The first step in any sociological research project is to:
collect data
define the problem
review previous research
formulate hypothesis
Which of the following would be an example of a random sample? A researcher:
administers a questionnaire to every fifth woman who enters a business office
examines the attitudes of residents of a city by interviewing every twentieth name in the city's telephone book
studies the attitudes of democratic voters by choosing every tenth name found on a city's list of registered democrats
None of the above
Formulating the hypothesis is the __________ step in the scientific method.
first
second
third
fourth
In most instances, how well a student does on a test is determined by how much the student studies for it. In this example, studying for an exam is a(n)
correlation
independent variable
dependent variable
sample
The study of the inter-racial friendships conducted by the Tom Smith who heads up the General Social Survey is an example of:
observation research
a survey
content analysis
an experiment
A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically is called a
experiment
research design
scientific method
