Short-answer questions
Answer each question carefully. Consult your Social Research text when
your memory fails you or when you are in doubt about the accuracy of your
responses.
1
What is meant by 'closure' in experimental studies?
2
What are the main stages of experimental research?
3
How is sampling carried out in experimental research and how different is it
from the standard sampling procedures employed in survey research?
4
How is 'randomisation' carried out in experimental research and what purpose
does it serve?
5
Describe the process of data collection in experimental research?
6
What are the major types of experimental designs?
7
What are the major types of experiments?
8
Describe briefly the nature and purpose of demonstration experiments.
9
Explain the way in which field experiments are carried out and the purpose they
serve.
10 Name
the most important factors that can affect the validity of experiments.
11
Describe briefly the nature and purpose of 'group discussion'.
12 How
is a focus group in which 'discussion' is going to take place chosen?
13 How
is 'discussion' organised and controlled when 'group discussion' is
carried out?
14 What
is the role of the leader in the context of 'group discussion'?
15 List
some of the problems that can affect group discussion.
16 What
are panel studies, and how are they used in social research?
17
Describe briefly the differences between panel studies and trend studies.
18 What
are the main problems of panel studies?