Category: Sociology Mcqs

(A) Passive
(B) Knowledgeable
(C) Sensitive
(D) Interpreting

(A) So that the data from different interviewees will be comparable and relevant to your research questions
(B) So that you can calculate the statistical significance of the results
(C) In order to allow participants complete control over the topics they discuss
(D) To make the sample more representative

(A) Unstructured interview
(B) Oral history interview
(C) Structured interview
(D) Focus group interview

(A) The procedure is less standardized
(B) “Rambling” off the topic is not a problem
(C) The researcher seeks rich, detailed answers
(D) All of the above

(A) Positivist and interpretivist
(B) Qualitative and quantitative
(C) Nominal and ordinal
(D) Extant and research-driven

(A) Because it creates a non-exploitative relationship between the researcher and the researched
(B) Because she fundamentally disagrees with all feminist principles
(C) Because she thinks that the fieldwork relationship is inherently unequal
(D) Because she does not think that ethnography is a useful research method

(A) Scratch notes are just key words and phrases, rather than lengthy descriptions
(B) Full field notes are quicker and easier to write than scratch notes
(C) Scratch notes are written at the end of the day rather than during key events
(D) Full field notes do not involve the researcher scratching their head while thinking

(A) Deciding on a theory and then testing it repeatedly
(B) The point at which a concept is so well developed that no further data collection is necessary
(C) A state of frustration caused by having used every possible statistical test without finding any significant results
(D) The problem of having used too many theories in one’s data analysis