Research Model
True or False: Sociological research depends on common sense.
False
Define "survey"
Asking individuals a series of questions
Define "experiment"
Manipulating variables to test your hypothesis
You want to research students' opinions on iPads. Should you do a survey or experiment.
Survey
What comes first, formulating a hypothesis or defining the problem?
Defining the problem
Define "Unobtrusive measures"
Observing the behavior of people who are not aware that they are being studied
Is counting the number of times students go on their phones an experiment? Why or why not?
No. You're not manipulating the variables.
Our sociologist took the responses from her questionnaire and turned the data into a bar graph. What step of the Research Model is she on?
Sharing the results
Provide a "defined problem" for the following topic: School spirit
Stevenson shall judge
How is an Experiment different than Fieldwork?
An experiment is a manipulation of variables
Fieldwork is participating without manipulating
What is a hypothesis? Provide an example.
Predicting a relationship between two variables.
Our sociologist is researching "how social media has impacted teenage deviance." What research method makes sense and why?
Stevenson shall judge.
How does the Research Model represent the Scientific Method?
The research model tests a theory (or hypothesis) by collecting and analyzing data to determine whether or not that theory is true.
How are Documents and Secondary Analysis different?
Secondary analysis is analyzing other people's research
Documents is doing your research by analyzing existing documents (social media, news, letters, music, etc.)
Why should experiments have a control and an experimental group?
To compare the impact of the IV.
Before gathering her own data, our sociologist needs to Review the Literature. Why is this?
See what has been discovered so she does not repeat research and can discover something new.
List FIVE of the EIGHT research model steps in order
Select a topic
Define the problem
Review the literature
Formulate a hypothesis
Choose a research method
Collect the data
Analyze the results
Share the results
Identify FIVE of the SIX research methods
Survey
Participant observation
Documents
Secondary analysis
Experiments
Unobtrusive measures
Provide an example of an experiment for students and cell phones. Identify the IV and the DV.
Stevenson shall judge.
Select a topic, provide a hypothesis, select a research method, and identify the type of data you would be collecting.
Stevenson shall judge