AIR 181 · CSE 2025 · Sociology I · 52 pages

Reshma S: Sociology I answer copy

19 answers by Reshma S, as written in the test. Each question opens a page with how other toppers answered it.

The questions

  1. Q1(a)Write short notes on the following: (Each note should not exceed 150 words) (10 x 5 = 50) (a) What are the criteria used for evaluating the soundness of a sociological research?10 marks
  2. Q1(b)Many claim that Sociology is nothing but the application of common sense. Do you agree?10 marks
  3. Q1(c)What are the limitations of surveys that use standardized questions?10 marks
  4. Q1(d)When asked to compare Sociology and Psychology, G.H. Mead made an analogy about studying the trees or the forest to compare sociology and individual human behavior. What do you think?10 marks
  5. Q1(e)Examine the relationship between Sociology and Economics.10 marks
  6. Q2(a)There is a constant feedback loop between sociological research and human behavior; one informs the other. All research involving humans can pose ethical dilemmas. Illustrate with suitable examples.20 marks
  7. Q2(b)What is sampling? Distinguish between random and non random sampling techniques.20 marks
  8. Q2(c)Differentiate between quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection.10 marks
  9. Q3(a)Analyse how Sociology as a discipline was born out of the attempt to understand the transformations that seemed to threaten the stability of society.20 marks
  10. Q3(b)What are the salient features of positivism? How was positivism critiqued?20 marks
  11. Q3(c)What is a hypothesis? Develop and evaluate a hypothesis on corruption present in Indian society.10 marks
  12. Q4Write short notes on the following: (Each note should not exceed 150 words) (a) Describe how status is used as a system of stratification.10 marks
  13. Q4(b)Differentiate between social mobility in open and closed systems.10 marks
  14. Q4(c)Examine the middle Classes in contemporary India.10 marks
  15. Q4(d)Are Social Isolation and social exclusion different?10 marks
  16. Q4(e)Analyse the various types of equality.10 marks
  17. Q5(a)Gender is a socially constructed stratification system, embedded at the individual, interactional and institutional dimensions of the society. Comment.20 marks
  18. Q5(b)Distinguish between Marxian and Weberian theories of social stratification.20 marks
  19. Q5(c)The variation in the concept of poverty reveals its dimensionality. However, when closely examined, these dimensions are seen to be conceptually interrelated and complementary rather than substitutable. Elaborate.10 marks

The answers

Question 1(a) · 10 marks · 191 words written

Write short notes on the following: (Each note should not exceed 150 words) (10 x 5 = 50) (a) What are the criteria used for evaluating the soundness of a sociological research?

Opening

Sociological research can be evaluated by using reliability and validity of data.

The criteria would vary from research to research.

Reliability :- (The credibility of the data is checked)

Body · points

  1. Inter-rater reliability :- Even by changing the researcher the results of the research should not vary.

  2. Parallel forms of reliability :- The researcher can use both qualitative and quantitative methods to check it.

  3. Split half reliability :- The data is split into two and the average of both the data is compared. It is used in quantitative methods.

  4. By randomly checking the data the reliability have to be correct and it is called as Inter-consistency reliability.

Validity:- The data is compared with the expected outcomes.

  1. content validity :- The data is checked to relate it with the need of the research.
  2. construct validity :- The data is checked to increase reliability and to decrease extraneous variables.
  3. Measurement validity :- The measurement of the data could be checked again to ensure correct measurement.

Close · a summary

At the end of the research, there should be a high validity and reliability which can be achieved using triangulation to some extent.