Which of the following is a personal document with closed access ?

A. Government white paper
B. Confidential medical records
C. Household account book
D. The shares register of a business

One of the difficulties in open rationalizing concepts like social class is that____________?

A. Definitions and indicators can vary making valid comparisons problematic
B. There are no reliable indicators of such widely contested ideas
C. It takes all the fun out of armchair theorizing
D. It has little use for applied empirical research about the topic

Pre-testing a naira is useful for_____________?

A. Finding out which topics are important to the respondents
B. Testing out your computer and printer
C. Identifying any problems with the wording and routing
D. Deciding which respondents to leave out of the final sample

Snowballing is an example of_______________?

A. Probability sampling
B. Non-probability sampling
C. Cluster sampling
D. Using the christmas vacation constructively

One of the ethical problems with covert participant observation is______________?

A. Not being able to write comprehensive field notes or record conversations
B. Deceiving the respondents as to the reason for your presence
C. Observing people outside of their natural setting
D. Subjecting the participants to physical harm

A researcher examines the literature written by Black novelists during the “Negro Renaissance” (1913-1935) to see if they reflect the political movements going on in the Black community in the United States at that time What type of research methodology is being used in this example ?

A. Secondary analysis
B. Interviews
C. Observation
D. Content analysis

In idealized views of science the experimental method is said to involve ?

A. Testing out new research methods to see which one works best
B. Isolating and measuring the effect of one variable upon another
C. Using personal beliefs and values to decide what to study
D. Interpreting data subjectively drawing on theoretical paradigms

Weber said that all knowledge is value-relevant, because____________?

A. Sociologists like to put a value on different theories
B. Knowledge refers to people and their values
C. Theorists interpret the world in terms of their own values
D. Attempts to provide knowledge about the world are always valuable

A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically called a (n)_____________?

A. Sample
B. Experiment
C. Research design
D. Scientific method

In order to genuinely reflect a broad range of the population a survey must be based on precise___________?

A. Representative sampling
B. Experiments
C. Surveys
D. Hypotheses