Exam 2 part 2

Question 1

Peer review

Answer 1

When someone else goes over your results in order to ensure that there are no mistakes.

Question 2

Types of questions to avoid

Answer 2

try to avoid close ended questions like yes or no questions

• do not use abbreviations
• don’t ask double barreled questions:2 different things in one question
• negatively phrased questions
• leading question
• questions that make assumptions
• questions with overlapping response

Question 3

Cultural relativity

Answer 3

view that all beliefs, customs, and ethics are relative to the individual within his own social context.

Question 4

2005 earthquake in Pakistan/media coverage

Answer 4

there were 73000 deaths and millions of people were homeless. This caused more damage than hurricane katrina but it was not talked about there was just a little coverage about it in the US and then it disappeared.

Question 5

Durkheim/suicide

Answer 5

did a study to figure out why people were committing suicide and discovered that it was not individualistic but rather due to not fitting into society’s normal ways of operating

Question 6

Social autopsy vs. investigative reporting

Answer 6

Social autopsy studies why a natural disaster has occurred and the effect it has on the people after. Investigative reporting goes in depth and looks up research on why something has occurred

Question 7

Types of questions to ask in an interview

Answer 7

open end questions

-ask who what when where and how

Question 8

carnal research

Answer 8

an attempt to understand something by emerging ones self.

Question 9

library data base

Answer 9

Academic search premier