity
b. Consistency
c. Replication
d. Sampling
8. Functionalists are more likely to use the _______________ approach to research:
a. Critical
b. Interpretative
c. Positivist
d. Operational
9. Conflict sociologists are more likely to use the _______________ approach to research:
a. Critical
b. Interpretative
c. Positivist
d. Operational
10. Interactionists are more likely to use the _______________ approach to research:
a. Critical
b. Interpretative
c. Positivist
d. Operational
Extra Credit Critical Thinking Question
Why is the Tearoom Trade research study completed by Humphreys considered unethical by some sociologists?
Answers:
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. B
Extra Credit Answer
Humphreys misled his research subjects and did not maintain confidentiality.
Scoring Guide:
10-9: Excellent
8-7: Very Good
6-5: You need more practice
4 and below: You need to re-read the lecture more carefully.