Test: Doing Sociology: Research Methods - Humanities/Arts MCQ

Through 'genealogy' social anthropologists prepare a detailed list of family kinship system.

Stratified Random Sample simply represents all the strata of the societies. For example, if a researcher wants to study tribal society he/she will study tribal people from the different backgrounds.

Qualitative method is very useful in participant observation.

In participant observation, a researcher totally participates in the daily life of people or community and observes it.

To know the election results , it is essential to understand the mindset of various people belonging to the various strata and different regions. To study such big population, survey method is the only way to collect the data.

Interview method is also used in the participant observation.

Census is very useful in knowing the population of any country or region.

Guided conversation means the structured and systematic conversation that has some goal or purpose.

Respondents feel uneasy when their responses are recorded. There is also the possibility of formality and artificiality in the responses of the respondents.

In random selection, each unit has the probability of selection.