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17 Cards in this Set
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When a researcher ________, she is engaged in explanatory research.
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determines that one variable causes another or is related to another variable
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In their examination of blame rape victims, Gary, Palilo, and Johnson generated a theory and then tested this theory by making observation. This is an example of
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deductive reasoning
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In some cases, research subjects have been deceived about the real purpose of the research they were participating in. One of the most outrageous instances of this was the infamous
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tuskegee study
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Adler and Adler's study of after-school activities was an example of inductive reasoning because
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they first made obersavtions and then developed more general statements about their observations, resulting in the development of theories
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Which of the following is an example of a probability sample?
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Determinate
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You want to draw a sample of the emplyees at a large university ensuring that in your sample you have people from all personnel categories. You want to use probability sampling. Which type of probability sample would be best for your purpose?
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Stratified sample
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A confidence interval reveals how certain we are that a sample falls in a range around a population parameter. True/False
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False
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Of the following, _______ is an ordinal measure and _______ is an interval-ratio measure.
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Very racist/moderately racist, 45 degrees Fahrenheit
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__________ is an example of a composite measure.
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An index
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Qualitative interviews can vary in terms of
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all of the above
Length, level of structure, number of times a respondent is interviewed, number of interviewees and interviewers |
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sample
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subset of population
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cross-sectional research design relies on obtaining information from a cross-section of the population over several points in time.
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False
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process evaluations or implementaion studies provide information about
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the faithfulness of the program to its original design.
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if achmed explained the extent of wear and tear on carpeting in a museum to study the popularity of exhibits, he would be employing
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an erosion measure
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a contingency tabel helps to display
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how categories within variables are related
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when the observed take on different attributes simply as a result of being observed, this is called
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demand characteristics
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a major advantage of using available data are usually
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cheap and convenient, not requiring IRB approval and Informed Consent
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