Deck 4: Methods for Studying Family Violence

Question 1

Natural science and social science are based on the principle of objectivity.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Random assignment is…

A) The process by which subjects are assigned to their conditions randomly rather than based on some quality or characteristic that they have
B) The process by which subjects are assigned to their conditions specifically rather than randomly.
C) The process by which subjects are assigned to their conditions based on some quality or characteristic that they have rather than randomly.
D) None of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which is not one of the experimental conditions?

A) Random Sampling
B) Control of third variables
C) Random Assignment
D) Manipulation of the independent variable

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In order to isolate the cause of a change, the researcher must be controlling the variation in the independent variable and not allowing it to vary on its own.

Question 5

Control of third variables does not allow the researcher to isolate the independent variable they are changing in order to be certain that it is the single cause of the change in the dependent variable.

Question 6

Qualitative research involves

A) Collecting numeric data
B) Using surveys to collect data
C) Examining medical or other types of records
D) Collecting data through interviews and observation

Question 7

Epistemology refers to "ways of knowing."

Question 8

Gregor Mendel is a chemist who studied the genetics in pea plants

Question 9

The way we "know" things is NOT shaped by our social location.

Question 10

Quantitative methods involve

A) Techniques or strategies for collecting numeric data
B) Making in person observations of people and phenomena
C) Using interviews to collect data description data

Question 11

A majority of sociological research is survey research.

Question 12

RDD stands for what?

A) Reverse Digit Dialing
B) Random Digit Dialing
C) Random Data Dialing

Question 13

Which is not a source of survey data for measuring intimate partner violence?

A) Uniform Crime Reports
B) Bureau of Justice Statistics
C) National Crime Victimization Reports
D) All of the above are sources

Question 14

The Conflict Tactics Scale is the most widely utilized and most controversial of the large-scale surveys that have been utilized to measure family violence.

Question 15

According to your text which is not a strength of survey research methods?

A) replicability
B) reliability
C) generalizability
D) anonymity

Question 16

The primary weakness of qualitative methods is that the data do not provide a rich, thick description of the phenomenon.

Question 17

Which is not a qualitative method?

A) ethnography
B) observations
C) interviews
D) all of the above are forms of qualitative methods

Question 18

Researchers who use qualitative interviews can present their data/quotes without any context for readers to make their own assessments of the subject's intent.
a) T
------------------------------- F

Question 19

Where did Evie grow up?

A) in an urban slum
B) in a shelter
C) in a liquor house
D) in an orphanage

Question 20

Which method requires a researcher to build rapport with the subject?

A) interviews
B) observations
C) survey
D) all of the above

Question 21

How do experiments pertain or not pertain to family violence?

Question 22

Some important qualitative techniques are ethnography and observational methods. What are some examples related to family violence? They do not have to be from the book as long as they are valid.

Question 23

What are some strengths and weaknesses of qualitative data?

Question 24

What do men and women differ in when it comes to the topic of family violence? (hint: epistemology)

Question 25

Why is the conflict tactics scale very controversial?

Question 26

What do feminists critique regarding the conflict tactics scale?

Question 27

What are two types of surveys used to generate data about various forms of family violence?