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Method decisions are rooted in ______.

Intuition

Tenacity

Epistemology

Empiricism

Answer

Correct Answer: Epistemology

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A hypothesis is a statement about the relationships you expect to find between two or more variables.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Operationalizing a construct means to define it in such a way that it can be measured.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Interpretive studies are best understood an attempt to place oneself “in the other person’s shoes.”

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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A good starting point for research is to observe the communication phenomena you are most interested in.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Creswell and Creswell identified four worldviews. The worldview that is change oriented and argues to confront social oppression is ______.

Postpositive

Constructive

Pragmatic

Transformative

Answer

Correct Answer: Transformative

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The Semiotic tradition of communication research focuses on the ______.

Practical art of discourse

Uses and interpretations of signs and symbols

Flow of information and systematic process of feedback

Production and reproduction of social order

Answer

Correct Answer: Uses and interpretations of signs and symbols

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Null hypotheses specify the nature of the relationship between variables.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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“There are several starting places for critical research. Rhetoricians who want to examine how public places such as museums or memorials can shape public memory have an interest in rhetoric of ______.

History

Artistic endeavors

Place

Staged space

Answer

Correct Answer: Place

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Deduction means reasoning from observations to a theory.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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The idiographic approach to communication research emphasizes the subjectivity and individuality of human communication.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Studies focused on explanation attempt to answer the “who?” question.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Studies focused on explanation attempt to answer the “who?” question.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Worldview II is characterized by which of the following?

Predictability and objectivity

A nomothetic approach

Individualistic and unpredictable

Generalizable

Answer

Correct Answer: Individualistic and unpredictable

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Control of people is never a goal of human communication research.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Foundational beliefs and arguments about human behavior are issues of ______.

Ontology

Metatheory

Cybernology

Idiography

Answer

Correct Answer: Ontology

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Serials are regularly published scholarly publications such as ____.

Journals

Patents

Research papers

Theses

Answer

Correct Answer: Journals

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The idea that phenomena are governed by, and can be explained by, rules based on objective observation and generalizations from those observations is called positivism.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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A research approach based on developing specific hypotheses or propositions that can then be tested using specific observations designed for that purpose are called ____.

Scientific methods

Scientific process

Experimental method

None of above

Answer

Correct Answer: Scientific methods

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The view that knowledge should be based on experience and observation, on empirical as opposed to theoretical knowledge is known as

Empiricism

Rationalism

Romanticism

Reflectism

Answer

Correct Answer: Empiricism

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____ is a view that knowledge is best acquired by reason and factual analysis rather than faith or emotion.

Rationalism

Nationalism

Empiricism

Reflectism

Answer

Correct Answer: Rationalism

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A way of knowing based on knowledge from a credible or respected source of information is known as _____.

Authority

Freedom

Autonomy

Legitimacy

Answer

Correct Answer: Authority

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Intuition is ____.

Gut instinct

Sensing

Logic

Paranoia

Answer

Correct Answer: Gut instinct

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A way of knowing based on accepting knowledge, correctly or incorrectly, because it has stood the test of time is known as ____.

Tenacity

Perseverance

Resilience

Audacity

Answer

Correct Answer: Tenacity

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Study of theory of knowledge is called _____.

Epistemology

Ontology

Philosophy

Etymology

Answer

Correct Answer: Epistemology

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Studies that examine how public places such as museums or memorials can shape public understandings of history and events is called rhetoric of place.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Prediction is understanding human behavior in order to _____the conditions under which it will occur.

Forecast

Project

Hypothesis

Estimate

Answer

Correct Answer: Forecast

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An attempt to account for the relationships observed among phenomena is called ____.

Explanation

Narration

Definition

Definiton

Answer

Correct Answer: Explanation

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An account or documentation of observed conditions is _____.

Description

Definition

Explanation

Narration

Answer

Correct Answer: Description

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“Mapping out” a new area of research before proceeding to study it more specifically is called _____.

Exploration

Discovery

Exploitation

Expedition

Answer

Correct Answer: Exploration

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Scaled questions are in which respondents are asked to mark their answers on a _____

Scale

Monitor

Paper

Text

Answer

Correct Answer: Scale

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A term used to describe and explain cultural understandings in terms of the culture’s own language and concepts is _____.

Ethnomethodology

Etymology

Entomology

Q methodology

Answer

Correct Answer: Ethnomethodology

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Variables is a ____ property.

Qualitative

Quantitative

Deductive

Constructive

Answer

Correct Answer: Quantitative

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Operationalize is to define a concept in such a way that it can be measured.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Abstract ideas or concepts are called _____.

Constructs

Destructs

Variables

Concepts

Answer

Correct Answer: Constructs

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Reasoning from an observed effect to possible causes.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Reasoning from a theory to defining the observations you will make to test the theory.

Deduction

Induction

Consumption

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Deduction

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Reasoning from observations to a theory that might explain the observations.

Induction

Deduction

Reduction

Consumption

Answer

Correct Answer: Induction

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The study of the nature of existence is called _____.

Ontology

Oncology

Biology

Oceanology

Answer

Correct Answer: Ontology

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Critical is a communication research tradition that focuses on power and oppression .

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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A view of communication as producing and reproducing shared meanings and social order.

Sociocultural

Socioeconomic

Sociopath

Socio technical

Answer

Correct Answer: Sociocultural

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A view of communication as the interaction of individuals is called Socio Psychological.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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A view of communication as the flow of information or a system of information processing and feedback is _____.

Cybernetic

Bionic

Prosthetic

Psionic

Answer

Correct Answer: Cybernetic

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A research approach that attempts to understand human behavior and consciousness from the individual, ____ point of view.

Subjective

Objective

Both of these

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Subjective

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The tradition of studying the relationships between signs and their interpretation is called ____.

Semiotic

Rhetoric

Semantics

Pragmatics

Answer

Correct Answer: Semiotic

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The study of principles and means of persuasion and argumentation is called ____.

Rhetorical

Theoretical

Hypothetical

Literary

Answer

Correct Answer: Rhetorical

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A theory about theories; a basis for comparing,evaluating and relating theories in a field.

Metatheory

Cybernetic

Ontology

Rhetorical

Answer

Correct Answer: Metatheory

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A worldview focusing on solutions to problems and allowing a variety of approaches to understand a problem is _____.

Pragmatism

Idealism

Realism

Empiricism

Answer

Correct Answer: Pragmatism

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Transformative is a worldview that argues for mixing research with ____.

Politics

Law

Business

Education

Answer

Correct Answer: Politics

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A worldview that individuals construct their own views of the world by interaction with others _____.

Constructivist

Idiographic

Interpretivist

Positivist

Answer

Correct Answer: Constructivist

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Postpositive is a worldview that the world is governed by _____ that can be tested.

Laws

Theories

Can be both of a and b

Can be neither

Answer

Correct Answer: Can be both of a and b

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A research approach with an emphasis on understanding the subjectivity and individuality of human communication, rather than universal laws of human behavior.

Nomothetic

Idiographic

Postpositive

Metatheory

Answer

Correct Answer: Idiographic

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A research approach with an emphasis on measurement with a view to making generalizations about human behavior is _____

Nomothetic

Idiographic

Postpositive

Worldview

Answer

Correct Answer: Nomothetic

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Major conceptual frameworks for understanding the world is called _____

Worldviews

Nomothetic

Idiographic

Postpositive

Answer

Correct Answer: Worldviews

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Null hypotheses specify that there is no relationship between _____.

Variable

Parameters

Attributes

Literals

Answer

Correct Answer: Variable

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Questions that help focus research are of 2 kinds.open ended and closed ended research question.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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