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Choosing a research method
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Questions in this quiz (15)
1What is a Primary source of data?
- AInformation the sociologist collected themselves
- BInformation collected by a group
- CInformation taken off of the internet
2What is the source of secondary data?
- AAn interview (face to face)
- BOfficial statistics produced by a government
- CGaining consent
3Select a practical issue.
- AConfidentiality
- BSubject matter
- CValidity
4An ethical issue refers to a moral issue of right and wrong.
- ATrue
- BFalse
5What do Positivists prefer?
- AQualitative data
- BQuantitative data
- CSociety's values
- DDiscover patterns of behaviour
6What is meant by representativeness?
- AA typical cross-section of a group
- BA sample of a wider population
- CInfluenced by the methodological perspective
- DIt can be repeated
7What is the difference between Positivist sociologists and Interpretavist sociologists?
- APositivists seek to understand social actors meanings, and Interpretavists see sociology as a science.
- BPositivists prefer quantitative data, and Interpretavists discover patterns of behaviour
- CPositivists see sociology as science and Interpretavists prefer qualitative data
8What do sociologists test their theories with?
- AQuantitative data
- BQualitative data
- CPractical issues
- DEthical issues
9What is an advantage of using primary data?
- AObtain a first-hand picture
- BIt can be costly
- CHow much time it takes
- DSomeone else has produced the information
10What are the differences between qualitative and quantitative data?
- AQuantitative refers to information in numerical form while qualitative gives a feel for what something is like
- BQuantitative gives a feel for what something is like. Qualitative refers to something in numerical form
- CQuantitative may include official statistics in numerical form, and qualitative may also do this
11What does validity mean?
- AA valid method can be repeated for a whole cross-section of the group that the sociologist is interested in
- BA valid method is another word for reliability and is replicable
- CA valid method is one that produces true or genuine picture of what something is really like
12Select 3 ETHICAL issues
- ATime and money
- BConfidentiality and privacy
- CCovert research
- DResearch opportunity
- EInformed consent
13What type of data is a diary considered as?
- AA statistic
- BQualitative data
- CDocuments
14Functionalists favour the Positivist view.
- ATrue
- BFalse
15Marxists favour the Positivist view
- ATrue
- BFalse
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