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Question #1
Which of the following is an example of nonreactive research?
A.   Experiments
B.   Participant Observation
C.   Secondary Data Analysis
D.   Interviews
Question #2
The interpretive framework depends upon hypothesis testing.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #3
A group of auto workers is told that the president of the company will be visiting to see why production is so low. During the president's visit, the auto workers perform their duties beautifully and get more done than ever before. This is an example of _______.
A.   The Authority Effect
B.   The Cognizant Effect
C.   The Regressive Effect
D.   The Hawthorne Effect
Question #4
Janice decided to study if students who listened to music while studying had higher grades than students who didn't listen to music. Choose the independent and dependent variable.
A.   Independent variable: Music; Dependent variable: Janice
B.   Independent variable: Music; Dependent variable: Grades
C.   Independent variable: Grades; Dependent variable: Music
D.   Independent variable: Janice; Dependent variable: Grades
Question #5
Barney was researching how many college students changed their attitudes about HIV/AIDS after viewing a film on the subject. Suzanne did the same study at her college and found very similar results. This means that Barney's research at a high level of _______.
A.   Reliability
B.   Interpretation
C.   Validity
D.   Literacy
Question #6
Jose was studying how college students behaved at parties. He went to college parties and blended in as a student while studying the interactions of the students there. This is an example of _____.
A.   Participant observation
B.   Literature review
C.   Secondary data analysis
D.   Dependent variables
Question #7
Monica's research results contradicted her personal views. She decided not to report her results. This is not a violation of the code of ethics as it is her study.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #8
Agamemnon is studying the Columbine school shooting. To do this he flies to Colorado and tours the high school, he interviews witnesses to the event, scours police reports, and interviews the first responders. Agamemnon is conducting a(n) _____.
A.   Experiment
B.   Ethnography
C.   Secondary data analysis
D.   Case study
Question #9
Betty is testing a hypothesis under controlled conditions. Betty is doing a(n):
A.   Survey
B.   Ethnographic study
C.   Experiment
D.   Case study
Question #10
Which of the following is a step in the scientific method?
A.   Document value neutrality
B.   Report abuse
C.   Receive corroboration from the field
D.   Research existing sources
Question #11
Joanne is studying post traumatic stress disorder in American Civil War soldiers. She reads diaries written by the soldiers, their letters home, and notes from doctors who treated these men. What kind of research method is being utilized?
A.   Secondary data analysis
B.   Experiments
C.   Surveys
D.   Ethnography
Question #12
Researchers are not allowed to release confidential information. This is an example of:
A.   attribution
B.   informed consent
C.   value neutrality
D.   research ethics
Question #13
Bob wanted to study college students at UCLA and levels of homesickness. To do this, he did a random sample and wound up surveying 200 students out of all of UCLA students. Please pick the population:
A.   the 200 students he surveyed
B.   all college students at UCLA
C.   only students who were not surveyed
D.   only students who were homesick
Question #14
Emily was interviewing prisoners who had been convicted of child abuse. Emily is very careful to appear as unbiased as possible - from the way she phrases her questions to her facial expressions. This is an example of:
A.   value neutrality
B.   evolving ethics
C.   validity
D.   deductive reasoning
Question #15
Validity is defined by the text as:
A.   How long a study is expected to remain relevant and influential.
B.   How well the study measures what it was designed to measure.
C.   How close the study’s results come to the experimenter’s hypothesis.
D.   A measure of a study’s consistency that considers how likely results are to be replicated if a study is reproduced.

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