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Beginning the Research Process and Developing Research MCQ

Which of the following is a suggested shortcut for quickly collecting resources from the scholarly literature?

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Correct Answer: Reading only the first few pages of a potential source

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The text suggests that once you have identified references for inclusion in a literature review you can then begin to explain the base of knowledge. The base of knowledge can be defined as what we know about a topic from previous work.

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Correct Answer: True

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Which of the following sources are most likely to be found using an Internet search engine like Google?

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Correct Answer: Nonscholarly

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The peer-review process helps prevent the spread of misleading and exaggerated claims.

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Correct Answer: True

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The New York Times is an example of a scholarly source that can be used in a literature review.

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Correct Answer: False

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A research question should be limited to discrete or narrow factual issues.

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Correct Answer: False

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Association, dependence, and covariance are all examples of a ______.

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Correct Answer: Relationship

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One of the first tasks when developing a research question is limiting the scope of the investigation into something manageable.

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Correct Answer: True

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Which of the following characteristics are most closely associated with a proper research question for an empirical political science research project?

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Correct Answer: The questions address a political phenomenon

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Which of the following words best describes a good political science research question?

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Correct Answer: Observable

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Search engine is a ______ program that visits web pages on the internet and looks for those containing particular directories or words

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Correct Answer: Computer

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The association, dependence, or covariance of the values of one variable with the values of another is known as

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Correct Answer: Relationship

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A systematic examination and interpretation of the literature for the purpose of informing further work on a topic is called literature review

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Correct Answer: True

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______ is a collection of information (of any type) stored on an electromagnetic medium that can be accessed and examined by certain computer programs.

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Correct Answer: Electronic databases

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