Lesson 4.3.2.4
4.3.2.4 Considerations in choosing topic and methods Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 3
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The 20 questions
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Which factor is a key practical constraint when selecting a research method?
- Ethical approval
- Informed consent
- Theoretical validity
- Time and funding
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Which ethical requirement ensures participants voluntarily agree to take part with full knowledge?
- Confidentiality
- Debriefing
- Anonymity
- Informed consent
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What is the main ethical issue associated with covert participant observation?
- Lack of consent
- High cost
- Interviewer bias
- Low reliability
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Protecting research participants' identity in published reports is best described as maintaining what?
- Anonymity
- Triangulation
- Validity
- Representativeness
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What type of factor influences a sociologist choosing a topic to test an existing perspective?
- Theoretical factor
- Ethical factor
- Financial factor
- Practical factor
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Which practical issue is most critical when researching secretive or hard-to-reach social groups?
- Anonymity
- Objectivity
- Generalisability
- Access
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Which term describes a study's potential to be repeated by another researcher to check consistency?
- Replicability
- Subjectivity
- Representativeness
- Validity
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What is the primary role of a research ethics committee?
- Ensuring high validity
- Publishing final reports
- Securing research funding
- Protecting participants
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What term refers to the climate of trust established between an interviewer and interviewee?
- Operationalisation
- Replicability
- Objectivity
- Rapport
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What ethical procedure must follow a research study that involved deceiving participants?
- Operationalisation
- Triangulation
- Sampling
- Debriefing
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What issue arises when participants alter their behaviour because they know they are being observed?
- Rosenthal effect
- Hawthorne effect
- Pygmalion effect
- Halo effect
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Which ethical principle allows research participants to leave a study at any time?
- Anonymity
- Protection from harm
- Right to withdraw
- Informed consent
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Which factor should primarily guide a sociologist's choice between a survey and qualitative interviews?
- Data format
- Research question
- Sample size
- Funding limits
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Which practice involves researchers examining how their own values influence their research?
- Reflexivity
- Positivism
- Triangulation
- Operationalisation
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What type of factor are financial costs when selecting sociological research methods?
- Practical factor
- Epistemological factor
- Ethical factor
- Theoretical factor
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Which ethical obligation ensures participants are protected from psychological or physical distress?
- Confidentiality
- Debriefing
- Informed consent
- Protection from harm
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What term describes whether a research project can realistically be completed given available resources?
- Reliability
- Representativeness
- Validity
- Feasibility
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What core research principle requires sociologists to openly report and correct errors in published work?
- Subjectivity
- Research integrity
- Objectivity
- Reliability
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Who must provide formal permission before a researcher can study young children?
- Ethics committee
- School headteacher
- Local council
- Parents or guardians
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What ethical procedure involves explaining a study's true purpose to participants after data collection?
- Informed consent
- Operationalisation
- Pilot study
- Debriefing
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