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Overgeneralizations are
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when you exclude information
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is when you make assumptions that are not scientifically based
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when there is pressure to understand something and it contributes to bias
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when you cannot accurately recall information
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Inaccurate observations are
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when there is pressure to understand something and it contributes to bias
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when you cannot accurately recall information
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when you make assumptions that are not scientifically based
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when you exclude information
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Selective observation is
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when you exclude information
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when you make assumptions that are not scientifically based
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when you cannot accurately recall information
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when you are pressured to understand something and it contributes to bias
Question 4
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Illogical reasoning is when
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you cannot accurately recall information
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you are excluding information
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there is pressure to understand something and it contributes to bias
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you make assumptions that are not scientifically based
Question 5
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Pre-modern reality is
Question 6
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Quantitative data includes all of these aspects except:
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Attributes are ___________ while variables are ____________.
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grouping of variables, measurable concepts
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characteristics of people/things, independent
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grouping of variables, issues to the problem
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characteristics of people/things, grouping of attributes
Question 8
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Independent variables are presumed to cause of determine a dependent variable.
Question 9
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Empirical support must correspond to what we observe.
Question 10
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A theory can be a philosophy or a beleif.
Question 11
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Physical Abuse affects a child's behaviour. The Abuse is the dependent variable and the child's behaviour is the independent variable.
Question 12
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All of these are true about induction except:
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moving from specific to general
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moving from general to specific
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generating hypothesis/theory
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none of the above
Question 13
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Deductive focuses on testing theories or hypothesis while Induction focuses on creating theories or hypothesis.
Question 14
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Evidence-based program have gone under evaulation.
Question 15
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All of these are scientific constraints when conducting social research except:
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Clinical
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Administrative
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Scientific
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Ethical
Question 16
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What does the TCPS and REB stand for?
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Tri-collective Party Statement and Research Ethics Board
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Tri-council Policy Statement and Research Ethics Board
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Tri-collective Party Statement and Respectful Ethics Board
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Tri-council Policy Statement and Respectful Ethics Board
Question 17
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There are two new policy statements concerning quantitative research and research on the elderly population.
Question 18
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There are all guiding principles of the TCPS except:
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Respect privacy & confidentiality
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Respect Justice
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Respect vulnerable persons
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Respect contact of person
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Respect human dignity
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Respect informed consent
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Balancing harms & benefits
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There are none to exclude
Question 19
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What are the six main components to conduct ethical research?
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disclosure, voluntary participation, no harm, confidentiality, deception, analysis & reporting
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voluntary participation, no harm, confidentiality, deception, analysis & reporting
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disclosure, voluntary participation, no harm, confidentiality, deception
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disclosure, voluntary participation, no harm, confidentiality, analysis & reporting
Question 20
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It is okay to have harm in research and still have it be considered ethical
Question 21
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When an individual can be identified from the released output of the results of the research this is known as
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attribute
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identity
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residual
Question 22
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When an individual's confidential information is revealed and can be attributed to him/her is known as which kind of broken disclosure
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identity
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attribute
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residual
Question 23
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When an individual's information is released and it can be combined to obtain confidential data, this is known as
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Residual
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Identity
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Attribute
Question 24
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Research is not intrusive by nature.
Question 25
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Voluntary participation involves a person to give permission to participate in the study.
Question 26
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It is not necessary to tell your participants about all the risks so you do not receive bias information.
Question 27
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You do not have to tell a client if a placebo is being used.
Question 28
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It is best to avoid vulnerable populations such as children, the homeless and victims of abuse.
Question 29
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Anonymity involves ___________ while confidentiality involves ___________.
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no trace of information , keeping information private
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keeping information private, on trace of information
Question 30
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Deception is important and used often to get better results
Question 31
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When you analyze and report your findings you should do all of these except:
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show positive and negative results
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be honest and open
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include ideology that inhibit the findings
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exercise care with vulnerable popoulations
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benefits to scientific community must outweigh harm to subjects
Question 32
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_________ research involves becoming familiar with specific topics and examining a new interest or subject
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Descriptive
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Exploration
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Explanation
Question 33
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___________ involves reporting on characteristics of a population, situation or event and involves asking what, when, where and how.
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Explanitory
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Exploritory
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Descriptive
Question 34
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_________ involves answering why certain events happen and reports the relationships among different aspects of the phenomenon.
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Explanitory
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Exploritory
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Descriptive
Question 35
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Idiographic model of explanation involves
Question 36
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An unit of analysis is what
Question 37
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An unit of observation
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is a direct observation
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can be the same of the unit of analysis
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can be an individual person, group, organization or social artifact
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all of the above
Question 38
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An organization includes universities, church congregations and corporations.
Question 39
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A married couple is an individual unit of observation.
Question 40
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When studying riots that are occurring on the street you are focusing on which type of unit of observation
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Groups
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Individuals
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organizations
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social artifacts
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none of the above
Question 41
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Ecological fallacy occurs when
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assuming that something learned about an ecological unit says something about the individuals that make up the group
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attributing something to a group based on the observed behaviour or characteristics of individuals
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all of the above
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none of the above
Question 42
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A cross sectional study is taken over a long period of time
Question 43
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A longitude study needs to have at least two waves of research conducted
Question 44
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These are all types of Longitude studies except
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Cohort
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Panel
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Retrospective
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Trend
Question 45
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Conceptualization involves
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discussing central concepts of research & making them specific
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defining all concepts in your research
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performing a content analysis and applying the concepts
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deciding on how you will measure concepts
Question 46
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A direct observables is
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A indirect observables is
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what is in front of us
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a history book or medium
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theoretical creations
Question 48
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A constructs concept is
Question 49
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Concepts are building blocks for theories
Question 50
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Conceptualization involves
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making concepts specific
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agreeing on concepts
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having an indicator
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all of the above
Question 51
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Interchangeability involves
Question 52
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A single indicator may misclassify an individual, while multiple indicator will offset this effect
Question 53
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This type of dimension is when you try to figure our the "essence of a phenomena" and tries to make a concept more specific
Question 54
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This type of dimension involves how a concept will be measured in research
Question 55
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NOIR stands for:
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Nominal, Original, Interval, Ratio
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Normal, Ordinal, Interval, Rational
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Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio
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Normal, Original, Interval, Ratio
Question 56
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The test-retest method suggests
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that you should make the same measurement more than once
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you should assign a set of measurements to half of your sample and another to the other half
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subjects don't change over time so testing and retesting can occur far apart
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all of the above
Question 57
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Precision is _________ while accuracy is __________.
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fineness between attributes composing a variable, reflective of measure of actual attribute of a variable
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caution when researching, reflective of measure of actual attribute of a variable
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fineness between attributes composing a variable, reflective of reliablity
Question 58
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These are all important criteria for measuring quality except
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Precision & accuracy
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Reliability
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Operatualization
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Validity
Question 59
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You can have high reliability without vailidity
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you can have validity with reliability