A Social Research Methods Class Wants to Study Smoking

question 43

Multiple Choice

A social research methods class wants to study smoking.First,the professor asks how many people in the class are smokers.Two people indicate that they are.Then she asks how many people have smoked a cigarette in the past week and ten people indicate that they had.From this,the class decides,for the purposes of the survey,a smoker will be anyone who has smoked a cigarette in the past week and currently owns a pack of cigarettes.This is a(n)

• A) operational definition.
• B) hypothesis.
• C) spurious correlation.
• D) ethical challenge.

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Definitions:

GEO

Stands for Geographic Information System, a framework for gathering, managing, and analyzing data related to positions on Earth's surface.

LEO

Stands for Low Earth Orbit, which is an orbit relatively close to Earth's surface where satellites can provide communication or remote sensing services.

MEO

Medium Earth Orbit, a designation for the orbit of satellites that reside in an orbit roughly between 2,000 and 35,786 kilometers above the Earth's surface.

Calibrated Instrument

A calibrated instrument is a device that has been tested and adjusted to ensure its accuracy and reliability in measurement, according to specified standards.