If an event cannot take place, probability will be: 0
Respondent is the term used in: Kinship studies
The root-mean square deviation is also called: Standard deviation
Objectives of research studies depend upon: The goal to be attained
The final result of a study will be more accurate if the sample drawn is: Representative to the population
While taking deviations the signs are ignored in: Mean deviation
Fisher’s ideal index is: Geometric mean of Laspeyre’s and Paasche’s index
What is true about objectivity: In an experimental group dynamic situation and new social norms arise: When individuals are faced with ambiguous situations
Thurston scale is a type of: Attitude scale
What is positivism: Positivism is a philosophical position on how we go about obtaining knowledge
The . . . . . . . . method consists in the collection of data concerning the living, the working conditions of people in a given area with a view to formulate practical social measures for their betterment and welfare: Social survey
The research antagonistic to ex-post tacto research is: Experimental studies
Which types of sampling method is ideally suited, where there is no knowledge about population: Snowball sampling method
The standard deviation of sampling distribution is called: Standard error
Which of the following type of research hypothesis is a pre-requisites: Experimental study
Statistical observations arranged in chronological order is called: Time services
Objectivity means: Lack of personal values and bias in one’s work
Which one of the following methods is known as probability sampling: A sample selected by Tippets numbers from the given totality
The nature of relationship is studied through: Regression
If median 4400, MD = 5714 co-efficient of mean deviation is: 0.054
A set of techniques used to measure attractions and repulsions during inter-personal relations in quantitative and diagrammatic terms is known as: Sociometry
The nature of relationship is studied through: Regression
Who is known to have used ‘participant observation’ methods in study of American society: W. F. Whyte
Who found an epistemological break between Marx’s early philosophical work and his later scientific theories and knowledge: L. Althusser
Which of the correct sequence of steps involved in sociological investigation: Formulation of problem, Planning research design, Field work, Analysing data, drawing conclusion
Why does Stacey argue against the idea of a feminist ethnography: Because she thinks that the fieldwork relationship is inherently unequal
A logical sentence is called: Proposition
If by obtaining two curves one for X variable and other for Y variable we see the both curves moving in the same direction, it indicates: Positive correlation
The points of intersection of the ‘less than’ and the ‘more than’ ogives correspond to: Median
According to Weber, there is no absolutely of culture: Objective analysis
If wishes or values do not consciously or unconsciously distort reporter’s description of the situation, then the report is: Objective
Hypothesis cannot be stated in: General terms
Social research is: The logical arrangement of facts which mutually explained each other
The French social philosopher who gave stress on scientific theories and observation was: A. Comte
By which of the following means objective facts cannot be secured or established by a researcher: From material collected on the basis of oath and affirmation
Field study is a method of research in which the observations are taken in the: Natural set up
Who has developed a variation of ‘life history’ approach called ‘literary folklorist’: Dolby-Stahl