Tag: Sociology Mcqs With Answers

(A) It shows the results you would expect to find by chance
(B) It summarises the frequencies of two variables so that they can be compared
(C) It lists the different levels of p value for tests of significance
(D) It compares the results you might get from various statistical tests

(A) A type of variable that cannot be quantified
(B) A compulsive liar who is proud to be gay
(C) A score that is left out of the analysis because of missing data
(D) An extreme value at either end of a distribution

(A) A histogram does not show the entire range of scores in a distribution
(B) Bar charts are circular, whereas histograms are square
(C) There are no gaps between the bars on a histogram
(D) Bar charts represents numbers, whereas histograms represent percentages

(A) The distance between categories is equal across the range of interval/ratio data
(B) Ordinal data can be rank ordered, but interval/ratio data cannot
(C) Interval/ratio variables contain only two categories
(D) Ordinal variables have a fixed zero point, whereas interval/ratio variables do not

(A) It increases the risk of “reactive effects” from participants
(B) The researcher is removed from the social settings that they are investigating
(C) The data were originally collected for the same purposes as those of the current researcher
(D) They do not intrude too much into the researcher’s spare time

(A) The assumption that secondary data analysis can be carried out at home
(B) The mistake of observing people in their natural setting
(C) The error of making inferences about individual behaviour from aggregate data
(D) The myth that it is easy to research environmentalist action groups

(A) Categories of criminal behaviour change over time
(B) There is a “dark figure” of unreported and unrecorded crime
(C) Police use their discretion to investigate some crimes and not others
(D) All of the above

(A) The researcher can conduct natural experiments in the field
(B) They are completely objective and reliable
(C) They have greater measurement validity
(D) They allow the researcher to identify social trends over time