Question 1

Give an example of primary information and an example of secondary information.What is the key difference between the two types of information?

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Primary information comes from the resea...

Question 2

Andrew is doing a materials-based sociological study of supply chains in the athletic apparel industry.He wants the most credible expert analyses,so he

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A)  prioritizes website addresses that use expert or historical names,such as supplychainjustice.org.
B)  relies mostly on Google and Google Scholar,rather than less well-known search engines.
C)  works only from print sources,not the Internet.
D)  investigates the origin of his sources and prioritizes the ones that underwent a peer-review process.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 3

Emily is conducting a materials-based study of a social issue in Mexico.Which of the following would be classified by sociologists as a report?

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A)  a protester's blog post that records the events from the protester's perspective
B)  the posters used by the protesters
C)  news media that was created on the day of the protest
D)  the U.S.State Department's official document that synthesizes information about human rights in MexicoE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 4

The term materials-based methods is superior to unobtrusive methods because it

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A)  encompasses a greater number of methods.
B)  does not carry the implication that gathering data from people is intrusive and unwelcome.
C)  elevates the value of archival and physical data for sociologists.
D)  broadens the scope of questions that sociologists may ask.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

When McCabe and colleagues studied gender in children's literature,they developed a list of five possible categories for gender in book titles.This list is the

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A)  operationalization.
B)  code.
C)  coding scheme.
D)  gap in the literature.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

Dr.Ling conducts a study of gender-based violence in all nations of the world.Her codebook includes

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A)  a list of relevant hypotheses that she may want to use in analysis.
B)  organized information about the data set,such as countries and rates of violence.
C)  pseudonyms of people and places involved in the study.
D)  a reference list of other studies conducted on this subject.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Sociologists categorize birth certificates as records because records

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A)  are documentation of human life and activity.
B)  are about individuals,whereas reports are about issues.
C)  document events or characteristics at a particular moment in time.
D)  provide government-generated data about populations.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 8

What are three main reasons that researchers use materials-based methods?

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There are four main reasons,and the stud...

Question 9

Which of the following is a first-person account?

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A)  a popular media song performed by the person who wrote it
B)  a government agency document authored by a single person
C)  a Facebook post by a person who observed a significant public event
D)  full data records (birth,marriage,and death certificates) for a single personE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 10

Consider two books about Sacagawea,a Shoshone woman who assisted the Lewis and Clark expedition.One is a history book and one is a historical sociology book.What emphasis is distinctive to historical sociology?

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A)  describing Sacajawea's contribution to American history
B)  emphasizing key decision-making moments for Sacajawea
C)  detailing the available empirical evidence and its limitations
D)  using the story of Sacajawea to strengthen rational choice theoryE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 11

What three criteria do historical-comparative sociologists use to determine whether they have gathered sufficient material?

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The first criterion is to approach sourc...

Question 12

You are conducting a critical content analysis of traffic signs in your community (stop signs,speed limit signs,etc. ).List three themes you might look for in an effort to deconstruct traffic signs.How do these themes exemplify critical content analysis?

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On the surface,traffic signs are very st...

Question 13

Why do some sociologists find the term unobtrusive methods problematic? How does the term materials-based methods address these problems?

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The term unobtrusive defines methods in ...

Question 14

Compare and contrast aggregate data and micro data.Describe one similarity and two differences.

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Aggregate data are summary statistics,su...

Question 15

The most important reason why,when the choice is available,sociologists collect primary information over secondary information is because

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A)  primary information is more recent,and secondary information is more dated.
B)  secondary information was collected by someone else,so the researcher cannot control its quality or content.
C)  primary information is almost always more accurate than secondary information.
D)  secondary information is shared with other researchers,making it less interesting.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 16

Dr.Swan is a sociologist with experience in ethnography and in-depth interviewing.She uses skills developed in those areas to begin a project in historical-comparative research about rural poverty.Accordingly,she selects

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A)  a governmental organization that can grant access to previously developed nation-level data sets.
B)  big data available online that is derived from people's consumer habits.
C)  a West Virginia town suffering from economic dislocation as the case she will examine.
D)  a large sample of individuals drawn from 10 regions of the nation.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 17

When a researcher systematically reviews materials that have been converted into a quantitative data set,seeking to test a hypothesis,this approach is called

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A)  materials-based research.
B)  critical content analysis.
C)  quantitative content analysis.
D)  saturated coding.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 18

In one sentence,briefly describe a historical-comparative research project that you might conduct.Explain why it is best classified as a historical-comparative sociology project,as opposed to a history project.

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Historical-comparative sociology project...

Question 19

Micaela conducts a critical content analysis of beginner's piano lesson books.She deconstructs these artifacts to find

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A)  the physical aspects of the book (e.g. ,paper,ink,and staples) .
B)  a hidden theme of racial superiority embedded in the illustrations.
C)  more possible codes for analysis than she expected.
D)  ways that this analysis could contribute to gaps in the literature.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 20

Organizations such as Data Sharing for Demographic Research are designed to allow researchers to

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A)  form research teams with other scholars.
B)  share data that would be time-consuming and expensive for scholars to collect onTheir own.
C)  comply with federal laws and regulations regarding data collection and dissemination.
D)  work from a shared understanding of what constitutes high-quality data.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Exam 12: Materials-Based Methods

You are conducting a critical content analysis of traffic signs in your community (stop signs,speed limit signs,etc. ).List three themes you might look for in an effort to deconstruct traffic signs.How do these themes exemplify critical content analysis?

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What three criteria do historical-comparative sociologists use to determine whether they have gathered sufficient material?

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Compare and contrast aggregate data and micro data.Describe one similarity and two differences.

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Why do some sociologists find the term unobtrusive methods problematic? How does the term materials-based methods address these problems?

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Emily is conducting a materials-based study of a social issue in Mexico.Which of the following would be classified by sociologists as a report?

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Give an example of primary information and an example of secondary information.What is the key difference between the two types of information?

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