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Student Study Guide Quiz

The Research Process - Chapter 4 - Student Study Guide Quiz

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Question 1:

Qualitative research sets out to give numerical results that can be reported in tables and graphs.
a) True
b) False

Question 2:

Sample sizes are much larger in qualitative research than in quantitative research.
a) True
b) False

Question 3:

Much of the debates regarding the relative value of qualitative and quantitative data-collection strategies are incorrect.
a) True
b) False

Question 4:

Sampling methods in qualitative and quantitative research are essentially the same.
a) True
b) False

Question 5:

Quantitative research designs cannot give detailed information about a social problem.
a) True
b) False

Question 6:

________ research can provide data on general trends and patterns.
a) Quantitative
b) Qualitative
c) Positivist
d) Descriptive
e) Inductive

Question 7:

________ research designs cannot give detailed information about a social issue.
a) Quantitative
b) Qualitative
c) Positivist
d) Descriptive
e) Inductive

Question 8:

The purpose of social research, according to ________, is to uncover facts and truth.
a) phenomenologism
b) inductive
c) empirical
d) positivist

Question 9:

Samples must be selected using random means in ________ research.
a) positivist
b) qualitative
c) quantitative
d) phenomenological

Question 10:

Most ________ researchers feel that the social sciences should adopt scientific methods to mirror the kind of research conducted in the natural sciences.
a) qualitative
b) positivist
c) quantitative
d) descriptive
e) inductive