Chapter 2 sociology research

What is not a purpose of the American sociological association

To ensure the financial gain of the researchers

What is NOT an example of a sociological hypothesis

The more cds Jamailla buys the less money she has in her bank account

What is the importance of interpretive framework

It leads to in depth knowledge of a participants social worls

The term interpretive framework cane be defined as

A sociological research approach that seeks in-depth understanding of a topic or subject through observation or interaction

The term value neutrality is defined by the text as

the practice of remaining impartial and objective throughout the research process, avoiding bias or judgment when conducting a study and publishing its results

John wants to study whether a larger number of laptops available to students at his school lead to higher grades what are the independent and dependent variables

Independent- number of laptops

Dependant- grades

Thomas wants to better understand the trends in literature rates in Baltimore city over the past 50 years using Baltimore city data. What type of research should he conduct?

Second data analysis

Kyle is collecting newspaper clippings from his grandfather about thr american publics perception of WWII. What is this an example of?

Secondary data

What is an example of nonreactive research

Gathering data from government studies

Miguel is doing a research paper on new York city’s stone wall riots of 1969. He visits the scene if the riots interviews people who were there reads police reports of the event and watches video footage. What is Miguel is conducting?

Case study