Background Introduction - Social Inquiry - Questionnaire, Exercises of Sociology

Download Background Introduction - Social Inquiry - Questionnaire and more Exercises Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! 1 THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A BADLY DESIGNED SURVEY !!! SOCIOLOGY RESEARCH METHODS QUESTIONNAIRE Instructions: Please answer all questions as truthfully and accurately as possible. Check or mark the appropriate box/space for each question or print an answer in blanks provided. All answers are confidential and complete anonymity is assured. Your participation is voluntary and will help us greatly. Thank you. Part I: Individual Background and Demographic Information 1. Which is your sex? Male Female 2. What is your class standing in the University? Fresh Soph Jr Sr Special 3. How old were you at your last birthday? Years 4. What is your major(s)? (If unknown at this time write “Unknown” in space provided) 5. What is your current GPA for all college courses? 3.8 to 4.00 2.8 to 2.99 1.8 to 1.99 3.6 to 3.79 2.6 to 2.79 1.6 to 1.79 3.4 to 3.59 2.4 to 2.59 1.4 to 1.59 3.2 to 3.39 2.2 to 2.39 1.2 to 1.39 3.0 to 3.19 2.0 to 2.19 Below 1.20 If you do not have any idea of what your GPA is check here 6. What is your current marital status? Never Married, single Divorced/Widowed/Separated Married 7. Do you have any children [adopted or natural or spouses?] Yes No 8. What is your birth order? I was an “only child” Raised in Institution Oldest of siblings Youngest of Siblings In Middle (some siblings older & younger) docsity.com 2 9. What race or ethnic heritage do you consider yourself? Black/Afro-American/Negroid White/Anglo/Caucasian Yellow/Asian/Oriental Native American/Red Brown/Hispanic/Chicano Other 10. What kind of area did you grown-up (spend high school years) in? Rural.Farm Area Village/Small Town (under 10,000 pop) Small City (10,000 to 50,000) Medium City/Suburbs (50,000 to 300,000) Large City (300,000 to 1 million pop.) Major Metropolitan Area (Over 1 million) 11. Where us your “hometown”? Madison, Wisconsin Elsewhere in Wisconsin Elsewhere in Midwest East Coast/Atlantic Seaboard West Coast/Mountain South/Southwest Outside USA 12. What is your religious affiliation? Protestant Baptist Catholic Lutheran Jewish Quaker Muslim Atheist Part II: Family Background Questions 13. What is your father’s occupation?* 14. What is your mother’s occupation?* * If parent is deceased, retired or unemployed please state that. If parent is homemaker please write “Homemaker” in the space. 15. Do both parents work full time? Yes No 16. What social class would you assign to your family based on income & life style? Upper Class Middle Class Upper Middle Class Lower Middle Class Blue Collar/Working Class Poor/Lower Class docsity.com 5 34. Do you support the murder of unborn children by Abortionists? Yes No Undecided 35. Check the statement that expresses your level of comfort with homosexuals: I feel uncomfortable around homosexuals. I would not enter a “gay bar” and would feel better if fewer homosexuals were on Madison’s sidewalks. I feel slightly uncomfortable around homosexuals. While I tolerate them as a minority group I would not have a close personal friend who was a homosexual. I am not bothered by homosexuals. If I was at a party where there were homosexual couples or if I had a known homosexual as a co-worker it would not disturb me. I am completely comfortable around homosexuals. I would like to have some “gay” friends and would not be upset if I was assigned a homosexual as a roommate in the dorms. 36. What is your opinion about the civil war in Ethiopia? Support Ethiopia Support Rebels 37. Which statement describe your attitudes regarding feminism? I strongly support feminism and oppose all sexism I moderately support feminist values I don’t care one way or the other I moderately oppose feminism I strongly oppose feminism and support traditional values 38. Do you think most politicians are dishonest or are they like other people? Yes No 39. Don’t you agree with our President and think that we should increase military aid to governments that fight communists and terrorists? Yes No 40. State whether you Agree Or Disagree With the following statement: I don’t think that it is an unwise policy to continue sending food aid to Poland. 41. Do you think that it is wise to cut spending on social programs and increase military spending? Yes No docsity.com 6 42. Identify which of the following six occupational groups you would choose to entry if you had to choose among them based on work conditions, tasks involved and all forms of reward involved: Writer or Artist Forest Ranger or Sailor Top manager or Corp. Executive Teacher or Counselor Engineer or Chemist Leader of a Movement for Social Change 43. Eleven career or life goals are listed below, choose the three which are most important to you. Rank your choices 1, 2, and 3. Help others, especially the less advantaged Make a large income and accumulate wealth Achieve a position of importance and power in a large organization Care for my family and those close to me Get a secure job without fear of unemployment or layoffs Live in a place where I will be happy and content Make an important contribution to humankind Be independent and control my life without having a boss Become well-known and popular among a large number of people Advance quickly and become a success in my field Have a chance to be creative and explore new ways of doing things 44. Do you favor the legalization of “pot” and similar harmful drugs that young people abuse and increase drug addiction? Yes No 45. This last question is about friends of yours, think of your 4-5 closest friends when answering it. Check the space that best represents how your friends think, or the type of friends you have. MY FRIENDS ARE Conservative Liberal Athletic Not Athletic Noisy Quiet Studious Not very studious Neat in Dress/ Sloppy in dress/ Appearance Appearance Like Classical Like Rock Music Music ******************** END OF QUESTIONNAIRE, THANK YOU ******************** docsity.com