Question 1

Define a hypothesis.

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Question 2

Set up a research project where you wish to determine the motivations for watching a popular television program.How would you conduct your project?

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Question 3

What are the strengths and weaknesses of the American census?

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Question 4

Many sociologists who conduct participant observation research consider the Hawthorne effect a serious problem in conducting research.What steps can a sociologist take to counter the negative consequences of the Hawthorne effect?

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Question 5

Compare and contrast participant observation and survey research.What are the strengths and weaknesses of each? How are they similar and different?

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Question 6

Explain all of the stages of research involved in investigating a social problem that interests you.

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Define a dependent variable.

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Question 8

What reasons would lead some critics to argue that sociological research suffers from a male-centered perspective?

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Question 9

What is a control group?

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Question 10

Construct your own essay question drawing on relevant course materials for your answer.Points will be awarded for both the question and answer.

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Question 11

Define reliability.

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Question 12

Explain the following statistics: mean,median,rate,and correlation.

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Question 13

Explain the research conducted by Lillian Rubin.How did she conduct her research? What did she discover?

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Question 14

What is the problem of overgeneralization? How can sociologists correct for this problem?

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Quiz 2: How Sociologists Do Research