1. A ______ is used to give a false explanation of research to participants.
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Cover story
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2. What accounted for 88.4% of research misconduct cases from 2007 to 2011 at the National Science Foundation?
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Plagiarism
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3. Which of the following is not a recommendation in preparing an informed consent form?
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Researchers should use technical jargon to ensure participants understand the project fully.
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4. Satisfying the ethical principle of ______ requires a risk–benefit analysis, in which the researcher weighs the risks and benefits in a study.
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Beneficence
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5. ______ is to concoct methods or data that misrepresent aspects of a research study with the intent to deceive others.
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Fabrication
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6. A debriefing is given at what stage in the research process?
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At the end of a study, immediately after all procedures have been conducted.
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7. An Institutional Review Board consists of at least five members who perform what primary function?
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Board members review research protocols.
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8. In the Milgram obedience experiments, what did the authority figure order the participant to do?
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Administer shocks to the learner in increments of 15 V for each successive incorrect response
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9. Justice is an ethical principle listed in the Belmont Report that states that ______.
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All participants should be treated fairly and equitably in terms of receiving the benefits and bearing the risks in research
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10. Which of the following is used in research to specifically meet the principle of respect for persons in the Belmont Report?
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Informed consent
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11. The Belmont Report was published in response to public outrage over ______.
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The Tuskegee syphilis study
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12. Which document contains 10 directives aimed to protect human participants from unnecessary harm?
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The Nuremberg Code
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13. Scientific integrity means the extent to which a researcher is honest and truthful in his or her actions, _____ and dissemination of research.
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All of these
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14. A type of analysis in which the researcher anticipates or weighs the risks and benefits in a study is known as_____
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Risk-benefit analysis
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15. An ethical principle listed in the Belmont Report that states that participants in a research study must be autonomous agents capable of making informed decisions concerning whether to participate in research is known as_____
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Respect for persons
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16. All are correct about research protocol except_____
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Researchers are not bound to follow the protocol once it is approved
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17. Research ethics identifies the actions that researchers must take to conduct _____ research.
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Both
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18. The reproduction of research procedures under identical conditions for the purposes of observing the same phenomenon is known as_____
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Replication
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19. An individual’s use of someone else’s ideas or work that is represented as the individual’s own ideas or work is known as_____
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Plagiarism
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20. A procedure used by the editors of scientific journals in which a manuscript or work is sent to experts in that area to review the work and determine its scientific value or worth regarding publication is known as peer review.
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True
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21. The Nuremberg code is the first international code for ethical conduct in research consisting of _____ directives aimed at the protection of human participants.
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10
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22. An ethical principle listed in the Belmont Report that states that all participants should be treated fairly and equitably in terms of receiving the benefits and bearing the risks in research is called_____
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Justice
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23. An institutional review board consists of how many members?
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5
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24. Informed consent is a _____ agreement in which participants state they are willing to participate in a research study after being informed of all aspects of their role in the study.
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Both a and b
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25. To concoct methods or data that misrepresent aspects of a research study with the intent to deceive others is known as_____
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Fabrication
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26. The republication of original data that were previously published is known as_____
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Duplication
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27. A strategy used by researchers in which participants are deliberately mislead concerning the true purpose and nature of the research being conducted is called_____
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Deception
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28. Debriefing is full disclosure to participants of the true purpose of a study, typically given at_____
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End of a study
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29. A false explanation intended to prevent research participants from discovering the true purpose of a research study is known as_____
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Cover story
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30. A protection of individual identity in which the identity of a participant is not made available to anyone who is not directly involved in a study is known as_____
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Confidentiality
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31. An ethical principle listed in the Belmont Report that states that it is the researcher’s responsibility to minimize the potential risks and maximize the potential benefits associated with conducting a research study is known as_____
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Beneficence
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32. Belmont report is a published document that recommends three principles for the ethical conduct of research with human participants which includes_____
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All of these
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33. The consent of a minor or other legally incapable person to agree to participate in research only after receiving an appropriate explanation in reasonably understandable language is known as_____
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Assent
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34. A protection of individual identity in which the identity of a participant remains unknown throughout a study, even to those involved in a study is known as_____
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Anonymity
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35. ______ research objective of attempting to understand the subjective viewpoints of particular people and particular groups
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Understanding
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36. Which program performs poorly that is based on a weak or faulty program theory?
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Theory failure
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37. An explanation or explanatory system that discusses how a phenomenon operates and why it operates as it does is called
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Theory
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38. Evaluation focused on determining the overall effectiveness and usefulness of the evaluation object is summative evaluation
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True
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39. Group- and society-level factors or variables is knowns as
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Sociological
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40. Factors or variables relating individuals to other individuals and to social groups is social ______ factors
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Psychological
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41. An approach for ______ the is called science
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Generation of knowledge
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42. Preferring the most complicated theory that works is called rule of parsimony
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False
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43. A set of published research studies on a ______ Is called research literature
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Particular topic
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44. Systematic investigation using appropriate methodologies to provide justified answers to questions about our world is called research
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True
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45. Research examining the same variables with different people Is known as ______
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Replication
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46. A researcher who focuses on testing theories and hypotheses using quantitative data to see if they are confirmed or not is called
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Quantitative researcher
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47. A researcher who focuses on exploration, description, and understanding of subjective meanings and sometimes the generation and construction of theories using qualitative data is called
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Qualitative researcher
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48. Individual-level factors or variables is called
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Psychological factors
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49. Any set of beliefs or practices that purport to be ______ but are not
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Scientific
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50. The future might not resemble the past is known as ______
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Problem of induction
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51. Stating what is likely to occur, not what will necessarily occur is called probabilistic
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True
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52. The philosophical idea that empirical research provides evidence, not proof is called principle of evidence
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True
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53. The research objective of attempting to predict or forecast a phenomenon is called
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Prediction
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54. The research objective of attempting to apply research to make certain outcomes occur is called
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Influence
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55. The process of drawing a conclusion that is “probably” true is called
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Inductive reasoning
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56. A program performs poorly because it is not implemented correctly is called implementation failure
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True
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57. A prediction or educated guess; the ______ of the researcher’s prediction of the relationship that exists among the variables under investigation is called hypothesis
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Formal statement
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58. Evaluation focused on improving the ______ is called formative evaluation
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Explanation object
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59. A top down approach to research is called exploratory method
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False
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60. The research objective of attempting to generate new ideas about phenomena is called exploration
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True
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61. The research objective of attempting to show how and why a phenomenon operates as it does is called
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Explanation
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62. Determining the worth, merit, or quality of an evaluation object is called
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Evaluation
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63. The theory of knowledge and its justification; the branch of philosophy dealing with knowledge and its justification is called
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Epistemology
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64. The idea that knowledge comes from ______ is called empiricism
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Experience
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65. A statement based on ______ , experiment, or experience is called empirical statement .
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Observation
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66. The research objective of attempting to describe the characteristics of a phenomenon is called
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Description
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67. The process of drawing a conclusion that is necessarily true if the premises are true is called
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Deductive reasoning
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68. The property that statements and theories should be testable and refutable is called criterion of falsifiability.
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True
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69. Which method is top-down or theory-testing approach to research?
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Confirmatory method
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70. Research aimed at generating fundamental knowledge and theoretical understanding about basic human and other natural processes is called
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Basic research
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71. Research focused on answering practical questions to provide relatively immediate solutions is called
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Applied research
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72. Anonymous review of book and article manuscripts by experts for scientific accuracy and merit is anonymous peer review
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True
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73. Applied research focused on solving practitioners’ local problems is ______ research
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Action
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74. A brief description of the essential characteristics of the study IS called
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Abstract
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75. Educational researchers typically engage in basic, applied, evaluation, action, and orientational research.
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True
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76. “The future might not resemble the past.” This is known as the criterion of falsifiability
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False
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77. Orientational research is conducted for the purpose of advancing an ideological position such as class, and gender inequality should be reduced in society.
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True
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78. Inductive reasoning involves drawing a conclusion that is necessarily true if the premises are true.
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False
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79. Action research is focused on helping professionals evaluate program effectiveness.
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False
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80. Which of the following statements is true of a theory?
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A theory offers an “explanation” and answers “how” and “why” questions.
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81. Which “scientific method” follows these steps: (1) observation/data, (2) patterns/descriptions, (3) theory?
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Inductive or exploratory method
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82. Which of the following is a basic assumption of science?
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One can distinguish between more and less plausible claims about the world.
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83. Which of the following is a characteristic of a good theory or explanation?
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It is general enough to apply to more than one place or situation.
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84. You have been told that the members of a local group engage in what seems to you to be an irrational or odd practice. You decide to conduct a research study to learn why these people engage in the practice. In this case, the primary purpose of your research study is ______.
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Exploration
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85. You design an experiment to test how two different teaching styles influence how well children learn spelling words. The main purpose of your research study would be to ______.
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Explain
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86. The idea that knowledge comes from experience is called ______.
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Empiricism
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87. The principle of ______ says that if two different theories are available, which have the same explanatory power, then one should select the theory that is the most simple, concise, and succinct.
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Parsimony
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88. What type of research is used to develop a solid foundation of reliable knowledge and provide theoretical understanding about human processes?
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Basic research
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89. The theory of knowledge and its justification is called ______.
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Epistemology
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