Tag: Sociology Mcqs

(A) Whether an abstract should be included
(B) The format for referencing
(C) The word limit
(D) All of the above

(A) Case study design
(B) Comparative design
(C) Experimental design
(D) Longitudinal design

(A) Cohort studies involve quantitative research, whereas panel studies are qualitative
(B) A panel study does not need rules to handle new entrants to households
(C) Only a cohort study will suffer from sample attrition
(D) A panel study can distinguish between age effects and cohort effects, but a cohort design cannot

(A) High in replicability but low in internal validity
(B) High in internal validity but low in reliability
(C) High in ecological validity but low in external validity
(D) None of the above

(A) A study of one particular section of society, e.g. the middle classes
(B) One that is devised when the researcher is in a bad mood
(C) The collection of data from more than one case at one moment in time
(D) A comparison of two or more variables over a long period of time

(A) The one that is not manipulated and in which any changes are observed
(B) The one that is manipulated in order to observe any effects on the other
(C) A measure of the extent to which personal values affect research
(D) An ambiguous concept whose meaning depends on how it is defined

(A) Viewing natural and social objects as belonging to the same realm
(B) Being true to the nature of the phenomenon under investigation
(C) Minimising the intrusion of artificial methods of data collection into the field
(D) All of the above

(A) Impressiveness
(B) Trustworthiness
(C) Joyfulness
(D) Messiness