Test Bank for Fundamentals of Social Research 6ce 6th Canadian Edition by Earl Babbie, Jason D. Edgerton. Full Chapters test bank are included - Chapter 1 to 17
Part 1: An Introduction to Inquiry
Chapter 1: Human Inquiry and Science
Chapter 2: Paradigms, Theory, and Research
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Test Bank for Fundamentals of Social Research 6th Canadian Edition Babbie
Full Chapters included Chap 1 to 17 - Answers included
Chap 01 6ce Babbie
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. Idiographic explanations are inductive and nomothetic explanations are deductive.
a. True
b. False
2. Social scientific research aims at determining logical and persistent patterns of regularities in social life.
a. True
b. False
3. Triangulation emphasizes the benefits of checking qualitative and quantitative results against each other to
strengthen the validity of conclusions.
a. True
b. False
4. It is possible to quantify non-numerical concepts.
a. True
b. False
5. The variable plumber has the attribute of occupation.
a. True
b. False
6. The replication of inquiry provides a safeguard against overgeneralization.
a. True
b. False
7. Pure research creates knowledge for knowledge’s sake.
a. True
b. False
8. If an exception is found to a sociological pattern, the pattern is invalid.
a. True
b. False
9. Social theory has to do with what is and why, not with what should be.
a. True
b. False
10. Qualitative data can be richer in meaning than quantified data.
a. True
b. False
11. Every observation is quantitative at the outset.
a. True
b. False
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12. Social researchers focus their attention on individual cases.
a. True
b. False
13. In causal explanation, the presumed cause is the dependent variable; the affected variable is the independent
variable.
a. True
b. False
14. Science can settle debates about values.
a. True
b. False
15. An independent variable is presumed to cause a dependent variable.
a. True
b. False
16. The misuse of authority refers to experts who publicly discuss matters outside their area of expertise.
a. True
b. False
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
17. What is one benefit of quantification?
a. It often makes our observations more implicit.
b. It can make it easier to aggregate data.
c. It can make it easier to collect data.
d. It helps add a richness to our understanding of the data.
18. After examining court records, Jennifer concludes that mothers are more likely to obtain custody of their
children than fathers. What type of explanation is this?
a. nomothetic b. idiographic
c. overgeneralized d. illogical
19. Richard examined the following categories of undergraduate students: full-time, part-time, and flex-time. What
are these categories known as?
a. concepts b. variables
c. classes d. attributes
20. Drawing on past research, Rasheed would like to test the hypothesis that first-year university students have
more difficulty balancing their studies with part-time employment than students did 20 years ago. What
approach is Rasheed taking to the research subject?
a. productive b. inductive
c. reactive d. deductive
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21. What statement best describes deductive approaches to social theory and research?
a. Deductive begins with big things and moves toward small things.
b. Deductive begins at the bottom and moves toward the top.
c. Deductive begins at a micro level and moves toward a macro level.
d. Deductive begins with theoretical ideas and moves toward observable things.
22. “Sensitivity training reduces racial bias.” What type of statement is this?
a. a theory b. a probabilistic statement
c. a thesis statement d. a knowledge agreement
23. What does the phrase “Knowledge for knowledge’s sake” best describe?
a. pure research b. applied research
c. inductive logic d. deductive logic
24. What is the term for ideas that help us to understand how two concepts are related to one another?
a. theories b. propositions
c. observations d. concrete experiences
25. The textbook makes a point that concrete level of experience is, by itself, which of the following?
a. meaningless
b. meaningful
c. reliable
d. unreliable
26. Your local newspaper reports a high-profile suicide. At age 14, a girl named Suzanne killed herself after years
of being bounced around several foster homes and experiencing drug addiction and sexual exploitation. A public
inquest was held in order to gain an understanding all of the circumstances surrounding Suzanne’s death. What
kind of explanation is presented to help us understand this case?
a. idiographic
b. nomothetic
c. probabilistic
d. quantitative
27. Which of the following is a list of variables?
a. plumber, professor, dentist
b. occupation, political party preference, birthrate
c. 21, violent, social class
d. dishonest, conservative, farmer
28. Which of the following is NOT an aim of social science?
a. judging social values b. predicting social phenomena
c. understanding social regularities d. explaining social regularities
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29. Which of the following is a probabilistic statement?
a. When serving as jurors, women always vote for acquittal.
b. When serving as jurors, women never vote for acquittal.
c. When serving as jurors, women tend to vote for acquittal.
d. When serving as jurors, it is unlikely women will vote for acquittal.
30. At which level of experience do seeing, touching, tasting, smelling, and hearing occur?
a. abstract
b. symbolic
c. concrete
d. sensate
31. When describing qualitative and quantitative explanations, what can we conclude?
a. Both types of explanations tend to be idiographic.
b. Both types of explanations tend to be nomothetic.
c. Qualitative explanations tend to be idiographic, and quantitative explanations tend to be nomothetic.
d. Qualitative explanations tend to be nomothetic, and quantitative explanations tend to be idiographic.
32. Which of the following debates would science be unable to settle?
a. the existence of one God or many gods
b. the role of humans in causing climate change
c. whether or not findings can ever be replicated
d. the extent to which women are more emotional than men
33. Mixed methods researchers can do all of the following EXCEPT which one?
a. give priority to one form of data over another
b. use qualitative data
c. use quantitative data
d. rely on single viewpoints
34. Among the following, which is the best example of pure research?
a. an evaluation of the effectiveness of a water sanitation program in reducing maternal mortality in Ghana
b. an experiment to test whether or not a new drug shrinks cancerous tumours
c. depictions of childbirth in nineteenth-century romance novels
d. a campus-wide survey of students’ mental health needs during exams
35. What term refers to the statements that express the relationship between two or more concepts?
a. percepts
b. symbols
c. propositions
d. patterns
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