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Instructor’s Resource Manual with
Test Bank for
Babbie’s
The Practice of Social Research
Thirteenth Edition
Creaig Dunton
Plattsburgh State University
Queensbury, New York
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Instructor’s Resource Manual
Chapter 1Human Inquiry and Science1
Chapter 2Paradigms, Theory, and Social Research10
Chapter 3The Ethics and Politics of Social Research19
Chapter 4Research Design27
Chapter 5Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement38
Chapter 6Indexes, Scales, and Typologies47
Chapter 7The Logic of Sampling54
Chapter 8Experiments66
Chapter 9Survey Research75
Chapter 10Qualitative Field Research86
Chapter 11Unobtrusive Research95
Chapter 12Evaluation Research103
Chapter 13Qualitative Data Analysis111
Chapter 14Quantitative Data Analysis117
Chapter 15The Logic of Multivariate Analysis126
Chapter 16Statistical Analyses133
Chapter 17Reading and Writing Social Research144
Test Bank
Chapter 1Human Inquiry and Science146
Chapter 2Paradigms, Theory, and Social Research165
Chapter 3The Ethics and Politics of Social Research184
Chapter 4Research Design204
Chapter 5Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement225
Chapter 6Indexes, Scales, and Typologies244
Chapter 7The Logic of Sampling262
Chapter 8Experiments281
Chapter 9Survey Research302
Chapter 10Qualitative Field Research321
Chapter 11Unobtrusive Research339
Chapter 12Evaluation Research358
Chapter 13Qualitative Data Analysis378
Chapter 14Quantitative Data Analysis396
Chapter 15The Logic of Multivariate Analysis419
Chapter 16Statistical Analyses437
Chapter 17Reading and Writing Social Research460
AppendicesAppendix A: General Social Survey, 1996 and 2006
Appendix B: JoinIn for clickers
Appendix C: InfoMarks
PREFACE
This Instructor’s Resource Manual and Test Bank has been prepared for use with Earl Babbie’sThe Practice of Social Research, Thirteenth Edition. Each chapter of the Instructor’s Resource Manual and Test Bank includes the following elements:
INSTRUCTOR’S RESOURCE MANUAL
Brief Chapter Outline:The brief chapter outline enables instructors to provide students with a clear overview of the material that will be covered in the chapter, prior to reading it.
Learning Objectives:Instructors can provide students, at the beginning of each chapter, with the key goals they hope to achieve upon completion of each chapter.
Detailed Chapter Outline:Summaries of each concept in the brief chapter outline are offered here in order to help guide instructors in their lectures.
Teaching SuggestionsThese are suggestions instructors can employ in the classroom to
and Resources:introduce core concepts and link examples from the outside world to the text.
Video Suggestions:Here you will find videos that you can use in class to demonstrate some of the key concepts of the chapter.
InfoTrac Exercises:Exercises that you can assign to your students using the Infotrac online database.
Internet Exercises:This section offers instructors online activities with website references that can be assigned to students to illustrate sociological concepts from the chapters.
Applying Social ResearchThis section includes real life scenarios that illustrate the subject
To Everyday Life:matter of the chapter and critical consumerism information. They connect social research to pop culture, current events, news, etc.
Questions/Activities toA combination of activities and questions that use the chapter’s content
Guide a Research Project:to help instructors guide their students in conducting research. Theseare designed to help students think critically about their research project and how to use material from each chapter for their project.
Examples of Bad Research:This new section shows how research and analysis should not be done. These examples are then shown in the context of the text and “good” research.
TEST BANK
Multiple Choice:This section provides instructors with at least 60 test questions that can be used for exams, quizzes, and study guides. Questions that appear on the student website for practice testing are marked with a W. Each question notes the following information:
- Correct answer (ANS)
- Page reference (PG)
- Type of question (TYPE)
- Factual (recognizing statistical data or associating a specific sociologist’s name to a term/concept)
- Conceptual (based primarily on terms, theories, and major sociological perspectives)
- Applied (consisting of examples and/or scenarios illustrating the terms, theories, and perspectives)
- Source of question (SOURCE)
- Pickup – picked up from the previous edition TB
- New – new to this edition of the TB
- Modified – updated from a question in the previous edition, but still covers the main idea
- Learning objective reference (LO) – Each question is linked to a corresponding learning objective from the list in the IRM
- Difficulty level (LEVEL) – Each question will be marked either Intro or Adv
True/False:Twenty to twenty-five questions for each chapter that can be used for exams, quizzes, and study guides. Each question notes the correct answer, page reference, corresponding learning objective, source, and difficulty level.
Essay Questions:Three to five questions per chapter that can be used for exams, quizzes, study guides, homework assignments and classroom discussion. Each question notes a corresponding learning objective.
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