Question

which of the following statements is true of the beliefs of german social scientist max weber?

a. he believed that class struggle is the most significant factor in determining the social relations between people in industrial societies.

b. he disagreed with marxs idea that economics is the central force in social change.

c. he believed that values cannot be separated from the research process.

d. he stressed that social behavior can be analyzed by purely objective criteria.

kevin, a sociologist, decides to study the relationship between stress and aggression. he develops a hypothesis and conducts an experiment with a group of participants to systematically gather data. after analyzing the results, kevin concludes that there is a positive correlation between stress and violence. in this scenario, which of the following methods is kevin using to test his hypothesis?

a. research

b. ethnography

c. symbolic interactionism

d. secondary analysis

Explanation:

• For the first question:
• Max Weber believed that values cannot be separated from the research process. He emphasized the role of multiple factors (not just class struggle as in Marx's view) in social change and was critical of the idea that social behavior can be analyzed purely objectively.
• For the second question:
• Kevin is conducting research. Ethnography involves in - depth fieldwork and participant observation. Symbolic interactionism is a theoretical perspective, not a research method. Secondary analysis uses existing data, while Kevin is gathering new data through an experiment.

Answer:

• First question: C. He believed that values cannot be separated from the research process.
• Second question: A. Research