Chapter 5 Multiple Choice Questions

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. Which is the following best describes the two (2) main categories of evidence, i.e. primary and secondary evidence?

Secondary evidence is your own research and primary evidence is produced by someone else. correct incorrect

Primary evidence is your own research and secondary evidence is produced by someone else. correct incorrect

Primary evidence is research about children and secondary evidence is research about adults. correct incorrect

Secondary evidence is less reliable than primary evidence. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following terms best describes an example based on our own experience?

Statistical data correct incorrect

Anecdote correct incorrect

Historical archive correct incorrect

Artefact correct incorrect

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. In statistics, data can rarely be gathered from an entire population. Data is generally gathered from a smaller group to infer about the larger population. This smaller group is referred to as what?

Sample correct incorrect

Pool correct incorrect

Body correct incorrect

Set correct incorrect

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. Which of the following does NOT appear on the Reliability Continuum of bases of knowledge?

Fact correct incorrect

Prejudice correct incorrect

Judgement/opinion correct incorrect

Invention correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is generally considered the most credible source of evidence from the options given below?

Consultant reports correct incorrect

Wikipedia correct incorrect

Audited company reports correct incorrect

Company websites correct incorrect