BSocSc Bachelor of Social Science Research Methods in Social Science 3

Question 1

Which method is most commonly associated with ethnographic research?

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Participant observation

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Structured telephone surveys

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Randomized controlled trials

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Meta-analysis

Question 2

What is a 'confounding variable' in a research study?

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An extraneous variable that is related to both the independent and dependent variable, potentially distorting results

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A variable that the researcher intentionally manipulates

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A variable measured after the intervention

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The primary outcome variable of interest

Question 3

Content analysis is best described as:

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A systematic method for categorizing and analyzing text, images, or media

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An interview technique used in focus groups

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A statistical model for comparing group means

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A way to sample participants from a large population

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of a Likert scale question?

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Rate your agreement: 1 = Strongly Disagree to 5 = Strongly Agree

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What is your age?

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Do you agree or disagree with this policy? (Yes/No)

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How many hours per week do you work?

Question 5

What is 'reflexivity' in qualitative social science research?

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The researcher's critical self-awareness of how their position and assumptions influence the research

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The ability to generalize findings to the broader population

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Repeating a study to confirm its results

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Measuring internal consistency of a research instrument

Question 6

A researcher studying poverty chooses to interview people living in homeless shelters because they are easily accessible. This is an example of:

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Convenience sampling

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Stratified sampling

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Systematic sampling

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Cluster sampling

Question 7

Which statistical measure describes the spread or dispersion of data points around the mean?

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Standard deviation

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Mode

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Median

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Frequency