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| 1. Briefly describe the types of research questions sociologists ask and how they differ. |
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| 2. What are the seven basic steps of a sociological research project? |
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| 3. What is the difference between cause and correlation? |
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| 4. Why can it be difficult to establish causation? |
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| 5. What is a variable? What are independent and dependent variables? |
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| 6. For what kinds of research is ethnography a useful method? Give an example. |
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| 7. What are the strengths and weakness of experimental research for sociology? |
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| 8. What research methods did Laud Humphreys use in his research on tearooms? |
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| 9. While doing research, why is it important to take precautions to protect human subjects? |
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| 10. Briefly describe some elements that would characterize good quality sociological research. |
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