Nick was a promising caseworker for an agency. After earning several lower-level promotions, he was appointed to a supervisory position. Supervisory work did not mix well with Nick's abilities and he fell into a professional rut.
This is an example of the ________.
A) Kanter syndrome
B) Weber effect
C) Peter principle
D) Ouchi theorem
Question 2What is the primary difference between the social and natural sciences?
What will be an ideal response?
Question 3Jasmine is an African American graduate student. She is conducting research on the effects that affirmative action programs have had on American corporations.
She found that 95 percent of the subjects she personally interviewed with open-ended questions, covering a diverse sample of 500 corporate executives, stated that they approved of affirmative action. Her response rate approving affirmative action programs was dramatically higher than the national average. In view of this, Jasmine's research was most likely affected by ________.
A) research fraud
B) interviewer bias
C) biased sample
D) poor interviewing technique
Question 4The social science closely related to sociology, which traditionally focuses on the study of tribal peoples, is called ________.
Fill in the blanks with correct word
Question 5Which of the following examination formats is most likely to incorporate closed-ended questions?
A) an essay exam
B) a multiple-choice exam
C) an oral exam
D) a fill-in-the-blank exam
Question 6A researcher is asking questions of a serious nature, and a respondent gives only socially acceptable answers. This is an example of ________.
A) research fraud
B) poor sample selection
C) interviewer bias
D) research bias
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