please answer the following questions just write the correct choice:

1.Empiricism is the use of empirical evidence. Empirical evidence is:

a. evidence from Kings and Queens

b. evidence that comes from direct experience, scientifically gathered data, or experimentation.

C. evidence that is not a fact

d. none of the above

2.What are the steps in the Scientific Method?

a. ask a question, research existing literature, formulate a hypothesis, design and conduct a study, draw conclusions, report results

b. research existing literature, formulate a hypothesis, conduct a study, report results

C. ask a question, research existing literature, conduct a study, report results, write a paper

3. What are the major research methods (or strategies) in sociology?

a. conflict, structural functionalism, and symbolic interactionism

b. micro approaches, macro approaches, and mid-level approaches

C. surveys, field research, experiments, and secondary data analysis

d. none of the above

4. Researchers are ethically obliged to tell people when they are being studied. However, this can lead to the Hawthorne Effect. The Hawthorne Effect is when:

a. a researcher fails to establish validity and reliability

b. a researcher does not tell the subjects they are bing studied and they get upset

C. a researcher tells the research subjects they are going to be observed as part of a study which causes them to behave unnaturally

d. none of the above

5. When a researcher conducts a survey they generally have a specific population they are interested in. But because its too difficult to study the entire population, they must:

a. conduct an experiment

b. collect a sample or subset of the population

C. change their topic

d. all of the above

6. Which of the following is most accurate about quantitative and qualitative data:

a. Quantitative data is usually in the form of numbers; qualitative data is more about stories, content, and processes.

b. Qualitative data is usually in the form of numbers; quantitative data is more about stories, content, and processes.

C. Quantitative and qualitative data are the same thing

d. none of the above

7. Observation, participant observation, ethnography, and institutional ethnography are all examples of:

a. research methods

b. fieldwork

C. ways sociologists go about learning

d. all of the above