Research Methodology Of Sociology Set 5

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This set of Research Methodology of Sociology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Research Methodology Of Sociology Set 5

Q1 | The review of literature help the researcher to;
  • acquisition of available knowledge of the topic
  • bring clarity and focus to research problem
  • analyze different methodological perspectives
  • all of the above
Q2 | The term meta-synthesis coined by ……………………..?
  • glasser and strauss
  • judith garrard
  • stern and harris
  • carol m robert
Q3 | Systematic review emerged due to……………….?
  • eliminate biases and promotes through reviewing the existing literature
  • provide evidence based solutions to all problems
  • both a and b
  • b only
Q4 | Reconstructing the information in new ways by building up connections amongcategories and their subcategories. This coding technique is known as……………?
  • selective coding
  • axial coding
  • open coding
  • none of the above
Q5 | Based on study design, variable can be classified as …………………………..?
  • active and attribute variable
  • categorical and continuous variable
  • constant and dichotomous variable
  • predicator and outcome variable
Q6 | What is the first step in systematic review?
  • analyze each study and synthesis result
  • seek out studies relevant to the scope
  • analyze research methods
  • define the purpose and scope of the review
Q7 | Four types of systematic review, excluding?
  • meta summary
  • rapid view
  • meta-analysis
  • methodological review
Q8 | Find out an example for discrete variable
  • time
  • number of children
  • income
  • age
Q9 | Which of the following statement is not related to research questions?
  • help to select relevant literature
  • make decisions regarding research design
  • it is a set of hypothesis
  • provide direction and focus to your research
Q10 | Which of the following is not a type of research questions?
  • relationship between variable
  • developing good practice
  • empowerment/forecasting an outcome
  • describing something
Q11 | Which ethnographer is not included in British ethnographic intellectual traditions?
  • malinowski
  • robert e park
  • evans pritchard
  • radcliffe brown
Q12 | The literary meaning of ethnography is …………………………..?
  • writing culture
  • knowledge of community
  • cultural group
  • human social life
Q13 | Which of the following research methods using preserved historical documents and datato answer a research question?
  • oral history
  • archival methods
  • district handbook
  • content analysis
Q14 | Which of the following statement is not true regarding ethnography?
  • participant observation and informal methods of gather data
  • data collection process is rigid and fixed
  • descriptive analysis of the human actions and institutional practices
  • focus on small sample size and groups of people
Q15 | Which is the major factor to consider while formation of research design forethnographic study?
  • provide an outline of the topic and objectives
  • need to rational explanation to the selection of research sites
  • consider sampling availability and scope
  • all of the above
Q16 | “The discovery of grounded theory” written by ………………………..?
  • robert k yin
  • john w creswell
  • barney glasser and anselm strauss
  • howard lune and tanner
Q17 | Which is not a function of research design?
  • constant function
  • directional function
  • anticipatory function
  • as a blue print of the study
Q18 | Visual ethnography includes……………………..?
  • creation and examination of still photographs and movies
  • investigation of craftsmanship and material culture
  • the study of signs and gestures
  • all of the above
Q19 | The people talk about their overall life experience and memories or to discuss specificexperiences and events in a narrative form. This statement is appropriate to …………. method?
  • gazetteers
  • oral history
  • content analysis
  • genealogy
Q20 | ……………….. facilitate free and uninhibited responses from the respondents?
  • unstructured interviews
  • structured interview
  • semi-structured interviews
  • none of the above
Q21 | “Case study is a comprehensive study of a social unit be that unit a person, a group, aschool institution, a district or a community” who defined?
  • james a black
  • elmer
  • pauline v young
  • wilkinson
Q22 | “The polish peasant in Europe and America” Written by ……………………..?
  • ulrich beck
  • daniel bertaux
  • robert balch
  • thomas and znanicki’s
Q23 | Which of the following is not a principle of life history proposed by Plummer?
  • rational analysis
  • the researched
  • the reflexive-recursive
  • the naturalistic
Q24 | ………..express an idealized or regularizing relationship between people or groups?
  • behavioral genealogy
  • jural genealogy
  • subjective genealogy
  • objective genealogy
Q25 | “Hypothesis is a tentative statement about something, the validity of which is usuallyunknown”. Who defined?
  • steven levitt
  • robert greene
  • black and champion
  • howard s becker