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Question 1
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Information the sociologist collected themselves
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Information collected by a group
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Information taken off of the internet
Question 2
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What is the source of secondary data?
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An interview (face to face)
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Official statistics produced by a government
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Gaining consent
Question 3
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Confidentiality
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Subject matter
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Validity
Question 4
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An ethical issue refers to a moral issue of right and wrong.
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- True
- False
Question 5
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Qualitative data
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Quantitative data
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Society's values
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Discover patterns of behaviour
Question 6
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What is meant by representativeness?
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A typical cross-section of a group
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A sample of a wider population
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Influenced by the methodological perspective
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It can be repeated
Question 7
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What is the difference between Positivist sociologists and Interpretavist sociologists?
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Positivists seek to understand social actors meanings, and Interpretavists see sociology as a science.
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Positivists prefer quantitative data, and Interpretavists discover patterns of behaviour
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Positivists see sociology as science and Interpretavists prefer qualitative data
Question 8
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What do sociologists test their theories with?
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Quantitative data
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Qualitative data
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Practical issues
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Ethical issues
Question 9
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What is an advantage of using primary data?
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Obtain a first-hand picture
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It can be costly
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How much time it takes
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Someone else has produced the information
Question 10
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What are the differences between qualitative and quantitative data?
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Quantitative refers to information in numerical form while qualitative gives a feel for what something is like
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Quantitative gives a feel for what something is like. Qualitative refers to something in numerical form
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Quantitative may include official statistics in numerical form, and qualitative may also do this
Question 11
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A valid method can be repeated for a whole cross-section of the group that the sociologist is interested in
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A valid method is another word for reliability and is replicable
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A valid method is one that produces true or genuine picture of what something is really like
Question 12
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Time and money
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Confidentiality and privacy
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Covert research
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Research opportunity
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Informed consent
Question 13
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What type of data is a diary considered as?
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A statistic
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Qualitative data
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Documents
Question 14
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Functionalists favour the Positivist view.
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- True
- False
Question 15
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Marxists favour the Positivist view
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- True
- False
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