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The president of Big Hotdog, Inc. considered changing the wage structure to increase worker productivity. She called in the firm’s top management team to decide. The vice president for sales said: “I read an article in last week’s Fortune magazine, and it proves that the proposed new wage structure is best.” Which error does the vice president of sales make?

Dr. Josh Lang attempted to interview people in Indonesia about mental illness in their family history. He had difficulty learning anything because mental illness is taboo in Indonesian culture. This illustrates

Some of the day care workers at the field research site refused to cooperate or have anything to do with Dr. Gulley, even though she was friendly towards them. This illustrates

A local human service organization contacted Sam Tanaka and asked him to conduct a study identifying the difficulties and problems of the elderly in the local community so that the organization could develop social programs to help them. What type of study was Mr. Tanaka being asked to conduct?

Which of the following theoretical statements has the narrowest scope?

What is one reason a reader of historical-comparative research might have difficulty fully understanding the findings of a study?

On your way to meet with your Methods instructor, you pass an office where you overhear two sociologists aggressively discussing a research project. One of the sociologists is criticizing the project’s design and trying to find flaws in it. You are witnessing which norm of the scientific community?

Researchers use unstructured or intensive interviews in field research in order to

Professor Jones gathers existing statistical information from various United Nations Publications and other sources on 120 nations. She then analyzes the information to see whether nations with certain forms of government (e.g., democratic versus dictatorship) and economies (e.g., industrial versus agricultural) have particular social programs (e.g., public health programs). This is which type of comparative research?

When conducting interviews on a field site, a field researcher should