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Student Study Guide Quiz

The Research Process - Chapter 2 - Student Study Guide Quiz

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Question 1:

Theories are ideas about the way other ideas are related.
a) True
b) False

Question 2:

Data are facts produced by research.
a) True
b) False

Question 3:

The evidence collected in the research process is called ‘theory.’
a) True
b) False

Question 4:

Theories are empirical facts.
a) True
b) False

Question 5:

Data are not abstract; they are concrete.
a) True
b) False

Question 6:

Data can be collected without a theory about the answer to a research question.
a) True
b) False

Question 7:

The result of research is neither theory nor data—it is knowledge.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

________ is a guess about the way things are.
a) A sample
b) Data
c) A theory
d) Research

Question 9:

Theories are ________.
a) abstract notions about the way concepts relate to each other
b) ideas about the way other ideas are related
c) ideas about how something works
d) all of the above
e) a and b above

Question 10:

The evidence collected in the research process is called ________.
a) a theory
b) data
c) sample
d) measures

Question 11:

Data are empirical facts. They can be ________.
a) scores or counts
b) tapes of conversations
c) transcripts of interviews
d) written observations
e) all of the above

Question 12:

The result of research is ________.
a) theory
b) data
c) knowledge
d) a and b above