Posted: February 16th, 2016

What are the regulations to be adhered to by the American Sociological Association

1. The American Sociological Association requires that sociologists adhere to all of the following except

A. maintaining objectivity and integrity in their research findings by disclosing the findings even if they do not support their views.
B. being allowed to use any means necessary in conducting their research projects.
C. protect confidential information provided by their participants.
D. acknowledge research collaboration and assistance they receive from others and disclose all financial support.

2.An experiment conducted at the Western Electric Company concluded that

A. increasing the available lighting raises worker performance.
B. decreasing the available lighting raises worker performance.
C. workers work harder when people pay attention to them.
D. breaks are important to a worker s overall satisfaction.

3. Which of the following are the two ways in which theory and research are linked?

A. deductive logical thought and inductive logical thought
B. cause and effect thought and inductive logical thought
C. deductive logical thought and cause and effect thought
D. operationalizing a variable and interpretive sociological thought

4. The logic of science is most clearly expressed in the __________, which is performed under controlled conditions and tries to specify causal relationships between two or more variables.

A. observation
B. survey
C. spurious correlation
D. experiment