14. Validity in a. Th research means: e extent to which operational definitions

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14. Validity in a. Th research means: e extent to which operational definitions of variables measure what they intend to measure b. The extent to which study results can be replicated across different settings c. The extent to which research findings can be replicated by different researchens d. The extent to which survey questions are unbiased. 15. Response bias is: a. When research findings are not replicable. b. When research findings accidentally reveal the identity of the research subjects. e. When the wording or order of a survey question prompts a particular answer. d. When the sampling method of a survey is not representative. 16. Which of the following best describes Milgram's obedience to authority study? a. An unethical study that examined whether people would give electric shocks to others if they were told to do so. An unethical study that examined how prisoners behaved in response to different b. c. An unethical study that examined whether the children of authoritarian parents d. An unethical study that examined whether sick patients would follow their doctor's types of prison guards became obedient or rebellious teenagers. orders, even if it meant they might die. 17. Which of the following best describes a spurious correlation between alcohol abuse and domestic violence? a. If domestic violence is unrelated to alcohol abuse. b. If alcohol abuse is an indirect cause of domestic violence. c. If both alcohol abuse and domestic violence are caused by some third variable. d. If alcohol abuse is both cause and consequence of domestic violence

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Ans 14 a) The extent to which operational definitions of variables measure what they intend to measure.

The validity of the sociological research refers to the the degree that the study and research results can be generalised. The findings of the research must represent the events that they are intended to measure.

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