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RSC2601 Research In Social Sciences Full Exam Pack with MCQs for Assignments and Examinations RSC2601 – Research in Social Sciences RSC2601 - Research in the Social Sciences 1 EXAM PR... EPARATION This document is a compilation of past UNISA exam Questions and Answers, Assignment Questions and Answers, as well as Test Yourself Questions and Answers from Studyguide. Answers are motivated by a combination of: Page references to the UNISA Study Guide: Short summaries regarding the relevant topic(s) in question. Past exams covered are: May/Jun 2016 Oct/Nov 2016 May/Jun 2017 Oct/Nov 2017 May/Jun 2018 Oct/Nov 2018 May/Jun 2019 Oct/Nov 2019 May/Jun 2020 Oct/Nov 2020 Assignments covered are: Previous Assignment 1 Previous Assignment 2 Previous Assignment 3 Previous Assignment 4 Semester 1 Assignment 1 (2021) Semester 1 Assignment 2 (2021) Semester 2 Assignment 1 (2021) Semester 2 Assignment 2 (2021) RSC2601 – Research in Social Sciences May/Jun 2016 2 QUESTION 1 A person of high academic standing is given the task by the local government to investigate the best ways of ensuring participation of people living in a small town in an agricultural development project. Being of her high status, she speaks with authority. The research results obtained by this person must be: accepted unquestioningly because of the high academic standing of the researcher rejected because authority is not a valid way to gain knowledge rejected because participation is a form of common sense knowledge accepted if it withstands critical scrutiny SG p5 QUESTION 2 The different accounts of people having witnessed a car accident can be ascribed to: overgeneralization selective observation ego involvement stress QUESTION 3 People’s dependence on media presentations for understanding the impact of, for example, sophisticated communication technology on their daily lives, is an example of: media myths authority mythical interpretation of technology skepticism towards technology RSC2601 – Research in Social Sciences QUESTION 4 Identify the epistemological statement: social reality and natural reality can be studied in the same way social reality is inherently meaningful human beings are reflexive patriarchy is common in traditional societies hidden structures mask the true nature of social reality ?”” QUESTION 5 Research on juvenile delinquency would be regarded and interpretive if it: establishes a crucial relationship between juvenile delinquency and poverty treats juvenile delinquency as a fact provides reasons for juvenile delinquency focuses on causation rather than description treats juvenile delinquency as a construction of meaning QUESTION 6 In the context of positivism, value freedom implies that: values are not important by positivists to research positivists distance themselves in research from their own values objective findings can be made about social reality the values of the positivist must take precedence in the research process objectivity is pursued by using standardized research procedures a), c), e) RSC2601 – Research in Social Sciences a) , d), e) b), c), d) 4 b) , c), e) c), d), e) QUESTION 7 Which of the following statements are true with regard to theories in the social sciences? theories can describe or explain a phenomenon theories are broader in scope than approaches the level of abstraction of theories can differ theories guide research theories are speculations a), b), c) a), b), d) a), c), d) a) , c), e) b) , c), d) QUESTION 8 Which of the following concepts reflects the highest level of abstraction? age gender alienation educational level income The correct answer is (3) SG p55, 56 RSC2601 – Research in Social Sciences QUESTION 9 Which of the following statements are true? theory inductively guides research research deductively builds theory theory deductively guides research research inductively builds theory a) , b) b) , c) c) , d) a) , c) b) , d) QUESTION 10 If a negative relationship exists between variables in a hypothesis, it implies that: the two variables are not related as the value of one variable decreases, the other variable also decreases in value there is only a weak relationship between the two variables as the value of one variable decreases, the other value increases in value QUESTION 11 The scope of a theory: increases as the level of abstraction increases refers to the generalizability of the theory is associated with a specific domain of analysis RSC2601 – Research in Social Sciences d) refers to the social reality which is studied empirically 6 a), b) a) , d) b) , c) c) , d) a), b), c), d) QUESTION 12 Identify the statement(s) that has/have the potential to be a social law: if we exert less force on an object, it will move slower the suicide rate decreases as the level of social integration increases men are sexist intelligence is an inherited attribute a), b) c), d) a), b), d) c) b) QUESTION 13 In social science basic research tries to about our social world. support or reject theories explain social relationships interpret changes in communities enhance new scientific knowledge all of the above are applicable RSC2601 – Research in Social Sciences QUESTION 14 7 Cross sectional studies concentrate on the of the problem being investigated. structuring repeatability here and now reliability and validity QUESTION 15 A student conducts research on crimes against women in South Africa. She wants to give an accurate profile of the respondents, provide information about the phenomenon and describe successive phases that occur during these crimes. She is conducting research. descriptive explanatory time-series exploratory .................................................................................continued.......................................................................................... [Show More]

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