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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Arts in Sociology (MA Sociology) .
| 101. |
The review of literature help the researcher to; |
| A. | acquisition of available knowledge of the topic |
| B. | bring clarity and focus to research problem |
| C. | analyze different methodological perspectives |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 102. |
The term meta-synthesis coined by ……………………..? |
| A. | glasser and strauss |
| B. | judith garrard |
| C. | stern and harris |
| D. | carol m robert |
| Answer» C. stern and harris | |
| 103. |
Systematic review emerged due to……………….? |
| A. | eliminate biases and promotes through reviewing the existing literature |
| B. | provide evidence based solutions to all problems |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | b only |
| Answer» C. both a and b | |
| 104. |
Reconstructing the information in new ways by building up connections among categories and their subcategories. This coding technique is known as……………? |
| A. | selective coding |
| B. | axial coding |
| C. | open coding |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. axial coding | |
| 105. |
Based on study design, variable can be classified as …………………………..? |
| A. | active and attribute variable |
| B. | categorical and continuous variable |
| C. | constant and dichotomous variable |
| D. | predicator and outcome variable |
| Answer» A. active and attribute variable | |
| 106. |
What is the first step in systematic review? |
| A. | analyze each study and synthesis result |
| B. | seek out studies relevant to the scope |
| C. | analyze research methods |
| D. | define the purpose and scope of the review |
| Answer» D. define the purpose and scope of the review | |
| 107. |
Four types of systematic review, excluding? |
| A. | meta summary |
| B. | rapid view |
| C. | meta-analysis |
| D. | methodological review |
| Answer» D. methodological review | |
| 108. |
Find out an example for discrete variable |
| A. | time |
| B. | number of children |
| C. | income |
| D. | age |
| Answer» B. number of children | |
| 109. |
Which of the following statement is not related to research questions? |
| A. | help to select relevant literature |
| B. | make decisions regarding research design |
| C. | it is a set of hypothesis |
| D. | provide direction and focus to your research |
| Answer» C. it is a set of hypothesis | |
| 110. |
Which of the following is not a type of research questions? |
| A. | relationship between variable |
| B. | developing good practice |
| C. | empowerment/forecasting an outcome |
| D. | describing something |
| Answer» A. relationship between variable | |
| 111. |
Which ethnographer is not included in British ethnographic intellectual traditions? |
| A. | malinowski |
| B. | robert e park |
| C. | evans pritchard |
| D. | radcliffe brown |
| Answer» B. robert e park | |
| 112. |
The literary meaning of ethnography is …………………………..? |
| A. | writing culture |
| B. | knowledge of community |
| C. | cultural group |
| D. | human social life |
| Answer» A. writing culture | |
| 113. |
Which of the following research methods using preserved historical documents and data to answer a research question? |
| A. | oral history |
| B. | archival methods |
| C. | district handbook |
| D. | content analysis |
| Answer» B. archival methods | |
| 114. |
Which of the following statement is not true regarding ethnography? |
| A. | participant observation and informal methods of gather data |
| B. | data collection process is rigid and fixed |
| C. | descriptive analysis of the human actions and institutional practices |
| D. | focus on small sample size and groups of people |
| Answer» B. data collection process is rigid and fixed | |
| 115. |
Which is the major factor to consider while formation of research design for ethnographic study? |
| A. | provide an outline of the topic and objectives |
| B. | need to rational explanation to the selection of research sites |
| C. | consider sampling availability and scope |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 116. |
“The discovery of grounded theory” written by ………………………..? |
| A. | robert k yin |
| B. | john w creswell |
| C. | barney glasser and anselm strauss |
| D. | howard lune and tanner |
| Answer» C. barney glasser and anselm strauss | |
| 117. |
Which is not a function of research design? |
| A. | constant function |
| B. | directional function |
| C. | anticipatory function |
| D. | as a blue print of the study |
| Answer» A. constant function | |
| 118. |
Visual ethnography includes……………………..? |
| A. | creation and examination of still photographs and movies |
| B. | investigation of craftsmanship and material culture |
| C. | the study of signs and gestures |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 119. |
The people talk about their overall life experience and memories or to discuss specific experiences and events in a narrative form. This statement is appropriate to …………. method? |
| A. | gazetteers |
| B. | oral history |
| C. | content analysis |
| D. | genealogy |
| Answer» B. oral history | |
| 120. |
……………….. facilitate free and uninhibited responses from the respondents? |
| A. | unstructured interviews |
| B. | structured interview |
| C. | semi-structured interviews |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. unstructured interviews | |
| 121. |
“Case study is a comprehensive study of a social unit be that unit a person, a group, a school institution, a district or a community” who defined? |
| A. | james a black |
| B. | elmer |
| C. | pauline v young |
| D. | wilkinson |
| Answer» C. pauline v young | |
| 122. |
“The polish peasant in Europe and America” Written by ……………………..? |
| A. | ulrich beck |
| B. | daniel bertaux |
| C. | robert balch |
| D. | thomas and znanicki’s |
| Answer» D. thomas and znanicki’s | |
| 123. |
Which of the following is not a principle of life history proposed by Plummer? |
| A. | rational analysis |
| B. | the researched |
| C. | the reflexive-recursive |
| D. | the naturalistic |
| Answer» A. rational analysis | |
| 124. |
………..express an idealized or regularizing relationship between people or groups? |
| A. | behavioral genealogy |
| B. | jural genealogy |
| C. | subjective genealogy |
| D. | objective genealogy |
| Answer» B. jural genealogy | |
| 125. |
“Hypothesis is a tentative statement about something, the validity of which is usually unknown”. Who defined? |
| A. | steven levitt |
| B. | robert greene |
| C. | black and champion |
| D. | howard s becker |
| Answer» C. black and champion | |
| 126. |
………………….. is a research strategy where in theory and models are inductively removed from the investigation of logical information? |
| A. | triangulation |
| B. | grounded theory |
| C. | visual ethnography |
| D. | mixed method |
| Answer» B. grounded theory | |
| 127. |
…………………. Is a process, which distinguish key ideas and thoughts that are covered in textual data? |
| A. | open coding |
| B. | axial coding |
| C. | selective coding |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. open coding | |
| 128. |
Pick up the correct statement regarding data triangulation? |
| A. | utilization of multiple methods or techniques in examining a similar phenomenon |
| B. | use multiple observers in the same study for validation purpose |
| C. | utilize more than one theory when examining a phenomenon |
| D. | it utilize various information sources in a similar study for feasibility purpose |
| Answer» D. it utilize various information sources in a similar study for feasibility purpose | |
| 129. |
………………………….. is the combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches in the methodology of study? |
| A. | genealogy |
| B. | grounded theory |
| C. | mixed method |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. mixed method | |
| 130. |
Which of the following is not a characteristics of hypothesis? |
| A. | it is a tentative proposition |
| B. | its validity is unknown |
| C. | statements of factual information |
| D. | it specifies the relationship between two or more variables |
| Answer» C. statements of factual information | |
| 131. |
Which is not a mixed method research designs proposed by Cresswell? |
| A. | convergent mixed method design |
| B. | explanatory mixed method design |
| C. | exploratory sequential mixed method design |
| D. | formulative mixed method design |
| Answer» D. formulative mixed method design | |
| 132. |
Why the researcher choose and consider mixed method is appropriate to understand a problem? |
| A. | because the data may be insufficient |
| B. | to explain initial result |
| C. | generalize exploratory findings |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 133. |
Which of the following is not a challenges of the mixed method? |
| A. | the question of skill |
| B. | enhance a study with a second hand |
| C. | question of convincing others |
| D. | analytical and interpretative issue |
| Answer» B. enhance a study with a second hand | |
| 134. |
The statements and propositions of the theory should be ………………………..? |
| A. | logically consistent |
| B. | interrelated |
| C. | the proposition should be mutually exclusive |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 135. |
“Equal chances of being included in the sample”. It termed as ………………………? |
| A. | snowball sampling |
| B. | stratified sample |
| C. | probability sample |
| D. | non probability sampling |
| Answer» C. probability sample | |
| 136. |
Which among the following is the role of theory in research? |
| A. | theory delimits the study |
| B. | provide conceptual model |
| C. | states universal law |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 137. |
……………………. Is a representative of the entire universe? |
| A. | sample |
| B. | census |
| C. | variable |
| D. | hypothesis |
| Answer» A. sample | |
| 138. |
Biased sample may due to …………………………..? |
| A. | implements instruments |
| B. | the personal qualities of the observer |
| C. | defective technique |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 139. |
“The affluent workers study” led by renowned sociologists ………………………..? |
| A. | john goldthorpe and david lockwood |
| B. | martin holborn and peter langley |
| C. | malcolm gladwell and peter l berg |
| D. | gordon marshall and john scott |
| Answer» A. john goldthorpe and david lockwood | |
| 140. |
Pick out the odd one |
| A. | random sampling |
| B. | cluster sampling |
| C. | stratified sampling |
| D. | snowball sampling |
| Answer» D. snowball sampling | |
| 141. |
Which of the following is not a characteristics of qualitative research? |
| A. | in depth description |
| B. | flexibility in nature |
| C. | deductive approach |
| D. | multiple source of data |
| Answer» C. deductive approach | |
| 142. |
Which statement is true regarding qualitative research? |
| A. | it is too subjective |
| B. | difficult to replicate |
| C. | lack of transparency |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 143. |
“A hypothesis is a conjectural statement of the relationship between two or more variables”. Who defined? |
| A. | gordon marshall |
| B. | kerlinger |
| C. | norbert elias |
| D. | richard dawkins |
| Answer» B. kerlinger | |
| 144. |
When the researcher construct a hypothesis stipulating that there is no difference between two situations, groups or the prevalence of a condition or a phenomena. It is called ……? |
| A. | null hypothesis |
| B. | hypothesis of association |
| C. | representative variable |
| D. | refines hypothesis |
| Answer» A. null hypothesis | |
| 145. |
………………… is a abstract symbol representing an object, a property of objects or a certain phenomenon? |
| A. | hypothesis |
| B. | variable |
| C. | concepts |
| D. | definitions |
| Answer» C. concepts | |
| 146. |
Find out odd one |
| A. | book |
| B. | table |
| C. | height |
| D. | lamb |
| Answer» C. height | |
| 147. |
………….. is a measurable quantitative value of an image, perception and concepts? |
| A. | concepts |
| B. | variable |
| C. | propositions |
| D. | hypothesis |
| Answer» B. variable | |
| 148. |
Variable that are antecedent to the dependent variable. It termed as ………………….? |
| A. | extraneous variable |
| B. | intervening variable |
| C. | attribute variable |
| D. | independent variable |
| Answer» D. independent variable | |
| 149. |
Find out an example for Polytamous variable |
| A. | religion |
| B. | taxi |
| C. | gender |
| D. | water |
| Answer» A. religion | |
| 150. |
The researcher selecting sample from the population. The process is known as ……….? |
| A. | survey |
| B. | sampling |
| C. | variable |
| D. | value |
| Answer» B. sampling | |
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