Sociology Mcqs

A. reading a textual document quickly to understand the gist of it
B. gathering a sample from whoever you can see in a public place
C. scanning a table to identify general patterns and significant figures
D. keeg your eyes on research participants at all times

A. is a sincere and accurate account free from political bias
B. is representative of all the similar documents that did not survive
C. has both a literal and an interpretable meaning
D. is a sound original, or reliable copy of known authorship

A. the findings are amenable to statistical analysis
B. it is conducted over a period of several years
C. it uncovers rich detailed accounts from an insider’s perspective
D. it compares findings from a number of different cases

A. fixed-choice questions s
B. short questions s
C. leading questions
D. funneled questions s

A. triangulation
B. explanation
C. description
D. exploration

A. human behavior is meaningful and varies between individuals and cultures
B. it is difficult for sociologists to gain access to a research laboratory
C. sociologists are not rational or critical enough in their approach
D. we cannot collect empirical data about social life

A. acknowledge research collaboration and assistance
B. preserve the confidentiality of their subjects
C. protect their subjects from personal harm
D. make all research notes available for public scrutiny

A. control group
B. representative group
C. experimental group
D. correlation group

A. participant observation research
B. a survey
C. content analysis
D. an experiment

A. administers a naira to every fifth woman who enters a business office
B. examines the attitudes of residents of a city by interviewing every twentieth name in the city,s telephone book
C. studies the attitudes of Democratic voters by choosing every tenth name found on a city,s list of registered Democrats
D. None of the above