👥Sociology MCQs
Sociology MCQs
486 MCQs161
The first step in any sociological research project is to_____________?
Acollect data
Bdefine the problem
Creview previous research
Dformulate a hypothesis
162
The rate of rate of return or a mailed naire is usually_____________?
Avery high
Bit can be both A and C
Cvery low
DNone of these
163
s that are relevant to some respondents may irrelevant to others are known as______________?
Adouble barreled questions
Bleading questions
Ccontingency questions
DMatrix questions
164
An instance of focused interaction is called_________________?
Aa meeting
Ban event
Ca moment
Dan Encounter
165
An experiment can be defined as______________?
Aan attempt to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions
Ba piece of research conducted in a laboratory
Ca piece of research trying out new methods
Dan attempt to deceive participants about the research’s true purpose
166
In survey research the group of respondents targeted for the naira is called___________?
Asample
Brespondents
Cfocus group
Dpopulation
167
Closed-ended s increase the return rate of the naire because___________?
Athe s is clearly worded
Bthey cover the return postage
Cthe answers are mutually exclusive
Dthey are easy and quick to answer E. they involve no thought on the part of the respondent.
168
What research method is popular because it is comparatively inexpensive and well-suited to studying large numbers of people ?
Ainterviews
Bparticipant observation
Cexperiments
Dcontent analysis E. surveys
169
Which of the following was not identified as one of the four conditions that must be met before a researcher can say that an independent variable or variables caused the change in the dependent variable ?
Ainternal consistency
Bcorrelation
Ctheory
Dtime order E. elimination of spuriousness
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____________involves the transformation of raw data into numbers to make it suitable for further analysis ?
ACoding
BConceptualization
CFactoring
DClassification E. Enumeration