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Question 1

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What are the five key objectives of science in Empiricism?
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  • prediction, summary, conclusion, explanation, description
  • influence, prediction, questions, exploration, answers
  • exploration, description, explanation, prediction, influence
  • questions, answers, prediction, explanation, summary

Question 2

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Which form of reasoning is the process of drawing a specific conclusion from a set of premises?
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  • Rationalistic reasoning
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Probabilistic reasoning
  • Inductive reasoning

Question 3

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Which “scientific method” follows these steps: 1) observation/data, 2) patterns, 3) theory?
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  • Inductive
  • Deductive
  • Implosion
  • Top down

Question 4

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All of the following are common characteristics of experimental research except:
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  • it relies primarily on the collection of numerical data
  • it can produce important knowledge about cause and effect
  • it uses the deductive scientific method
  • it rarely is conducted in a controlled setting or environment

Question 5

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The Aim or Statement of Purpose in a research study should:
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  • Identify the design of the study
  • Identify the intent or objective of the study
  • Specify the type of people to be used in the study
  • Describe the study

Question 6

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One step that is not included in planning a research study is:
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  • Identifying a researchable problem
  • Developing a research plan
  • Statement of the research question
  • Conducting a meta-analysis of the research
  • A review of current research

Question 7

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Systematic error is associated with:
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  • Validity
  • Reliability

Question 8

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An ordinal scale is used to rank order people, objects, or characteristics.
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  • True
  • False

Question 9

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What is a research design?
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  • A framework for every stage of the collection and analysis of data
  • The style in which you present your research findings, e.g. a graph
  • A way of conducting research that is not grounded in theory
  • The choice between using qualitative or quantitative methods

Question 10

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A research plan _____.
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  • Should be given to others for review and comments
  • Sets out the rationale for a research study
  • Should be detailed
  • All of the above

Question 11

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A formal statement of the research question or “purpose of research study” generally ______.
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  • Is made after the literature review
  • Will help guide the research process
  • Is made prior to the literature review
  • All of the above

Question 12

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Qualitative research is often exploratory and has all of the following characteristics except:
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  • it is typically used when a great deal is already known about the topic of interest
  • it relies on the collection of non-numerical data such as words and pictures
  • it is used to generate hypotheses and develop theory about phenomena in the world
  • it uses the inductive scientific method

Question 13

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Which scientific method focuses on testing hypotheses developed from theories?
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  • Deductive method
  • Inductive method
  • Hypothesis method
  • Pattern method

Question 14

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Which scientific method often focuses on generating new hypotheses and theories?
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  • Deductive method
  • Inductive method
  • Hypothesis method
  • Pattern method

Question 15

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If a study is "reliable", this means that:
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  • The measures devised for concepts are stable on different occasions
  • It was conducted by a reputable researcher who can be trusted
  • The findings can be generalised to other social settings/ populations
  • The methods are stated clearly enough for the research to be replicated

Question 16

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Reliability is most simply known as which of the following?
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  • Consistency or stability
  • Appropriateness of interpretations on the basis of test scores
  • Ways in which people are the same
  • A rank order of participants on some characteristic

Question 17

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When each member of a population has an equally likely chance of being selected, this is called:
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  • A non-random sampling method
  • A quota sample
  • A snowball sample
  • A random probability selection method

Question 18

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Which of the following statements are true?
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  • The larger the sample size, the greater the sampling error
  • The more categories or breakdowns you want to make in your data analysis, the larger the sample needed
  • The fewer categories or breakdowns you want to make in your data analysis, the larger the sample needed
  • As sample size decreases, so does the size of the confidence interval

Question 19

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Sampling in qualitative research is generally not:
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  • Simple random sampling
  • Systematic sampling
  • Quota sampling
  • Purposive sampling

Question 20

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Which of the following is not a form of non-random sampling?
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  • Convenience sampling
  • Quota sampling
  • Purposive sampling
  • Snowball sampling
  • They are all forms of non-random sampling
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