Tag: Sociology Mcqs With Answers

(A) A summary of the various stages involved in designing a survey
(B) An outline view of all the main clusters of units in a sample
(C) A list of all the units in the population from which a sample will be selected
(D) A wooden frame used to display tables of random numbers

(A) Researchers are more interested in reporting their operational definitions
(B) Researchers don’t really think that these tests are important
(C) Journal editors have banned these kinds of articles
(D) Researchers are more interested in reporting their substantive findings

(A) The theories we devise will often hinder our attempts to measure concepts
(B) The measurements we devise can sometimes help to develop a theory
(C) Techniques such as factor analysis have no place in social research
(D) Driving instructors always make you practice the most difficult manoeuvre

(A) The measurement process suggests a spurious and artificial sense of accuracy
(B) The reliance on instruments and procedures makes it high in ecological validity
(C) It underestimates the similarities between objects in the natural and social worlds
(D) All of the above

(A) External validity
(B) Internal reliability
(C) External reliability
(D) Internal validity

(A) They are more concerned with publishing the results of their reliability tests
(B) They do not believe that this is an appropriate goal to be striving for
(C) They keep forgetting which of the variables they have manipulated
(D) They tend to use cross-sectional designs, which produce only correlations

(A) Concurrent validity
(B) Face validity
(C) Conductive validity
(D) Convergent validity

(A) Stability
(B) Internal reliability
(C) Inter-observer consistency
(D) External validity