According to Scott (1990) a document is authentic if it________________?

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

Eyeballing is a technique that involves________________?

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. Keeping your eyes on research participants at all times

Tearoom Trade is typical of the s asked by sociologists because______________?

A. It takes place outside the university campus
B. It makes use of covert research methods
C. It investigates working of society that are different from official accounts
D. The investigator is sympathetic to the activities that he is investigating

When in sociology we speak of researchers using controls, we mean_______________?

A. Being as precise as possible in defining an initial hypothesis
B. Holding some variables constant to look at the effects of others
C. Supervising the data collection process as closely as possible
D. Seeking to manipulate the outcomes of a research process

In observational studies the scientist observes_______________?

A. The things that happen by themselves
B. Are arranged knowingly
C. Both a and b
D. None of these

If the information needed has already been written down somewhere it is looked up. It is called_____________?

A. Observational studies
B. Sociological analysis
C. Statistical comparative studies
D. None of these

Sometimes the scientist personally participates in some experiment to observe it fully It is Known as_____________?

A. Personal studies
B. Participant-observer studies
C. Observational studies
D. None of these

Pure Sociology is a search for knowledge without primary concern for its______________?

A. Basic understanding
B. Practical use
C. Applied use
D. None of these

The first step in any sociological research project is to_________________?

A. Collect data
B. Define the problem
C. Review previous research
D. Formulate a hypothesis

In most instances how well a student does on a test is determined by how much the student studies for it in this example studying for an exam is a(n)_____________?

A. Correlation
B. Independent variable
C. Dependent variable
D. Sample