Methods of Social Research SOC 300

part 1) Read the textbook (Chap 2: Interviewing) carefully and answer the following questions.

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  What is the difference between a face-to-face survey and a semi-structured interview?

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  What is the difference between a semi-structured interview and a loosely structured interview?

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  What is the goal of qualitative interviewing (especially loosely structured interviewing)?

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  What is an informed consent statement? Why do we need it?

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  Is it OK to interview a person under 18 for your study? Explain your answer.

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  During the interview, an interviewee expresses racist views. How should you respond to this situation?

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  Is random sampling a good method to select participants in a qualitative interviewing study? Explain your answer.

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  Why is it critically important to establish rapport well with the interviewees in an interview study?

Part 2) Week 13 Lab Assignment (1)

• Week 13 Lab Assignment (1)Following is a survey done in a sociology class.Q1. Which music do you like most? Select one.( ) Country( ) Rap( ) RockQ2. On the scale of 1 (dislike very much) to 5 (like very much), how much do you like sushi? (Dislike very much) 1 2 3 4 5 (Like very much)Q3. What is primary race/ethnicity? Select one.( ) Hispanic( ) Black( ) Other (White, etc.)Q4. How old are you?_____ years old======================Based on the answers given by the students in one class, the following data table was created. This table shows how each of the 22 students responded to the questions.

  	Musicpreferenece	Race	Liking sushi	Age (yrs)
  Student 1	Rap	Hispanic	5	21
  Student 2	Rap	Hispanic	5	23
  Student 3	Country	Hispanic	1	52
  Student 4	Country	Black	1	50
  Student 5	Country	Hispanic	3	38
  Student 6	Rap	Hispanic	4	31
  Student 7	Rap	Hispanic	5	30
  Student 8	Country	Hispanic	5	26
  Student 9	Rock	Hispanic	1	24
  Student 10	Rap	Hispanic	4	22
  Student 11	Country	Black	2	22
  Student 12	Rock	Hispanic	2	26
  Student 13	Rap	Black	4	29
  Student 14	Rap	Black	1	46
  Student 15	Rap	Black	3	31
  Student 16	Rap	Hispanic	5	24
  Student 17	Rap	Hispanic	4	21
  Student 18	Country	Black	2	58
  Student 19	Rock	Hispanic	1	24
  Student 20	Rock	Hispanic	1	24
  Student 21	Rock	Hispanic	5	39
  Student 22	Rap	Black	1	46

  ======================Using the data table presented above, answer the following questions.

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  Create a frequency distribution table for the variable, music preference. Make sure to calculate %s.Frequency table

  Favorite music	Frequency or count	Percentage
  Country		%
  Rap		%
  Rock		%
  Total		%

  If you don’t know how to calculate %, check the following sites:Percentages (%)https://www.mathsisfun.com/percentage.htmlVideo: The meaning of percenthttps://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-ratios-rates/pre-algebra-intro-percents/v/describing-the-meaning-of-percent

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  Which music is liked most in this class?

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  What are the attributes (or categories) associated with the variable, music preference?

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  At which level is the variable, music preference, measured? Explain your answer.

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  About age, find out the (a) mean, (b) median, (c) mode. Explain, using your own words, what each number (a-c) means.--------------------------------------For info on mean, median and mode, check the following sites:Video: Mean, median, & mode examplehttps://www.khanacademy.org/math/probability/data-distributions-a1/summarizing-center-distributions/v/mean-median-and-modeMean, Median, Mode, and Rangehttp://www.purplemath.com/modules/meanmode.htm

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  At which level is the variable, age, measured? Explain your answer.

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  A dotplot for Hispanic students is presented below. This dotplot depicts how Hispanic students like sushi. Create a similar dotplot for black students. Hispanic students * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ------------------------------------ 1 2 3 4 5 (Dislike) (Like) Black students ------------------------------------ 1 2 3 4 5 (Dislike) (Like) ------------------------------------------------------For info on dot plots, check the following sites:How to create a Dot Plothttps://www.mathsisfun.com/data/dot-plots.htmlDot Plots and Frequency Tables (5:34) https://youtu.be/Iu17mY1VfZU

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  Compare the dotplots you created for (W13L7). Do Hispanics and blacks have a similar or different taste for sushi? Explain your answer.

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  What are the attributes (or categories or values) associated with the variable, liking sushi?

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  At which level is the variable, liking sushi, measured? Explain your answer.

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  Fill out the following table.

  	Country	Rap	Rock	Total
  Black	_______(_____%)	_______(_____%)	_______(_____%)	_______(100%)
  Hispanic	_______(_____%)	_______(_____%)	_______(_____%)	_______(100%)

  ______ <<== # of students(____%) <<== %

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  Based on the table above, do blacks and Hispanics have the same taste in music? Explain your answer.

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  Based on the table above, does one’s race/ethnicity affect his/her taste in music? Explain your answer.

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  What is the unit of analysis contained in the data?

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  List one extraneous variable.