Question 1
2 out of 2 points
A researcher finds that as years spent driving increases,
the number of accidents decreases. This is an example of:
Question 2
2 out of 2 points
The degree to which two or more variables are associated
with one another is referred to as:
Question 3
2 out of 2 points
A characteristic of results that systematically misrepresent
the full dimensions of what is being studied is referred to as:
Question 4
2 out of 2 points
A detailed conversation designed to obtain in-depth
information about a person and his or her activities is referred to as:
Question 5
2 out of 2 points
Random sampling refers to:
Question 6
2 out of 2 points
Specific techniques for systematically gathering data are
referred to as:
Question 7
2 out of 2 points
The process of gathering empirical (scientific and specific)
data, creating theories, and rigorously testing theories is known as:
Question 8
0 out of 2 points
In
For a study to be ___, a researcher should report in precise
detail the research methods and process.
Question 9
2 out of 2 points
_____ theorists would argue that elites use culture to gain
or maintain power over other groups.
Question 10
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following would be considered a violation of a
folkway?
Question 11
2 out of 2 points
The worldview whereby we understand the practices of another
society sociologically, in terms of that society’s own norms and values and not
our own, is referred to as:
Question 12
2 out of 2 points
The abstract creations of human cultures, including ideas
about behavior and living, are referred to as:
Question 13
2 out of 2 points
Particular ideas that people accept as true are referred to
as:
Question 14
0 out of 2 points
Common rules of a culture that govern the behavior of people
belonging to it are referred to as:
Question 15
2 out of 2 points
Cultural representations of social realities are referred to
as:
Question 16
0 out of 2 points
Powerful mores, the violation of which is considered serious
and even unthinkable, are referred to as:
