Tag: Sociology Mcqs

(A) A technique for reviewing literature based exclusively on ethnographic studies
(B) A technique for synthesizing interpretations drawn from a number of separate qualitative studies of the same phenomena
(C) A process used to make generalizations from a range of qualitative studies
(D) A process of surveying only that literature contained within a single library

(A) A technique of correcting for the errors in individual studies within a survey of a large number of studies, to demonstrate the effect of a particular variable
(B) A process of secondary-data gathering to assemble all the possibilities for a variable’s effects
(C) A substitute for original research, which is justified by constraints of time or money
(D) A specialized step in a computer software program (SPSS e.g.)

(A) One which starts in your own library, then goes to on-line databases and, finally, to the internet
(B) A replicable, scientific and transparent process
(C) One which gives equal attention to the principal contributors to the area
(D) A responsible, professional process of time-management for research

(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 3
(D) 2 and 4

(A) To make sure you have a long list of references
(B) Because without it, you could never reach the required word-count
(C) To find out what is already known about your area of interest
(D) To help in your general studying

(A) Taking an opposing point of view to the ideas and opinions expressed
(B) Skimming through the material because most of it is just padding
(C) Evaluating what you read in terms of your own research questions
(D) Being negative about something before you read it

(A) It is so easy to “copy and paste” from the internet that everyone does it nowadays. If a proper reference is given, where is the harm in that?
(B) How can we say for sure where our own ideas come from exactly? If we tried to give a reference for everything we could never hope to succeed.
(C) Any suggestion that we have written what another actually wrote is morally wrong. Anyway, the whole point of a literature review is to show what we have read and what we thought about it.
(D) Plagiarism is such an awful crime that those found guilty should be obliged to wear a
scarlet “P” on their clothing.

(A) Find out exactly what your institution’s requirements are for a dissertation
(B) Make sure you are familiar with the hardware and software you plan to use
(C) Apply for clearance of your project through an ethics committee
(D) All of the above