Tag: Sociology Mcqs With Answers

(A) It does not allow us to impose any framework on the social setting
(B) It only generates a small amount of data
(C) It is unethical to observe people without an observation schedule
(D) It does not allow us to understand the meanings behind behaviour

(A) Being immersed in the field can help to simulate the experience of your informants
(B) Researchers can intervene in and manipulate a setting to observe the effects
(C) Surveys conducted in the field are more effective than structured observation
(D) Some researchers find their projects so stimulating that they have to lie down

(A) If people know they are being observed, they may change their behaviour
(B) Research subjects may have a bad reaction to the drugs they are given
(C) Researchers sometimes react to their informants’ behaviour with horror
(D) The categories on an observation schedule may not be mutually exclusive

(A) Inter-surveyor consistency
(B) Intra-observer validity
(C) Intra-coder validity
(D) Inter-observer consistency

(A) Focal sampling
(B) Scan sampling
(C) Emotional sampling
(D) Behaviour sampling

(A) The findings of such studies are not intended to have external validity
(B) It is not feasible to construct a sampling frame of interactions
(C) It is difficult to gain access to such social settings
(D) Researchers prefer not to use random samples whenever possible

(A) Individuals
(B) Incidents
(C) Short time periods
(D) Long time periods

(A) A set of explicit rules for assigning behaviour to categories
(B) A timetable of days on which you plan to carry out your observation
(C) A list of questions to ask your interviewees
(D) A way of testing for measurement validity