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Establishing Causation in Political Science MCQ

In a ______, the researcher examines one or a few cases of a phenomenon in considerable detail, typically using several data collection methods such as personal interviews, document analysis, and observation.

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Correct Answer: Small N design

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The experimental research design often suffers from ______.

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Correct Answer: Weak external validity

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The extent to which the results of an experiment can be generalized across populations, times, and settings is referred to as external validity.

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Correct Answer: True

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Including only sophomores from a single college in the sample can affect internal validity.

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Correct Answer: False

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Differences between the answers to a pretest and a posttest are generally considered to ______.

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Correct Answer: Demonstrate the effect of the experimental variable

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The time, location, and other physical aspects are considered to be extraneous factors or influences that might affect the dependent variable.

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Correct Answer: True

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A pretest is used in which type of research design?

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Correct Answer: Experiment

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The best way to create representative experimental and control groups is by assigning participants through ______.

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Correct Answer: Randomization

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Correlation and causation are interchangeable as they capture the same idea--that there is a relationship between two or more concepts.

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Correct Answer: False

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A research design is a plan that shows how one intends to study an empirical question.

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Correct Answer: True

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Bias due to the assignment of subjects to experimental and control groups according to some criterion and not randomly; threat to _____ validity is called selection bias

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Correct Answer: Internal

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Research design is a plan specifying how the _____ intends to fulfill the goals of the study; a logical plan for testing hypotheses.

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Correct Answer: Researchers

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The random assignment of subjects to _______________ is called randomization.

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Correct Answer: Experimental and control groups.

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Pretest is a measurement of variables prior to the administration of the experimental treatment or manipulation of the independent variable.

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Correct Answer: True

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Quantitative research designs in which the research examines many cases of a phenomenon is known as ______

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Correct Answer: Large N values

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_______ is the ability to show that manipulation or variation of the independent variable actually causes the dependent variable to change.

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Correct Answer: Internal validity

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The ability to generalize from one set of research findings to other situations is called

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Correct Answer: External validity

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________ is a differential loss of subjects from experimental and control groups that affects the equivalency of groups; threat to internal validity.

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Correct Answer: Experimental mortality

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A group of subjects that receives the experimental treatment or test stimulus is known as

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Correct Answer: Experimental group

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________ effect is effect, usually measured numerically, of the experimental variable on the dependent variable

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Correct Answer: Experimental effect .

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Research using a research design in which the researcher controls exposure to the test factor or independent variable, the assignment of subjects to groups, and the measurement of responses is known as

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Correct Answer: Experiment.

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An approach to causal questions that starts with a potential cause and works forward to measure its impact on the outcome. Emphasis on measuring the size of the effect that a cause has on an outcome is called the effect of causes approach.

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Correct Answer: True

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Demand characteristics is aspects of the research situation that cause participants to guess the purpose or rationale of the study and adjust their behavior or opinions accordingly

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Correct Answer: True

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A statement that the values or states of one thing ________ vary with the values or states of another; an association between two variables.

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Correct Answer: Systematically

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A group of _____ that does not receive the experimental treatment or test stimulus.

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Correct Answer: Subjects

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An experiment with the random assignment of subjects to experimental and control groups with a pretest and posttest for both groups is called classical non randomized experiment

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Correct Answer: False

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Causes of effects approach is an approach to causal questions that starts with an outcome and works backward to the causes. Emphasis is on identifying causes of outcomes.

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Correct Answer: True

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