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Which one of the following is exposed to an independent variable ?
A. the control groups
B. the representative group
C. the experimental group
D. none of the above
A researcher examines the literature written by Black novelists during the “Negro Renaissance” (1913-1935) to see if they reflect the political movements going on in the Black community in the United States at that time What type of research methodology is being used in this example ?
A. secondary analysis
B. interviews
C. observation
D. content analysis
____________involves the transformation of raw data into numbers to make it suitable for further analysis ?
A. Coding
B. Conceptualization
C. Factoring
D. Classification
E. Enumeration
A data collection method in which the researcher does not interact with the subject(s) being studied is called_______________?
A. an unobtrusive
B. field research
C. qualitative analysis
D. content analysis
E. ethnography
Which of the following was not identified as a major research design ?
A. surveys
B. ethnography
C. field research
D. secondary research
E. experiments
In order to genuinely reflect a broad range of the population a survey must be based on precise ?
A. representative sampling
B. experiments
C. surveys
D. hypotheses
In observational studies the scientist observes_______________?
A. the things that happen by themselves
B. Are arranged knowingly
C. both a and b
D. None of these
A survey that asks the respondent to indicate their age and includes response categories of age 20-30 age 30-40 age 40 50 and age 50+ violates which important rule for constructing closed-ended items for naires ?
A. exhaustive
B. tangible
C. comprehensive
D. relevant
E. mutually exclusive
Which of these statements is correct ?
A. causes and correlations are essentially the same
B. correlations always lead to causal explanations
C. causation cannot be inferred directly from correlation
D. correlations are one-way causal relationships
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