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Making Empirical Observations in Political Science MCQ

Making Empirical Observations in Political Science MCQ

 

1. Procedures that inform potential research subjects about the proposed research in which they are being asked to participate is known as

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Correct Answer: Indirect consent

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2. ____ observation is a method of data collection in which the researcher personally observes political behavior or some physical trace of it.

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Correct Answer: Firsthand

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3. Observation in which all behavior and activities are recorded is referred to as structured observation.

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Correct Answer: False

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4. Primary data refers to data recorded and used by the researcher who is making the observations.

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Correct Answer: True

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5. Ethnography is often associated with secondhand observation.

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Correct Answer: False

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6. ______ are ones that measure wear or depletion of material.

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Correct Answer: Erosion measures

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7. The running record is likely to be produced by organizations, not private citizens.

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Correct Answer: True

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8. Examples of the written record includes newspapers, photographs, media organizations, press releases, and so on.

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Correct Answer: True

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9. Examples of the written record includes newspapers, photographs, media organizations, press releases, and so on.

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Correct Answer: True

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10. Data related to foreign affairs collected and distributed by the United Nations is an example of ______.

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Correct Answer: The running record

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11. Document analysis includes ______.

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Correct Answer: Both qualitative and quantitative methods

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12. The portion of the written record that is not part of a regular, ongoing record-keeping enterprise are referred to as ______ records.

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Correct Answer: Episodic

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13. The portion of the written record that is enduring and covers an extensive period of time is referred to as the ______ record.

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Correct Answer: Running

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14. Which effects are associated with the process of becoming older?

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Correct Answer: Age

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15. Documents, reports, statistics, manuscripts, photographs, audio recordings included in ___ records

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Correct Answer: Physical

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16. Observation in which all behavior and activities are recorded is called

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Correct Answer: Unstructured observation

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17. Systematic observation and recording of the incidence of specific behaviors is called

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Correct Answer: Structured observation

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18. Data used by a researcher that were not personally collected by that researcher is called

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Correct Answer: Secondary data

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19. Materials or data that are collected across time are running records.

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Correct Answer: True

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20. Effect of data collection or measurement on the phenomenon being measured is called reactivity

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Correct Answer: True

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21. Data recorded and used by the researcher who is making the observations is known as

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Correct Answer: Primary data

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22. Observation in which the observer becomes a regular participant in the activities of those being observed is called

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Correct Answer: Participant observation

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23. Observation in which those being observed are informed of the observer’s presence and purpose is called

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Correct Answer: Overt observation

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24. Observation of activities, behaviors, or events in which the researcher does not participate is called

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Correct Answer: Non participant observation

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25. In which data that are collected from responses to questions posed by the researcher to a respondent?

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Correct Answer: Interview data

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26. Institutional review board is a panel to which researchers must submit descriptions of proposed research involving human subjects for the purpose of ethics review.

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Correct Answer: True

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27. ____ observation of physical traces of behavior.

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Correct Answer: Indirect

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28. Open-ended and wide-ranging (rather than structured) observation in a natural setting is field studies

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Correct Answer: True

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29. A type of field study in which the researcher is deeply immersed in the place and lives of the people being studied is called

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Correct Answer: Ethnography

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30. Erosion Measures of phenomena through ____ observation of selective wear of some material.

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Correct Answer: Indirect

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31. Episodic records in which materials that are not part of a systematic and ongoing record-keeping effort.

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Correct Answer: True

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32. Elite Interviewing individuals who possess specialized knowledge about a political phenomenon.

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Correct Answer: True

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33. Document Analysis is use of audio, visual, or written materials as a source of data .

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Correct Answer: True

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34. Actual observation of behavior is called

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Correct Answer: Direct

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35. Observation in which the observer’s presence or purpose is kept secret from those being observed is called

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Correct Answer: Covert

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36. Accretion Measures are phenomena through ____observation of the accumulation of materials.

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Correct Answer: Indirect

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