Answers to Quiz 1 (Week 4)

TRUE AND FALSE

Read each of the sentences below and decide if they are True or False by circling your answer.

1. Nomothetic reasoning is more useful than idiographic reasoning. (True / False)


2. If you do not do study research, the study of social science research methods is of little use in your life. (True / False)


3. The basis of knowledge is agreement. (True / False)


4. The traditional model of science uses inductive logic. (True / False)


5. Scientific inquiry is a process that can involve both deduction and induction.
(True / False)


6. Social Scientists believe that paradigms are either true or false. (True / False)


7. An Explorative Study provides in-depth description of a research topic. (True / False)


8. A Panel Study is a type of longitudinal study. (True / False)


9. Reductionism is simplifying a cause-effect relationship. (True / False)


10. Correlation is a cause-effect relationship. (True / False)


MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS

Complete the following sentences by CLEARLY circling the right answer

1. A research design where information/data is collected only once is

i) Cross sectional
ii) Longitudinal
iii) Deductive
iii) None of the above

2. In order to become dependant on alcohol one should drink ALCOHOL. In this statement ALCOHOL is

i) A necessary cause
ii) A sufficient cause
iii) A dependent variable
iv) Not a cause

3. Explanatory or experimental design deals with

i) Exploring an issue
ii) Describing an issue
iii) Studying a cause-effect relationship
iv) Challenging unscientific beliefs

4. Which of these are among the purposes of research?

i) Exploration
ii) Description
iii) Explanation
iv) All of the above

5. A study in which data is collected from a specific generation is a

i) Cohort study
ii) Panel study
iii) Trend Study
iv) Deductive Study

6. Which of these are among the criteria of nomothetic causality?

i) Variables should be correlated
ii) The effect must precede the cause
iii) The existence of spurious relationships
iv) All of the above

7. Which of the following is NOT a function of theory for research?

i) Theory helps us to make sense out of observed patterns
ii) Theory helps us to explain occurrences
iii) Theory helps us to distinguish between good and evil
iv) Theory shapes and directs research efforts

8. Which of the following best illustrates the use of the inductive method?

i) Observations, pattern finding, and generalizations
ii) Generalizations, theory, and observations
iii) Hypothesis, observations, accept or reject hypothesis
iv) Theory, observations and generalizations

9. What is a testable statement about a relationship between two variables?

i) a theory
ii) a hypothesis
iii) a relationship
iv) a paradigm

10. Which of the following best represents a NULL hypothesis?

i) There is no relationship between gender and jury verdict
ii) Men are more likely to than women to vote to convict in juries
iii) Women are more likely than men to vote to convict in juries
iv) Asians tend to be more promiscuous than Europeans

11. An independent variable is a

i) theoretical concept
ii) variable influence by other variables
iii) variable influencing other variables
iv) set of attributes

12. Methodology is best described as

i) the science of finding out
ii) the science of knowing
iii) the logical aspect of science
iv) the discovery of reality through agreement

13. The statement, “Knowledge for knowledge’s sake” best describes

i) applied research
ii) inductive logic
iii) deductive reasoning
iv) pure research

14. Qualitative explanations tend to be ____ and quantitative explanations tend to be____

i) nomothetic, idiographic
ii) idiographic, nomothetic
iii) dependent, independent
iv) All of the above

15. Replication helps us guard against the error of

i) traditional thinking
ii) the premodern view
iii) overgeneralization
iv) the postmodern view



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