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Research Methodology of Sociology | Set 2

1. The review of literature help the researcher to;

A. acquisition of available knowledge of the topic

B. bring clarity and focus to research problem

C. analyze different methodological perspectives

D. all of the above

Correct : D. all of the above

2. The term meta-synthesis coined by ……………………..?

A. glasser and strauss

B. judith garrard

C. stern and harris

D. carol m robert

Correct : C. stern and harris

3. Systematic review emerged due to……………….?

A. eliminate biases and promotes through reviewing the existing literature

B. provide evidence based solutions to all problems

C. both a and b

D. b only

Correct : C. both a and b

4. Reconstructing the information in new ways by building up connections among categories and their subcategories. This coding technique is known as……………?

A. selective coding

B. axial coding

C. open coding

D. none of the above

Correct : B. axial coding

5. Based on study design, variable can be classified as …………………………..?

A. active and attribute variable

B. categorical and continuous variable

C. constant and dichotomous variable

D. predicator and outcome variable

Correct : A. active and attribute variable

6. What is the first step in systematic review?

A. analyze each study and synthesis result

B. seek out studies relevant to the scope

C. analyze research methods

D. define the purpose and scope of the review

Correct : D. define the purpose and scope of the review

7. Four types of systematic review, excluding?

A. meta summary

B. rapid view

C. meta-analysis

D. methodological review

Correct : D. methodological review

8. Find out an example for discrete variable

A. time

B. number of children

C. income

D. age

Correct : B. number of children

9. Which of the following statement is not related to research questions?

A. help to select relevant literature

B. make decisions regarding research design

C. it is a set of hypothesis

D. provide direction and focus to your research

Correct : C. it is a set of hypothesis

10. Which of the following is not a type of research questions?

A. relationship between variable

B. developing good practice

C. empowerment/forecasting an outcome

D. describing something

Correct : A. relationship between variable

11. Which ethnographer is not included in British ethnographic intellectual traditions?

A. malinowski

B. robert e park

C. evans pritchard

D. radcliffe brown

Correct : B. robert e park

12. The literary meaning of ethnography is …………………………..?

A. writing culture

B. knowledge of community

C. cultural group

D. human social life

Correct : A. writing culture

13. Which of the following research methods using preserved historical documents and data to answer a research question?

A. oral history

B. archival methods

C. district handbook

D. content analysis

Correct : B. archival methods

14. Which of the following statement is not true regarding ethnography?

A. participant observation and informal methods of gather data

B. data collection process is rigid and fixed

C. descriptive analysis of the human actions and institutional practices

D. focus on small sample size and groups of people

Correct : B. data collection process is rigid and fixed

15. Which is the major factor to consider while formation of research design for ethnographic study?

A. provide an outline of the topic and objectives

B. need to rational explanation to the selection of research sites

C. consider sampling availability and scope

D. all of the above

Correct : D. all of the above

16. “The discovery of grounded theory” written by ………………………..?

A. robert k yin

B. john w creswell

C. barney glasser and anselm strauss

D. howard lune and tanner

Correct : C. barney glasser and anselm strauss

17. Which is not a function of research design?

A. constant function

B. directional function

C. anticipatory function

D. as a blue print of the study

Correct : A. constant function

18. Visual ethnography includes……………………..?

A. creation and examination of still photographs and movies

B. investigation of craftsmanship and material culture

C. the study of signs and gestures

D. all of the above

Correct : D. all of the above

19. The people talk about their overall life experience and memories or to discuss specific experiences and events in a narrative form. This statement is appropriate to …………. method?

A. gazetteers

B. oral history

C. content analysis

D. genealogy

Correct : B. oral history

20. ……………….. facilitate free and uninhibited responses from the respondents?

A. unstructured interviews

B. structured interview

C. semi-structured interviews

D. none of the above

Correct : A. unstructured interviews

21. “Case study is a comprehensive study of a social unit be that unit a person, a group, a school institution, a district or a community” who defined?

A. james a black

B. elmer

C. pauline v young

D. wilkinson

Correct : C. pauline v young

22. “The polish peasant in Europe and America” Written by ……………………..?

A. ulrich beck

B. daniel bertaux

C. robert balch

D. thomas and znanicki’s

Correct : D. thomas and znanicki’s

23. Which of the following is not a principle of life history proposed by Plummer?

A. rational analysis

B. the researched

C. the reflexive-recursive

D. the naturalistic

Correct : A. rational analysis

24. ………..express an idealized or regularizing relationship between people or groups?

A. behavioral genealogy

B. jural genealogy

C. subjective genealogy

D. objective genealogy

Correct : B. jural genealogy

25. “Hypothesis is a tentative statement about something, the validity of which is usually unknown”. Who defined?

A. steven levitt

B. robert greene

C. black and champion

D. howard s becker

Correct : C. black and champion

26. ………………….. is a research strategy where in theory and models are inductively removed from the investigation of logical information?

A. triangulation

B. grounded theory

C. visual ethnography

D. mixed method

Correct : B. grounded theory

27. …………………. Is a process, which distinguish key ideas and thoughts that are covered in textual data?

A. open coding

B. axial coding

C. selective coding

D. none of the above

Correct : A. open coding

28. Pick up the correct statement regarding data triangulation?

A. utilization of multiple methods or techniques in examining a similar phenomenon

B. use multiple observers in the same study for validation purpose

C. utilize more than one theory when examining a phenomenon

D. it utilize various information sources in a similar study for feasibility purpose

Correct : D. it utilize various information sources in a similar study for feasibility purpose

29. ………………………….. is the combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches in the methodology of study?

A. genealogy

B. grounded theory

C. mixed method

D. none of the above

Correct : C. mixed method

30. Which of the following is not a characteristics of hypothesis?

A. it is a tentative proposition

B. its validity is unknown

C. statements of factual information

D. it specifies the relationship between two or more variables

Correct : C. statements of factual information

31. Which is not a mixed method research designs proposed by Cresswell?

A. convergent mixed method design

B. explanatory mixed method design

C. exploratory sequential mixed method design

D. formulative mixed method design

Correct : D. formulative mixed method design

32. Why the researcher choose and consider mixed method is appropriate to understand a problem?

A. because the data may be insufficient

B. to explain initial result

C. generalize exploratory findings

D. all of the above

Correct : D. all of the above

33. Which of the following is not a challenges of the mixed method?

A. the question of skill

B. enhance a study with a second hand

C. question of convincing others

D. analytical and interpretative issue

Correct : B. enhance a study with a second hand

34. The statements and propositions of the theory should be ………………………..?

A. logically consistent

B. interrelated

C. the proposition should be mutually exclusive

D. all of the above

Correct : D. all of the above

35. “Equal chances of being included in the sample”. It termed as ………………………?

A. snowball sampling

B. stratified sample

C. probability sample

D. non probability sampling

Correct : C. probability sample

36. Which among the following is the role of theory in research?

A. theory delimits the study

B. provide conceptual model

C. states universal law

D. all of the above

Correct : D. all of the above

37. ……………………. Is a representative of the entire universe?

A. sample

B. census

C. variable

D. hypothesis

Correct : A. sample

38. Biased sample may due to …………………………..?

A. implements instruments

B. the personal qualities of the observer

C. defective technique

D. all of the above

Correct : D. all of the above

39. “The affluent workers study” led by renowned sociologists ………………………..?

A. john goldthorpe and david lockwood

B. martin holborn and peter langley

C. malcolm gladwell and peter l berg

D. gordon marshall and john scott

Correct : A. john goldthorpe and david lockwood

40. Pick out the odd one

A. random sampling

B. cluster sampling

C. stratified sampling

D. snowball sampling

Correct : D. snowball sampling

41. Which of the following is not a characteristics of qualitative research?

A. in depth description

B. flexibility in nature

C. deductive approach

D. multiple source of data

Correct : C. deductive approach

42. Which statement is true regarding qualitative research?

A. it is too subjective

B. difficult to replicate

C. lack of transparency

D. all of the above

Correct : D. all of the above

43. “A hypothesis is a conjectural statement of the relationship between two or more variables”. Who defined?

A. gordon marshall

B. kerlinger

C. norbert elias

D. richard dawkins

Correct : B. kerlinger

44. When the researcher construct a hypothesis stipulating that there is no difference between two situations, groups or the prevalence of a condition or a phenomena. It is called ……?

A. null hypothesis

B. hypothesis of association

C. representative variable

D. refines hypothesis

Correct : A. null hypothesis

45. ………………… is a abstract symbol representing an object, a property of objects or a certain phenomenon?

A. hypothesis

B. variable

C. concepts

D. definitions

Correct : C. concepts

46. Find out odd one

A. book

B. table

C. height

D. lamb

Correct : C. height

47. ………….. is a measurable quantitative value of an image, perception and concepts?

A. concepts

B. variable

C. propositions

D. hypothesis

Correct : B. variable

48. Variable that are antecedent to the dependent variable. It termed as ………………….?

A. extraneous variable

B. intervening variable

C. attribute variable

D. independent variable

Correct : D. independent variable

49. Find out an example for Polytamous variable

A. religion

B. taxi

C. gender

D. water

Correct : A. religion

50. The researcher selecting sample from the population. The process is known as ……….?

A. survey

B. sampling

C. variable

D. value

Correct : B. sampling

51. Which is the major function of research design?

A. as a blueprint of the study

B. directional function

C. anticipatory function

D. collaborative function

Correct : D. collaborative function

52. Which is not a component of theoretical idea?

A. concepts

B. variables

C. propositions

D. paradigm

Correct : D. paradigm

53. …………………… is consider as an blueprint of research?

A. research question

B. research design

C. sampling

D. data collection

Correct : B. research design

54. Communication, plan and …………………….. are the functions of research proposal put forwarded by Punch Keith?

A. contract

B. outline

C. outcome

D. action

Correct : A. contract

55. ………………………… is an outline or blueprint of the research you want to do?

A. research question

B. research hypothesis

C. research proposal

D. theoretical framework

Correct : C. research proposal

56. “An American Dilemma” is a major work of …………………………?

A. eric anderson

B. marin albrow

C. gunnar myrdal

D. margaret archer

Correct : C. gunnar myrdal

57. A statement that containing one or more than variable, is called………………………?

A. hypothesis

B. propositions

C. concepts

D. inferential

Correct : B. propositions

58. Find out odd one

A. descriptive research

B. explanatory research

C. pure research

D. correlational research

Correct : C. pure research

59. Applying a general rule to specific phenomenon, it is known as ……………………..?

A. deduction

B. induction

C. variable

D. theory

Correct : A. deduction

60. ………………… measured on nominal or ordinal measurement scale?

A. continuous variable

B. polytamous variable

C. predictor variable

D. categorical variable

Correct : D. categorical variable

61. A conscious endeavor to either hide or highlight something, it is termed as ….….?

A. bias

B. validity

C. concept

D. hypothesis

Correct : A. bias

62. Research conducted for knowledge expansion without any purpose of applicability. This research is known as …………………………?

A. exploratory research

B. analytical research

C. pure research

D. action research

Correct : C. pure research

63. “Theory as a set of logically interrelated statements in the form of empirical assertions about propertied of infinite classes of events or things” who defined?

A. jack gibbs

B. braithwaite

C. arnold rose

D. john dewey

Correct : A. jack gibbs

64. “A set of logically interrelated concepts, definitions and proposition that explain and predict social facts or phenomena”. The statement is related to ……………………..?

A. variables

B. theory

C. logical reasoning

D. objectivity

Correct : B. theory

65. Which of the following statement illustrates the role of theory in research?

A. theory constrain the study and narrow down to your topic

B. provide conceptual framework for a study

C. cannot be utilized to foresee further facts

D. summarize already known facts and information

Correct : C. cannot be utilized to foresee further facts

66. ………………… is a sampling method, in which the subjects are deliberately chosen to be part of the sample with specific predetermined criteria?

A. snowball sampling

B. cluster sampling

C. stratified sampling

D. judgmental sampling

Correct : D. judgmental sampling

67. ……………………….. Variables link between independent and dependent variable in certain situation?

A. extraneous variable

B. intervening variable

C. polytomous variable

D. outcome variable

Correct : B. intervening variable

68. Which method used to synthesis qualitative findings in a topic or systematic based data?

A. meta summary

B. rapid view

C. meta-analysis

D. meta synthesis

Correct : A. meta summary

69. Which among the following is merit of the census method?

A. collect information on specific events

B. results are valid and bias free

C. total enumeration of all things in the \populace\

D. possibility to resurvey the same sample

Correct : C. total enumeration of all things in the \populace\

70. What is the reason for discard the census method?

A. the cost is high

B. time consuming

C. large efforts and energy

D. all the above

Correct : D. all the above

71. The researcher didn't have an accurate list of population or no other sampling is suitable. The researcher can use ………………………….?

A. convenience sampling

B. quota sampling

C. snowball sampling

D. cluster sampling

Correct : A. convenience sampling

72. ………………is an indepth comprehensive study of a person, unit, institution etc.?

A. sample survey

B. case-study

C. content analysis

D. census survey

Correct : B. case-study

73. ……………… is a way to systematically solve the research problem.

A. research question

B. research methodology

C. research planning

D. research literature

Correct : B. research methodology

74. Which of the following is not a method of Primary data collection?

A. questionnaire

B. interviews

C. observation

D. experimentation

Correct : D. experimentation

75. All men are Mortal, A is a man, A is mortal. This is an example for…………………..?

A. deduction

B. enumerative induction

C. induction

D. analytic induction

Correct : A. deduction

76. Which of the following is not a requisites of a good scientific method?

A. careful logical analysis of the problem and separating its element

B. use of experimental or statistical method in analysing and summarizing data

C. expression of variable in quantitative terms

D. providing normative and personal judgement on facts

Correct : D. providing normative and personal judgement on facts

77. According to Eigelberner, Find out the best personal qualities of a researcher?

A. ability to scientific imagination to construct hypothesis

B. manipulative skill and persistence to carry thorough the experiment

C. the reasoning which coordinated individual facts into a principle

D. all of the above

Correct : D. all of the above