'Research Methods' Practice Quiz Chapter 1

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. Epistemology seeks to determine what the legitimate sources of knowledge are.

. Who is known as the father of modern science?

. Which of the following is not a basic assumption of science, as provided in the text?

. A "hypothesis" is the research methods term used to describe the expected relationship between variables.

. "Causality" is used science to try and determine the reason for the "problem" of interest.

. Deductive reasoning starts with a theoretical idea and then sets out to test that idea.

. Inductive reasoning looks at the problem first and then tries to develop a theory to explain the problem.

. __________ research deals with the data and numbers and relies on statistical analysis to address research questions and contribute to science.

. __________research deals with in-depth personal analysis to address research questions and contribute to science.

. An example of "explorative research" would be an evaluation of a drug rehabilitation program.

. Research on the definition and rate of recidivism (inmates returning to prison once released) is best described as __________ research.

. Qualitative research relies heavily on positivism.

. Inductive research goes from the specific to the general.

. When researchers conduct research to see how many robberies are actually occurring in a given neighborhood, the research is "explorative."

. Research designed to reveal, explain cause, motivations or reasons of why certain phenomena occur is "explanatory."

. Which of the following refers to research conducted by someone outside the organization, but contracted by that agency looking for scientific findings.

. Spuriousness occurs when the relationship between dependent and independent variables is actually due to some variable that is not known or accounted for in the study.

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