What data-gathering technique includes focus groups?

A. field research
B. content analysis
C. intensive interviewing
D. survey


Answer: C

Sociology

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Objectivity means that

A. The researcher is indifferent to the findings. B. The researcher's work is value-free in the choice of topic. C. The statement of findings is not influenced by the researcher's feelings. D. Observers with different views of a situation can agree on a statement about the situation. E. C and D.

Sociology

Women who have children living with them are:

a. less likely to marry men without children. b. less likely to marry men with or without children. c. more likely to marry men with or without children. d. more likely to marry men who have not been married before.

Sociology

Researchers are most likely to use random sampling in cases where:

a. respondents are reluctant to answer. b. they wish to generalize to a larger population. c. they wish to provide descriptions of how members of a specific group feel about an issue. d. they wish to be unobtrusive.

Sociology

Kareem's sociology professor compared society's current debate over gay marriage with the struggle faced decades ago by interracial couples. The civil rights movement awakened many Americans to injustices endured by African American citizens

Kareem's class learned that broad shifts in people's sensibilities over long periods of time enable them to gain new perspectives on long-held ideologies. In this scenario, what kind of approach did Kareem's professor use to explain the emergence of the movement to extend the rights and benefits of marriage to same-sex couples? a. cultural b. economic c. labor market d. political

Sociology