Social Research Methods
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Course Introduction
Social Research Methods introduces students to the foundational concepts, techniques, and ethical considerations involved in designing and conducting research within the social sciences. The course covers both qualitative and quantitative approaches, including surveying, interviewing, observation, and experiment design, as well as methods for data collection, analysis, and interpretation. By exploring various research paradigms and practical applications, students develop the skills necessary to formulate research questions, construct hypotheses, gather and analyze data, and present findings in a clear and effective manner. Ethical concerns, reliability, validity, and the critical evaluation of published research are also emphasized to foster responsible and effective social inquiry.
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Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences 9th Edition by Howard Lune
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) Blumer suggested that through interactions,people derive
A)knowledge.
B)goals.
C)meaning.
D)opportunities.
Answer: C
Q2) A researcher uses idiographic method to understand the world with the two-part goal of exploring a specific situation or event,and inspecting the data collected to describe life and behavior.What methodology is this researcher using?
A)Quantitative research
B)Triangulation
C)Chicago School symbolic interactionism
D)Iowa School symbolic interactionism
Answer: C
Q3) What type of concept does quantitative research measure?
A)Definition
B)Characteristic
C)Number
D)Essence
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Designing Qualitative Research
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Q1) Julia,a sociology student,is interested in studying racial inequality.Julia is examining A)theories.
B)patterns.
C)concepts.
D)propositions. Answer: C
Q2) Common tendencies that represent typical and expected forms of action are A)laws.
B)patterns.
C)concepts.
D)propositions. Answer: B
Q3) Systems of logical statements that explain the relationship between two or more variables are A)theories.
B)propositions. C)concepts.
D)hypotheses.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Ethical Issues
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Q1) Dr.Lucero moves into an apartment in a low-income neighborhood in Washington,D.C.He is interested in studying coping strategies of the working poor.He remains immersed in the neighborhood for a long period of time,watching and recording the activities of the residents without engaging in them.This situation is an example of
A)complete participant.
B)participant as observer.
C)observer as participant.
D)complete observer.
Answer: D
Q2) A researcher who reveals his or her identity and goals to a population risks that people will alter their behaviors for the simple fact that they know they are being studied.This is called
A)ethical absolutism.
B)researcher reactivity.
C)ethical relativism.
D)Hawthorne effect.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: A Dramaturgical Look at Interviewing
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Q1) Using email,message boards,or privately hosted bulletin posting areas to conduct an interview over the Web over a longer period of time with delays between responses is an example of
A)Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI).
B)Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI).
C)synchronous environments.
D)asynchronous environments.
Q2) Dr.Michaels is conducting a large longitudinal study of elementary-aged children born in 2009.He is using multiple interviewers,so a(n)_______ structure is ideal for collecting consistent data.
A)semistandardized interview
B)standardized interview
C)creative interview
D)unstandardized interview
Q3) The simultaneous sending and receiving of messages through spoken words and unspoken actions is
A)researcher reactivity.
B)self-conscious performance.
C)social interpretations.
D)full-channel communication.
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Chapter 5: Focus Group Interviewing
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Q1) Dr.Greene is running a focus group to learn about undergraduates' perspectives on gun control.All of the participants agree that gun use is a problem in their community.This situation is an example of ______________.
A)consensus
B)dissensus
C)resonance
D)group think
Q2) What is the data collection instrument of a focus group called?
A)Question list
B)Survey
C)Moderator's guide
D)Group activity list
Q3) The information collected during the course of a focus group is ______________.
A)a collective brainstorm
B)raw data
C)a synergistic group effect
D)group think
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Chapter 6: Ethnographic Field Strategies
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Q1) A researcher who enters a setting for study because it is available and convenient to study is exhibiting
A)subjective motivation.
B)external motivation.
C)critical ethnography.
D)positivism.
Q2) When should field notes be recorded?
A)Before an encounter with a subject
B)During an excursion into the field
C)During a chance meeting with a research subject
D)Immediately following any contact with subjects
Q3) A person who is in a position to grant or deny access to the research scenario by making the researcher's goals very easy,very difficult,or impossible is called a(n)
A)gatekeeper.
B)guide.
C)informant.
D)bargainer.
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Chapter 7: Participatory Action Research
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Q1) Dr.Lindstrom is conducting an analysis of collected data on leadership structures in a school district.Which question(s)will she ask to focus in on specific actors,events,and activities that relate to the problems or issues at hand?
A)What and how
B)Why
C)Who,where,when
D)Whether
Q2) Dr.Schafer is conducting action research on environmental problems facing a small town in Iowa.As issues arise,Dr.Schafer meets spontaneously with critical stakeholders.This situation is an example of
A)focus groups.
B)in-group forums.
C)informal meetings.
D)agency.
Q3) Why does participant action research sometimes fail?
A)The participants are all trained researchers who argue.
B)The causes investigated are often unimportant.
C)The recommendations from the research are sometimes ignored.
D)The issues rarely have conflicting perspectives.
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Chapter 8: Unobtrusive Measures in Research
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Q1) Studying tombstones to create social comparisons between cemetery structure and social structure is an example of
A)official documentary records.
B)accretion.
C)physical erosion.
D)archival strategies.
Q2) An underutilized type of private archival material used in research is the A)letter.
B)diary.
C)autobiography.
D)blog.
Q3) Using a blogger's entries as a digital journal of the blog writer's life to study an aspect of the blogger population is an example of using which type of unobtrusive method?
A)Official documentary records
B)Accretion
C)Physical erosion
D)Archival strategies
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Chapter 9: Social Historical Research and Oral Traditions
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Q1) An investigator who seeks to provide a window of understanding various symbols used in the past,such as the pink and black triangles used by Nazis to designate gay men and women,respectively,is working on what?
A)Nostalgia
B)Historical research
C)Historiography
D)History
Q2) Dr.Hagen,a superintendent of Adams School District,studies the reading scores of second graders.This situation is an example of which type of source?
A)Primary
B)Secondary
C)Tertiary
D)Quaternary
Q3) Dr.Schmitz is conducting research on Louis Armstrong.Which Web site should she use?
A)Internet Archive
B)Slave Narratives from the Federal Writer's Project
C)What Did You Do in the War,Grandma?
D)Hogan Jazz Archive
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Chapter 10: Case Studies
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Q1) Dr.Graham is concerned about drug use in middle schools,so she conducts a case study at a local middle school to illustrate her concern.This situation is an example of which type of case study?
A)Embedded case study
B)Intrinsic case study
C)Instrumental case study
D)Collective case study
Q2) Which type of case study is a set of multiple case studies of the same entity using a multi-design approach to provide a holistic view of the dynamics of the research subject?
A)Snapshot case study
B)Longitudinal case study
C)Pre-post case study
D)Patchwork case study
Q3) Which type of journal entry transforms a personal document into a solicited document?
A)Entries to create a written record of daily events
B)Entries for therapeutic release
C)Entries created per a request from an investigator
D)Entries created to be a chronological listing of new experiences
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Chapter 11: An Introduction to Content Analysis
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Q1) In his content analysis of Playboy magazine,Marcos initially uses coding as the storage of information.This situation is an example of
A)open coding.
B)coding by topic.
C)descriptive coding.
D)analytic coding.
Q2) Which type of coding has the goal of developing concepts?
A)Open coding
B)Coding by topic
C)Descriptive coding
D)Analytic coding
Q3) In her content analysis of presidential debates,Lucy gathers the materials by topic.This situation is an example of which type of coding,according to Morse and Richards?
A)Open coding
B)Coding by topic
C)Descriptive coding
D)Analytic coding
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Chapter 12: Writing Research: Finding Meaning in Data
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Q1) Which writing pitfall references other research without sufficient information for the reader to understand where to look for the data?
A)Lazy word beginnings
B)Similar word confusions
C)Vague referrals
D)Long run-on sentences
Q2) Which section of a research paper provides a comprehensive overview of previous works on the general and specific topics considered in the study?
A)Title
B)Abstract
C)Introduction
D)Literature review
Q3) Which writing pitfall typically involves several fragments spliced together into several confusing lines that may force the writer to use passive voice?
A)Lazy word beginnings
B)Similar word confusions
C)Vague referrals
D)Long run-on sentences
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