Do anyone know the answers to these questions? This for Sociology.
I. Doing Research in the Social Sciences
A. Unlike many other kinds of scientists, sociologists do most of their research in the real world, not in a
________________ .
B. Quantitative research uses ________________ data; ________________ research uses narrative and
descriptive data.
C. When researchers conduct a ________________ , they ask people to answer a series of ________________ .
D. For a sample to be truly ________________ , the people being surveyed must have the same general
characteristics as the targeted ________________ .
E. Whether a survey takes the form of a questionnaire or an ________________ , it may contain both
________________ and open-ended questions.
F. Researchers who use pre collected information conduct what is known as a ________________ analysis.
G. In a case study, which is one type of ________________ research, the ________________ may become a
participant in the group being studied.
H. A program evaluation is one type of research that often requires a combination of ________________ .
II. Basic Skills for Sociology
A. When measuring ________________ data, sociologists may use modes, means, or medians to express
“ ________________ ” numbers.
B. In a set of such data, the ________________ is the number that appears most frequently. The
________________ is the number that divides the set of data exactly in half.
C. To find the mean, ________________ all of the figures; then ________________ the sum by the number of
figures in the set.
D. The Internet can be a great source of current information, but a researcher must ________________ the
online material and make sure that it is ________________, or trustworthy.
E. ________________ , or statistics about a population’s characteristics, often are presented in graphs and
________________ .
F. To decode one of these sources, remember the headings that organize the data into columns and rows, look
for ________________ in the data (such as highest and lowest figures), and draw ________________ that
the data supports.