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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?

Reading the footnotes in the source

Reading the entire article

Reading only the first few pages of a potential source

Choosing the first ten sources you find with a browser search

Answer

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.

True

False

Answer

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?

Scholarly

Nonscholarly

Personal

Impersonal

Answer

Correct Answer: Nonscholarly

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

True

False

Answer

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.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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

Literature review

Research question

Relationship

Hypothesis

Answer

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.

True

False

Answer

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?

The questions address a political phenomenon

The question is concerned with discrete facts

The question is focused on reaching normative conclusions

The question addresses human behavior

Answer

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?

Stoic

Sardonic

Philosophical

Observable

Answer

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

Computer

Manual

Physical

Actual

Answer

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

Friendship

Relationship

Love

All of above

Answer

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

True

False

Answer

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.

Electronic databases

Manual databases

Digital databases

None of above

Answer

Correct Answer: Electronic databases

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