Mock Test for SOCI 217 - Test 1 Q1 - Inductive vs. deductive Imaging you are conducting a research project to explore the experience of using marijuana among college students. You decided to first collect data by distributing survey questionnaires and hope to derive a new theory using your findings from quantitative data analysis. Such a practice is called: A. Grounded theory B. Hypothesis testing C. Inductive approach D. Deductive approach E. Participatory action research (PAR) F. Intersubjectivity or Objectivity Q2 - Ann believes that any thoughts constructed by the social scientist to grasp the social reality must be founded on the perceptions and lived experiences of the individuals they study. Ann is mostly likely to be a: A. Positivist B. Quantitative researcher C. Qualitative researcher D. Interpretivist E. Constructionist F. Objectivist Q3 -- In an experiment that assessing the effectiveness of new teaching method in the college classroom, what conduct is most likely to lead to reactive effect? A. Whether there is a pre-testing or not in the experimental design B. Whether participants are aware that they are participating in an experiment C. Some participants drop out through the studied period D. Only certain students get selected to participate in the experiment E. Participants were not randomly assigned to the control and experimental groups F. Survey questions in the questionnaire fail to capture the study objective Q4. Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of Americans from adolescence through adulthood. Each year, a total of approximately 50,000 high school students in their 8th, 10th, and 12th grades are sampled and surveyed. Monitoring the Future is a: A. Cross-sectional study B. Longitudinal study C. Cohort study D. Case study
E. Experimental study F. Ethnography Q5. Which of the following is not an ethical concern according to TCPS2? A. The welfare of the community affected by the research B. Obtaining informed consent from participants C. Replicability of the proposed study D. Fairness in the treatment of the researchers themselves E. Respect for all persons affected by the proposed research F. Balancing harms and benefits through the proposed research Q6. Which of the following statement is not true? A. There are in total of six affiliated research Ethics Boards at UBC B. Researchers have to consider the risks and benefits in the treatment of study participants and researchers themselves C. In the Tearoom Trade (1970) study, Humphrey contacted the respondents whose licence numbers he had written down right away. D. Humphrey never debriefed the participants when the study was finished in the Tearoom study E. Obtaining ethics approval for qualitative research is often more difficult than for quantitative studies F. A consent form is sometimes provided for study participants to sign Q7. There are multiple ways to study school bullying. Some researchers choose to interview bullies and measure school bullying based on their self-reported bullying cases. Some choose to hand out survey and ask every participant to report the cases of bullying victimization experience. This example