Introduction to Social Research Review Questions https://quizplus.com/study-set/1344 12 Chapters 614 Verified Questions
Introduction to Social Research Review Questions Course Introduction Introduction to Social Research offers an overview of the basic principles, methods, and ethical considerations involved in studying society and social behavior. Students will explore both qualitative and quantitative research techniques, learn how to formulate research questions, design studies, collect and analyze data, and interpret findings. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking, the evaluation of sources, and understanding the implications of research results. This course provides foundational skills for conducting independent research and prepares students for advanced studies in the social sciences.
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Chapter 1: The What and the Why of Statistics Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 50 Verified Questions 50 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26804
Sample Questions Q1) The total set of cases,objects,groups,or events in which the researcher is interested is called the A)population. B)sample. C)entity. D)variable. Answer: A Q2) Which of the following statements illustrates the cumulative property of levels of measurement? A)Nominal level variables can be measured at interval-ratio levels. B)Interval-ratio level variables can be measured at ordinal levels. C)Ordinal level variables can be measured at interval-ratio levels. D)Nominal level variables can be measured at ordinal levels. Answer: B Q3) Which of the following factors is a dichotomous variable? A)Length B)Marital status C)Income D)SAT score Answer: B To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 3
Chapter 2: The Organization and Graphic Presentation of Data Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 64 Verified Questions 64 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26805
Sample Questions Q1) Which of the following is not a rate? A)The number of female births per 1,000 women in ages from 25 to 29 B)The number of deaths to infants between the ages of 0 and 1 per 100,000 population C)The number of violent crimes committed in urban U.S.cities in between 2005 and 2007 D)The number of second marriages per 100,000 adults of marriageable age Answer: C Q2) A rate based on the total population is referred to as a(n)______ rate. A)actual B)determinant C)whole D)crude Answer: D Q3) The sum of all proportions in a frequency distribution should sum to A)0. B)1. C)100. D)N. Answer: B To view all questions and flashcards with Page answers, 4 click on the resource link above.
Chapter 3: Measures of Central Tendency Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 50 Verified Questions 50 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26806
Sample Questions Q1) Which of the following columns is most useful when using a frequency distribution to identify the interval containing the median? A)Percentages B)Cumulative percentages C)Frequencies D)Cumulative frequencies Answer: B Q2) Distributions that have few extreme low values are described as A)symmetrical. B)negatively skewed. C)positively skewed. D)bimodal. Answer: B Q3) A score below which a specific percentage of a distribution falls is referred to as the A)mode. B)median. C)mean. D)percentile. Answer: D To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 5
Chapter 4: Measures of Variability Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 50 Verified Questions 50 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26807
Sample Questions Q1) The interquartile range is a measure of variability for A)only ordinal variables. B)ordinal variables. C)only interval-ratio variables. D)interval-ratio variables. Q2) The index of qualitative variation can vary from A)-1.00 to 0.00. B)0.00 to 0.50. C)0.00 to 1.00. D)-1.00 to 1.00. Q3) The width of the middle 50% of a distribution,defined as the difference between the third and first quartiles,is referred to as the A)interquartile range. B)range. C)standard deviation. D)variance. Q4) Calculate the value of the standard deviation for the following sub-sample: 2,7,4,4,1,2,2,3,1,2,4,5 Q5) Calculate the values of the mean for the following sub-sample: 2,7,4,4,1,2,2,3,1,2,4,5. 6 click on the resource link above. To view all questions and flashcards with Page answers,
Chapter 5: The Normal Distribution Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 50 Verified Questions 50 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26808
Sample Questions Q1) The mean age at first marriage for respondents in a survey is 23.33,with a standard deviation of 6.13.For a first age at marriage of 33.44,the proportion of area beyond the Z score associated with this age is 0.05 .What is the percentile rank for this score? Q2) For a Z score of zero,what is the proportion of area between the mean and the Z score? A)0.0 B).05 C).50 D)1.0 Q3) The mean age at first marriage for respondents in a survey is 23.33,with a standard deviation of 6.13.Suppose that the proportion of area between the mean and two Z scores of ±0.35 is 0.14.Calculate the raw scores associated with these two Z scores.What proportion of respondents were first married between these two ages? Q4) Scores for an exam are normally distributed with a mean of 235 and a standard deviation of 52.What is the percentile rank of a raw score 287? Q5) The mean number of siblings for respondents in a survey is 3.76 with a standard deviation of 3.18.Calculate the Z score associated with three siblings. To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 7
Chapter 6: Sampling and Sampling Distributions Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 50 Verified Questions 50 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26809
Sample Questions Q1) Disproportionate stratified sampling is especially useful when the size of some of the subgroups in the population is relatively equal. A)True B)False Q2) When the size of the sample selected from a subgroup is proportional to the size of the that subgroup in the entire population,we refer to this as A)systematic random sampling. B)proportionate stratified sampling. C)stratified cluster sampling. D)disproportionate stratified sampling. Q3) The sampling distribution is less skewed.It resembles a normal distribution. A)True B)False Q4) The probability of rolling an even number with a six-sided,equally weighted die is A)1/3. B)1/2. C)1/6. D)3/6. To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 8
Chapter 7: Estimation Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 50 Verified Questions 50 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26810
Sample Questions Q1) What is the goal of most research? A)To support the null hypothesis B)To find the population parameter C)To seek a sample D)To determine the confidence interval Q2) In a survey sample of 83 respondents,about 30.1 percent of the sample work less than 40 hours per week.What is the estimated standard error for the group of respondents who work 40 hours or more per week? Q3) The radius of a confidence interval is called the A)standard deviation. B)confidence level. C)population parameter. D)margin of error. Q4) Assuming that a sample (N = 504)has a sample standard deviation of 2.26,what is the estimated standard error? A).004 B).101 C)223.009 D).226 To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 9
Chapter 8: Testing Hypotheses Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 50 Verified Questions 50 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26811
Sample Questions Q1) A research hypothesis A)is a statement of no difference. B)is denoted by H₀. C)is a statement reflecting the substantive hypothesis. D)is always expressed in terms of population parameters. Q2) If the sample variances of two sets of people are 2.15 and 2.04 with sample sizes 50 each,then the t statistic for a difference between means 43.10 AND 40.26 is .29. A)True B)False Q3) Which statistic would you use if you are interested in comparing the mean number of hours worked by sex. Q4) What three quantities do you need in order to calculate the independent samples t statistic? Q5) Suppose you are interested in testing whether the mean earning of men in the General Social Survey is representative of the earning of the entire U.S.male population.If there are 372 men in the General Social Survey sample and approximately 128 million men in the population,calculate the degrees of freedom for this single-sample t test. Q6) Define Type I and Type II error. To view all questions and flashcards withPage answers, 10 click on the resource link above.
Chapter 9: Bivariate Tables Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 50 Verified Questions 50 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26812
Sample Questions Q1) Allowing the researcher to test for nonspuriousness and specifying the different conditions under which the original bivariate relationship might hold,are two advantages of A)elaboration. B)dependence. C)control variables. D)percentage. Q2) A relationship in which both the independent and dependent variables are influenced by a causally prior control variable such that the original relationship is "explained away" by the control variable,is referred to as A)spuriousness. B)statistical significance. C)percentage difference. D)dependence. Q3) Briefly describe the difference between a spurious and intervening relationship. Q4) Cross-tabulation is a technique for analyzing the relationship between two variables that have been organized in a table. A)True B)False To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 11
Chapter 10: The Chi-Square Test and Measures of Association Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 50 Verified Questions 50 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26813
Sample Questions Q1) Chi-square test A)requires no assumptions about the shape of the population distribution. B)can be applied to only nominal data. C)can be applied to nominal or ordinal data. D)is also referred to as the goodness-of-fit test. Q2) Gamma is a useful indicator for ______ variables. A)unusual B)dichotomous C)nominal D)insignificant Q3) Which of the following illustrates a limitation of the chi-square test? A)It is not based on theory. B)It does not tell us about statistical significance. C)It can be used for nominal order data only. D)It is sensitive to sample size. Q4) Gamma and Kendall's tau-b are measures of association which are suitable for nominal variables. A)True B)False
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Q5) Why is it sometimes important to condition one's result by another variable? To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 11: Analysis of Variance Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 50 Verified Questions 50 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26814
Sample Questions Q1) Which of the following is an assumption of ANOVA? A)The population is not normally distributed. B)The dependent variable is a nominal level of measurement. C)The population variances are statistically significant. D)Independent random samples are used. Q2) After calculating the between-group sum of squares and the within-group sum of squares,the next step is to calculate the mean square between and the mean square within.This is achieved by A)calculating the average group mean. B)multiplying the between-group sum of squares and the within-group sum of squares. C)adding the between-group sum of squares and the within-group sum of squares. D)dividing each sum of squares by its respective degrees of freedom. Q3) Imagine you are interested in whether there is a significant difference between the mean age of marriage across educational groups in the 2010 General Social Survey.If the value of the mean square within for these data is 36.87,calculate the within-group sum of squares and the number of degrees of freedom for the within-group sum of squares. Q4) List the four assumptions of ANOVA. Q5) What can you say about the relationship if eta square is 0.85? To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 13
Chapter 12: Regression and Correlation Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 50 Verified Questions 50 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26815
Sample Questions Q1) Consider the following linear regression prediction equation: Y = 12 + -1x.If x = 7.What is the predicted value of Y for this observation? Q2) How many independent variables are involved in a multiple regression equation? A)One B)Zero C)Two or more D)At least three Q3) Which of the following is the equation for all straight-line graphs? A)Y = a + b (x) B)e = Y - Ŷ C)Ʃ (ӯ - Ŷ) D)Ŷ = a (b) Q4) What is the difference between slope and partial slopes? Q5) In the linear regression equation Y = a + b (X) A)X = the score of the independent variable B)a = the Y-intercept C)b = the slope of the regression line D)Y = the observed score of the dependent variable Q6) Define Covariance (X,Y). Q7) Compare ANOVA and regression.
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