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Making Empirical Observations in Political Science MCQ

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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____ 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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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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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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Ethnography is often associated with secondhand observation.

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Correct Answer: False

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______ are ones that measure wear or depletion of material.

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Correct Answer: Erosion measures

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

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Correct Answer: True

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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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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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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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Document analysis includes ______.

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Correct Answer: Both qualitative and quantitative methods

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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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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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Which effects are associated with the process of becoming older?

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Correct Answer: Age

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

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Correct Answer: Physical

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Observation in which all behavior and activities are recorded is called

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Correct Answer: Unstructured observation

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

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Correct Answer: Structured observation

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

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Correct Answer: True

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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____ observation of physical traces of behavior.

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Correct Answer: Indirect

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

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Correct Answer: Indirect

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

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Correct Answer: True

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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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Actual observation of behavior is called

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Correct Answer: Direct

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

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Correct Answer: Indirect

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