An experiment can be defined as______________?

A. An attempt to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions
B. A piece of research conducted in a laboratory
C. A piece of research trying out new methods
D. An attempt to deceive participants about the research’s true purpose

An instance of focused interaction is called_________________?

A. A meeting
B. An event
C. A moment
D. An encounter

s that are relevant to some respondents may irrelevant to others are known as______________?

A. Double barreled questions
B. Leading questions
C. Contingency questions
D. Matrix questions

The rate of rate of return or a mailed naire is usually_____________?

A. Very high
B. It can be both a and c
C. Very low
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

The study of the interracial friendships conducted by the Tom Smith who heads up the General Social Survey is an example of____________?

A. Observation research
B. A survey
C. Content analysis
D. An experiment

Which of the following would be an example of a random sample? A researcher_____________?

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

Which one of the following is exposed to an independent variable ?

A. The control groups
B. The representative group
C. The experimental group
D. None of the above

Max Weber_______________?

A. Recognized that it is impossible for scholars to prevent their personal values from influencing their work
B. Stressed that researchers had to maintain the confidentiality of their subjects
C. Emphasized that under no conditions could a researcher allow his or her personal feelings to influence the interpretation of data
D. All of the above