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Student Study Guide Quiz

The Research Process - Chapter 6 - Student Study Guide Quiz

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Question 1:

When pursuing research objectives, we look for changes in at least one variable to see whether it changes in the manner we predicted.
a) True
b) False

Question 2:

All research observation is guided by a research question.
a) True
b) False

Question 3:

An interview schedule is used when the respondent reads and answers the questions on their own.
a) True
b) False

Question 4:

A scale is a set of values among which respondents can be positioned on the basis of their responses to items on a questionnaire.
a) True
b) False

Question 5:

In an observation, what is being observed is text, a film, or a radio or television program.
a) True
b) False

Question 6:

Reliability means that different researchers, using the same measuring device, would get the same results when measuring the same event.
a) True
b) False

Question 7:

When pursuing ________ we observe how certain variables appear or how they change.
a) a hypothesis
b) content analysis
c) an interview
d) research objectives

Question 8:

In the social and behavioural sciences, ________ often occurs while data is being collected.
a) selecting variables
b) selecting a means for measuring variables
c) devising units of measurement
d) selecting concepts

Question 9:

A(n) ________ is used when the respondent reads and answers questions on their own.
a) interview schedule
b) questionnaire
c) Likert scale
d) attitude scale

Question 10:

________ is very similar to an observation study.
a) Content analysis
b) An interview
c) A Likert scale
d) A focus group

Question 11:

Validity is concerned with how accurately a ________ fits a concept.
a) measure
b) variable
c) scale
d) question

Question 12:

The challenge to the ________ of a measure is that different researchers using the same measure may record different results.
a) validity
b) reliability
c) strength
d) units