Final Review Flashcards
How does one find the interquartile range?
Subtract the 25% from the 75%
Which author conducted a quasi-experiment to investigate the effects of race and criminal records on job opportunity?
Devah Pager
Who used content analysis to identify 4 major frames of newspaper articles to address birth rates in Britain?
Brown & Ferree
When a researcher brings together a group of people to discuss their ideas and thoughts on a particular topic in a guided conversation, this is a:
Focus group
Which approach to social research tends to be best for describing the characteristics of a large population?
Survey research
Which method is most concerned with reactive effects?
Ethnographic research
Which sampling technique involves the use of a random selection device, such as a table of random numbers?
Cluster sampling
Which author identified the concept of a “patient in waiting” by conducting observations if medical visits and interviewing family members of newborn babies?
Timmermans
What is a chi square used to test for?
Independence between two variables
How does simple random sampling allow us to generalize well?
Every single person in the population has an equal & known chance of being selected into the sample
If 4% of a certain population is Black, then you want your sample to also be 4% Black. This is an example of what kind of sampling?
Proportionate
What is the Hawthorne effect?
When people’s behavior changed just because they know they’re being studied
What does a positivist believe?
The truth is coming from your sense.
What does a constructivist believe?
Truth is constructed through social processes at specific times in specific places
You can’t expose toddlers to violence, but you can observe toddlers that HAVE been exposed to violence. This is an example of:
A quasi experiment
