When a research is not deceptive about the field research that he/she is this person is probably assuming the role of____________?

A. Secondary observer
B. Participant-as-observer
C. Complete participant
D. Ethnographer

Laud Humphreys study Tearoom Trade (1970) is an example of______________?

A. Historical research
B. Survey research
C. Participant observation
D. Experimental design

What is the initial element of sociological research ?

A. Review the evidence
B. Define the research problem
C. Create a research design
D. Carry out a research design

Of all of the steps in the research process the one that typically takes the most time is_____________?

A. Formulating the problem
B. Selecting a research method
C. Developing a hypothesis
D. Evaluation of the results

In order for a variable to be measured, a researcher must provide a (n) ?

A. Operational definition
B. Quantitative theorem
C. Theory
D. Hypothesis

Which of the following was not identified as a major research design ?

A. Surveys
B. Ethnography
C. Field research
D. Secondary research

____________involves the transformation of raw data into numbers to make it suitable for further analysis ?

A. Coding
B. Conceptualization
C. Factoring
D. Classification

Theoretical approaches can only be said to be, valid. if______________?

A. The theorist has researched the literatures thoroughly
B. They have been tested out by means of factual research
C. They are written in such a way as to be impossible to disprove
D. They are shared by a large enough number of theorists

An association between two variables which is in fact caused by other factor(s)is called a______________?

A. Multiple regression
B. Causal mechanism
C. Spurious correlation
D. Multinomial distribution

In survey research the group of respondents targeted for the naira is called___________?

A. Sample
B. Respondents
C. Focus group
D. Population