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1. The purpose of sociological research is to test ____ _____ assumptions & to replace false ideas with facts, such as slow learners remembering more than fast learners.
M E E S S M C N O O N
2. Sociologists are not interested in common sense, authority, intuition, tradition, or personal experience. Sociologists use Scientific Research, which seeks _____ .
H T T U R
3. Non-scientific research is someone’s ____ , such as a political leader, a parent, an entertainer, or a religious leader.
P N O O N I I
4. Tradition is a form of nonscientific research, where we do things the way they've always been done, because people seek to be ______ .
M A O T B C E O L R F
5. Natural science uses the scientific method to manipulate _____ , such as physical laws, or chemical properties.
S G N H T I
6. Unlike natural science, the social sciences use the scientific method to manipulate _____ .
E P E L P O
7. Both the natural sciences & the social science use this:
D N M T E O E I S F C T I C I H
8. When discussing the two research types, _____ research is the only one that uses the scientific method.
N P T M X E R L E A E I
9. Experimental research is the most accurate research method, but when experimental research is not possible, sociologists use _____ research.
I D I R P V E C T E S
10. You go to the group or occurrence and describe your observation, because it is not possible to move the group or occurrence into a lab:
A I S O L E N B I N T S I T A V U O C R A T R
11. It's possible to move a group or occurrence into a lab, but the group's behavior will change if you do so:
I O P B R R T E C V N R P A T E A S I
12. Ethics prevents you from applying this experiment to a human being (because sociologists cannot harm participants):
D Y E C T U A S S
13. You use a _____ because it is not possible to fit thousands of people into a laboratory setting:
V Y E R U S
14. A sample needs to be chosen at random, _____ of the larger population, & still smaller than the larger population.
T N S E T P V E I E R E R A
15. Opened-Ended questions are answered in your own words & use _____ _____ questions, while Closed-Ended questions have a limited set of answers & use multiple choice questions.
A R W E N H S R S O T
16. Open-Ended questions are Slow but Detailed, while Closed-Ended questions are _____ but _____ .
I T G S M N L T I F I A
17. When you have no time and no money, and someone else already did the work, you use _____ _____ research.
Y C A A E S O S N N Y S R I L A D
18. This type of data is collected in surveys, can be counted, & is collected quickly.
N V T T I A U I Q A E T
19. This type of data is time-consuming to collect, is collected in interviews, & cannot be measured.
U A E I Q V T L A I T
20. A _____ study collects data from the same participants over several years, while a cross sectional study collects data from different participants in one setting.
N D A U G L I N T I L O