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Basic Research Methods MCQ

1. A true experiment involves the _____ of the independent variable.

Manipulation

Elimination

Measurement

Correlation

Answer

Correct Answer: Manipulation

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2. Ideally, everything in the experimental situation except the __________ is held constant.

Inferential statistic

Hypothesis

Independent variable

Placebo

Answer

Correct Answer: Independent variable

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3. A scientific poll uses ________ sampling techniques.

Exit poll.

Straw poll.

Random sampling.

Representative sampling.

Answer

Correct Answer: Random sampling.

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4. Foreign-born _____ have highest levels of education in the hispanic population overall.

Venezuelans

Chileans

Ecuadorians

Columbians

Argentineans

Answer

Correct Answer: Argentineans

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5. An experimental study is one that _____.

Attempts to capture a population's characteristics by making inferences from a sample's characteristics and testing resulting hypotheses

Involves manipulation of one or more variables to determine the effect on another variable

Discovers answers to the questions who, what, when, where, or how much

Attempts to reveal why or how one variable produces changes in another

Provides repeated measures over an extended period of time

Answer

Correct Answer: Involves manipulation of one or more variables to determine the effect on another variable

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6. A ____________________ is a relationship between two variables that allows us to make predictions.

Correlation

Regression

Causation

Covariance

Answer

Correct Answer: Correlation

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7. A major advantage of case studies is ________.

It is easy to generalize your findings

You have a large sample size

You get a lot of detailed information

You can collect a large amount of data very quickly

Answer

Correct Answer: You get a lot of detailed information

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8. The number of main effects that need to be examined is _____ the number of independent variables.

Main effect

The same as

A difference in differences

Generalizes // interacts

Answer

Correct Answer: The same as

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9. Intensive interviewing seeks in-depth information using _____________ questions.

Indexes based on many closed-ended

Probing, systematically structured

Open-ended, relatively unstructured

Many systematically structured

Answer

Correct Answer: Open-ended, relatively unstructured

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Research Methods MCQs | Topic-wise

MCQ on Analyzing Quantitative Research Data	MCQ on Basic Research Methods
MCQ on Data Collection for Quantitative Research	MCQ on Entering and Organizing Quantitative Research Data
MCQ on Entering, Coding, and Analyzing Qualitative Research Data	MCQ on Formulating a Research Question
MCQ on Measurement Errors, Reliability, Validity of Research	MCQ on Presenting Research
MCQ on Purpose of Research	MCQ on Qualitative Designs And Data Collection
MCQ on Quantitative Designs of Research	MCQ on Researching and Writing the Literature Review
MCQ on Results and Discussion Method	MCQ on Sampling in Research
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