Sociology I · Practice questions
Research Methods and Data Collection
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Qualitative research methods are concerned with opinions, feelings and experiences. Comment on their reliability and validity.
20 marks · Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2025
Research Methods and Data CollectionVariables, Sampling and Hypothesis
How do you view and assess the use of case studies and biographies in sociological research?
20 marks · Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2025
Research Methods and Data CollectionNon-positivist Methodologies
Techniques of data collection play crucial role in social research. Describe case studies as a technique of data collection in social research.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2024–2025
Research Methods and Data Collection
Quantitative and Qualitative research can neither produce totally valid and completely reliable data, but both can provide useful insights into social life. In this context, provide the significance of 'methodological pluralism' in social research.
20 marks · Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2024–2025
Research Methods and Data CollectionScience and Scientific Method
Explain the historical analysis as a research method in sociology.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Science and Scientific MethodResearch Methods and Data Collection
What is sampling? Which sampling technique would be suitable to study voting behaviour of people? Explain.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2024–2025
Variables, Sampling and HypothesisResearch Methods and Data Collection
Examine the strengths and limitations of ethnography as a research method in sociology.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2025
Research Methods and Data CollectionNon-positivist Methodologies
Explain the concept of triangulation in research. How does it enhance the validity and reliability of sociological studies?
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2025
Research Methods and Data CollectionVariables, Sampling and Hypothesis
How do mixed-method designs strengthen the validity and reliability of sociological research?
20 marks · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2025
Research Methods and Data CollectionVariables, Sampling and Hypothesis
Discuss the importance of building a hypothesis before sociological research.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2024–2025
Variables, Sampling and HypothesisScience and Scientific Method
Explain how qualitative and quantitative methods complement each other in sociological research.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2024–2025
Research Methods and Data Collection
Discuss how the integration of qualitative and quantitative approaches (mixed methods) can enhance sociological research. Give examples.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Research Methods and Data Collection
What is a comparative method? Illustrate with suitable examples.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Science and Scientific MethodResearch Methods and Data Collection
While quantitative research is useful for identifying relationships between variables, it is qualitative research that can illuminate why this connection exists. Discuss.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Research Methods and Data CollectionScience and Scientific Method
Enlist some quantitative research techniques and evaluate their limitations.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Research Methods and Data Collection
The closer the Hypothesis generated by a theory comes to the reality, the better is the theory. Discuss the importance of building hypothesis in this context.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Variables, Sampling and HypothesisResearch Methods and Data Collection
What is Multivariate analysis? Discuss it in context of Durkheim's study of Suicide.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2023–2025
Emile DurkheimResearch Methods and Data Collection
Describe the types of sampling with clear practical examples.
20 marks · Answered by 2 toppers · CSE 2025
Variables, Sampling and HypothesisResearch Methods and Data Collection
What are the challenges in conduct of a participant observation? Illustrate using research work.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Research Methods and Data CollectionFact, Value and Objectivity
What are the limitations of surveys that use standardized questions?
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Research Methods and Data Collection
Differentiate between quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Research Methods and Data Collection
"The observer becomes the observed in participant observation." Examine. Evaluate the impact of affirmative action on historical inequalities.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Research Methods and Data CollectionEquality, Inequality and Exclusion
Do you agree to the view that interviews expose gaps between perception and reality.
20 marks · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Research Methods and Data Collection
"The observer becomes the observed in participant observation." Examine.
10 marks · 150 words · Answered by 1 topper · CSE 2025
Research Methods and Data Collection