Why Might a Sociologist Interviewing Women Who Have Been Abused

question 97

Multiple Choice

Why might a sociologist interviewing women who have been abused by men garner more effective results if she is a female,rather than a male?

• A)Women make better interviewers in most sociological research.
• B)Sociological research is valid only if it is conducted between members of the same sex.
• C)It is too easy for men to misunderstand what women say.
• D)Victimized women may be less willing to share experiences with a male.

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Definitions:

Operationally Defined

The process of strictly defining variables into measurable factors, defining how a concept will be measured in a specific study.

Meta-analysis

A statistical technique that combines the results of multiple scientific studies to arrive at a conclusion that has greater statistical power.

Double-blind Procedure

An experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, thus ensuring that neither the expectations of the subjects nor those of the experimenters influence the results.

Representative Sample

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