COMBINED SCORES for QUIZ 1 and QUIZ 2

Your score here is out of a possible 20%

0900509A - 16.5
0904000G - 17.5
0901404D - 16
0905015D - 13
0901595I - 16.5
0906250F - 19.5
0902019I - 13
0905025C - 16
0903908B - 15
0903026C - 18.5
0905919G - 7.5
0901804E - 14
0903744A - 13
0905032I - 15
0900826I - 15.5
0903875C - 17.5
0903319B - 13
0905040B - 17.5
0902863J - 15
0901682E - 18
0905378F - 15
0904999J - 15
0903735I - 16.5
0902638F - 15.5
0905896G - 19
0900025H - 17
0904494B - 14
0905375B - 12
0905382H - 19
0904265F - 16
0902657F - 15.5
0903723E - 13.5
0903750H - 16.5
0900065D - 18
0902954G - 15.5
0903560A - 16
0900578F - 14.5
0904495I - 16.5
0904496G - 14.5
0901821I - 17
0904497E - 15
0903505F - 18
0901936E - 17
0902449H - 16.5
0902682D - 17
0904973E - 16.5
0900779J - 15.5

Answers to Quiz 2 (Make-Up)

1. Which of these are among the many advantages that underlie the growing popularity of telephone surveys?

A. Money
B. Time
C. Convenience
D. All of these choices


2. A___________ is an instrument specifically designed to elicit information that will be useful for analysis.

A. Questionnaire
B. Statement
C. Query
D. None of these choices


3. A ____________is a survey question intended for only some respondents, determined by their responses to some other question.

A. Snowball question
B. Contingency question
C. Purposive question
D. Regressive question


4. When a researcher gives the participant the opportunity to answer completely in his or her own words, he is asking a

A. Closed ended question
B. Broad question
C. Open ended question
D. Self descriptive question


5. When a researcher tests whether a questionnaire measures what it intends to measure he/she is essentially conducting

A. Reliability tests
B. Validity tests
C. Both reliability and validity tests
D. None of the above


6. Specifically stating how you will measure a concept for your research study is called

A. Conceptualization
B. Operationalization
C. Validation
D. Specification


7. Test-retest reliability means

A. The same questionnaire is split into half and tested
B. The same questionnaire is administered more than once over a period of time
C. Both 1 & 2.
D. None of the above


8. When a questionnaire is administered through computer and assisted by phone, this kind of survey is a

A. Telephone survey
B. Mass survey
C. Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI)
D. Computer survey


9. Content validity refers

A. How your measure or questionnaire relates to other similar theoretical constructs
B. To whether all dimensions of a concept are included
C. Both 1 & 2
D. None of the above


10. The question ‘how are your children and grandchildren?’ is an example of

A. Straight forward question
B. Double barreled question
C. Both 1 & 2
D. None of the above


11. Which among the following is a true criterion of objectives?

A. Objectives should be measurable
B. Objectives should be simple
C. Objectives should be realistic
D. all the above


12. A survey method where the researcher meets the respondent in person and conducts an interview is a

A. Face-to-face survey
B. E-survey
C. Private survey
D. All the above


13. The question ‘Did you murder your wife?’ is likely to result in

A. Social desirability bias
B. No bias
C. Ambiguity bias
D. None of the above


14. Which among the following is not true while constructing a questionnaire?

A. Sensitive questions should be asked in the beginning of the questionnaire
B. Questions should be simple
C. Closed ended questions should have all possible responses
D. All the above


15. Conceptualization is about

A. Defining an idea about something
B. Stating a hypothesis
C. Specifying an objective
D. None of the above.



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Answers to Quiz 2

1. Questions that require a person to select an answer from a list provided are known as __________ questions.

a) Open-ended
b) Pretest
c) Experimental
d) Closed-ended


2. A ____________is a type of survey question intended for only some respondents, determined by their responses to some other question.

a) Snowball question
b) Contingency question
c) Purposive question
d) Regressive question


3. A person who provides information/data for your research is called a

a) Respondent
b) Data provider
c) Drop-out
d) None of the above


4. Several questions that have the same response format is called as

a) Matrix questions
b) Non-matrix questions
c) Same answer questions
d) None of the above


5. Which among the following is an example of testing reliability?

a) Split half method
b) Test-retest method
c) Validity method
d) Only (a) and (b)


6. Which among the following criteria is false when constructing a questionnaire?

a) Use short statements
b) Ensure that all possible answers/responses are shown
c) Use ambiguous statements
d) Avoid double barreled questions


7. You are likely to use a questionnaire when the questionnaire is

a) Reliable only
b) Valid only
c) Both reliable and valid
d) None of the above.


8. Construct validity denotes

a) How your measure or questionnaire relates to other similar theoretical constructs
b) The range of meanings included within a concept
c) Both 1 & 2
d) None of the above


9. A cover letter contains information on which of the following?

a) Objectives of the study
b) Confidentiality
c) Incentives, if any
d) All the above


10. Which of the criteria below is false for face-to-face surveys?

a) The respondent is interviewed in person
b) It involves more time and money
c) The interviewer must gain the attention of the respondent
d) The respondent fills in the questionnaire


11. Which among the criteria for constructing a research topic is false?

a) The title should be simple
b) The title should be free of ambiguous words
c) The title should be unbiased
d) The title should be lengthy


12. Conceptualization is a process of

a) Specifying a title
b) Arriving at an objective
c) Framing a hypothesis
d) Defining a concept


13. When you specify how a concept will be defined and measured in your research you are essentially doing

a) Operational definition
b) Nominal definition
c) Ordinal definition
d) Real definition


14. Which among the topics are appropriate for survey research?

a) Explorative
b) Descriptive
c) Explanatory
d) All the above


15. Which among the following is not a type of validity?

a) Content validity
b) Test-retest validity
c) Construct validity
d) All the above




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Answers to Quiz 1 - Make-up (Week 4)

TRUE AND FALSE

Read each of the sentences below and decide if they are True or False by CLEARLY circling your answer.

1. Longitudinal design involves collecting data more than once. (True / False)


2. One of the criteria of nomothethic causation is nonspurious relationships.
(True / False)


3. Cause-effect relationships are difficult to establish in a cross-sectional study.
(True / False)


4. A Panel study is an example of a longitudinal study. (True / False)


5. Every observation is quantitative at the outset. (True / False)


6. The premodern view assumes that we see things as they really are (True / False)


7. Agreement reality can hinder out attempts to discover things for ourselves.
(True / False)

8. All of our experiences are inescapably subjective. (True / False)


9. It is pointless to acknowledge that we all operate within paradigms. (True / False)


10. Theories seek to provide logical explanations to social phenomena. (True / False)


MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS

Complete the following sentences by CLEARLY circling the right answer


1. A condition that must be present for an effect to occur is known as a

i) Necessary condition
ii) Spurious condition
iii) Non spurious condition
iv) Sufficient condition


2. A unit of analysis which is a product of social beings or their behavior is a/an

i) Social Artifact
ii) Individual
iii) Organization
iv) None of the above


3. An explorative study deals with

i) Satisfying researcher curiosity / getting basic information
ii) Describing an issue
iii) Studying a cause-effect relationship
iv) Challenging unscientific beliefs


4. A study that examines the same set of people more than once is a

i) Cohort study
ii) Panel study
iii) Trend Study
iv) Cross-sectional study


5. While attempting to find a cause-effect relationship, which among the following designs are we more likely to use?

i) Exploratory
ii) Descriptive
iii) Explanatory
iv) None of the above


6. Spurious relationships refer to

i) Genuine relationships between two variables
ii) Non genuine relationships between two variables
iii) Both i & ii
iv) None of the above.


7. Some sociologists and anthropologists view Singapore as a society committed to capitalism, an economic arrangement which they believe creates inequality. These views and feelings represent a/an:

i) Objective fact of nature
ii) Hypothesis
iii) Research method
iv) Paradigm


8. The idea that knowledge is based on observation made through the five senses rather than belief alone is termed:

i) Conflict theory
ii) Positivism
iii) Induction
iv) Idiographic analysis


9. A probabilistic explanation takes the form:

i) x is always y
ii) x tends to be y
iii) x is y if a and b are true
iv) All of the above


10. After examining divorce court records, Dr. Kevster concludes that women are more likely then men to obtain custody of their children. This type of statement is:

i) Value-laden
ii) Spurious
iii) Idiographic
iv) None of the above


11. Which of the following is most likely a list of variables?

i) Female, Malay, educational level
ii) Lecturer, Pornographer, Priest
iii) Occupation, Religion, Age
iv) Dishonest, Tired, Student


12. Kevin’s biology teacher told him about the “birds and the bees.” By relying on his biology teacher’s explanation, Kevin is relying on __________ as a way of knowing.

i) Authority
ii) Experience
iii) Tradition
iv) All of the above


13. The analysis of deviant cases – cases that do not fit the general pattern – helps to guard against:

i) Illogical reasoning
ii) Inaccurate observation
iii) Selective observation
iv) Abuse of authority


14. Dr. Kevster attended a classical music concert. Halfway during the performance, he jumped up and yelled “Wah Shiok Ah!” Later on he screamed “Happening man!” If you knew that Dr. Kevster was actually doing research, which research paradigm he was most likely using?

i) Ethnography
ii) Ethnology
iii) Ethnosynchrology
iv) Ethnomethodology


15. Which of the following best illustrates the use of the deductive method?

i) Observations, pattern finding, and generalizations
ii) Generalizations, theory, and hypothesis
iii) Hypothesis, observations, accept or reject hypothesis
iv) Theory, generalizations, accept or reject hypothesis


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Answers to Quiz 1 (Week 4)

TRUE AND FALSE

Read each of the sentences below and decide if they are True or False by circling your answer.

1. Nomothetic reasoning is more useful than idiographic reasoning. (True / False)


2. If you do not do study research, the study of social science research methods is of little use in your life. (True / False)


3. The basis of knowledge is agreement. (True / False)


4. The traditional model of science uses inductive logic. (True / False)


5. Scientific inquiry is a process that can involve both deduction and induction.
(True / False)


6. Social Scientists believe that paradigms are either true or false. (True / False)


7. An Explorative Study provides in-depth description of a research topic. (True / False)


8. A Panel Study is a type of longitudinal study. (True / False)


9. Reductionism is simplifying a cause-effect relationship. (True / False)


10. Correlation is a cause-effect relationship. (True / False)


MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS

Complete the following sentences by CLEARLY circling the right answer

1. A research design where information/data is collected only once is

i) Cross sectional
ii) Longitudinal
iii) Deductive
iii) None of the above

2. In order to become dependant on alcohol one should drink ALCOHOL. In this statement ALCOHOL is

i) A necessary cause
ii) A sufficient cause
iii) A dependent variable
iv) Not a cause

3. Explanatory or experimental design deals with

i) Exploring an issue
ii) Describing an issue
iii) Studying a cause-effect relationship
iv) Challenging unscientific beliefs

4. Which of these are among the purposes of research?

i) Exploration
ii) Description
iii) Explanation
iv) All of the above

5. A study in which data is collected from a specific generation is a

i) Cohort study
ii) Panel study
iii) Trend Study
iv) Deductive Study

6. Which of these are among the criteria of nomothetic causality?

i) Variables should be correlated
ii) The effect must precede the cause
iii) The existence of spurious relationships
iv) All of the above

7. Which of the following is NOT a function of theory for research?

i) Theory helps us to make sense out of observed patterns
ii) Theory helps us to explain occurrences
iii) Theory helps us to distinguish between good and evil
iv) Theory shapes and directs research efforts

8. Which of the following best illustrates the use of the inductive method?

i) Observations, pattern finding, and generalizations
ii) Generalizations, theory, and observations
iii) Hypothesis, observations, accept or reject hypothesis
iv) Theory, observations and generalizations

9. What is a testable statement about a relationship between two variables?

i) a theory
ii) a hypothesis
iii) a relationship
iv) a paradigm

10. Which of the following best represents a NULL hypothesis?

i) There is no relationship between gender and jury verdict
ii) Men are more likely to than women to vote to convict in juries
iii) Women are more likely than men to vote to convict in juries
iv) Asians tend to be more promiscuous than Europeans

11. An independent variable is a

i) theoretical concept
ii) variable influence by other variables
iii) variable influencing other variables
iv) set of attributes

12. Methodology is best described as

i) the science of finding out
ii) the science of knowing
iii) the logical aspect of science
iv) the discovery of reality through agreement

13. The statement, “Knowledge for knowledge’s sake” best describes

i) applied research
ii) inductive logic
iii) deductive reasoning
iv) pure research

14. Qualitative explanations tend to be ____ and quantitative explanations tend to be____

i) nomothetic, idiographic
ii) idiographic, nomothetic
iii) dependent, independent
iv) All of the above

15. Replication helps us guard against the error of

i) traditional thinking
ii) the premodern view
iii) overgeneralization
iv) the postmodern view



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