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Formulating a Research Question MCQ

A(n) ______ hypothesis has no direction, but simply predicts a relationship between two or more variables.

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Correct Answer: Nondirectional

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A control variable is one that is used to control our results.

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Correct Answer: True

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What type of hypothesis predicts a specific course for your variables?

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Correct Answer: Directional hypothesis

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The null hypothesis claims there is ______ relationship between the variables of interest in a study.

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Correct Answer: No

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Though research with humans may sometimes cause emotional, physical, and even psychological harm, it is also possible for human subjects’ research to actually cause someone to die.

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Correct Answer: True

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What is the second most important feature that helps narrow down your topic?

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Correct Answer: Population of interest

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Moderator and mediators influence the dependent and independent variables in all of the ways stated below EXCEPT ______.

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Correct Answer: Reduce or even minimize bias between the two variables

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An intervening variable is a mediator and can influence the relationship between the independent and dependent variable in a study.

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Correct Answer: True

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There are different features that are used to help narrow a topic. One of these features discussed in Chapter 2 is asking for help from your friend who is currently in the research methods class.

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Correct Answer: False

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If a researcher is uninterested in the directionality of his or her variables, he or she is most likely to want to do exploratory research.

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Correct Answer: True

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A researcher should always use confounding or intervening variable to control results of his or her research project.

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Correct Answer: True

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Control variables are known to help ______ biases and provide more accurate findings.

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Correct Answer: Minimize

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Jonas is planning a research for his methods course. To correctly follow the research steps, Jonas must proceed in which order?

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Correct Answer: Choose and narrow down a topic for research, choose the type of research, conduct a review of literature, operationalize concepts, and conceptualize constructs

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Conceptualization refers to the concrete measures of one specific construct, whereas operationalization refers to the breaking down of constructs into smaller pieces.

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Correct Answer: False

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Measures a specific feature or aspect of a construct and can take different values known as ?

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Correct Answer: Variable

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The process of turning constructs into measurable variables are known as ?

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Correct Answer: Operationalization

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______ is a hypothesis that claims there is no relationship between the variables of interest in a study

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Correct Answer: Null Hypothesis

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A Nondirectional hypothesis that has direction, but predicts one variables

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Correct Answer: False

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A variable that can strengthen or weaken an established relationship between the independent and dependent variables are known as ?

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Correct Answer: Moderator

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________ is a variable that interferes with the relationship between the independent and dependent variables to the point where the relationship may be destroyed altogether

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Correct Answer: Mediator

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_________ is the explanatory or predicting variable that explains the variation in the dependent variable.

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Correct Answer: Independent Variable

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________ is a statement that predicts a specific phenomenon or behavior

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Correct Answer: Hypothesis

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______ is by collecting information about large groups of people, research that tries to generate new ideas about how the world works and why.

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Correct Answer: Fundamental Research

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________ is the Variable that can disturb the findings of the dependent variable, which cannot be controlled

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Correct Answer: Disturbance Variable

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________ is a hypothesis that predicts a specific course for variables

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Correct Answer: Directional Hypothesis

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The outcome or surprise variable that is influenced by the independent variable is known as ?

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Correct Answer: Dependent Variable

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Variable that minimizes biases and provides more accurate findings by removing characteristics that could affect the relationship between the independent and dependent variables are known as ?

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Correct Answer: Control Variable

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An abstract term that is difficult to measure and can be understood differently by different people is known as

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Correct Answer: Construct

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Variable that influences that independent variable in a way that causes results from the dependent variable to become untrustworthy is known as ?

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Correct Answer: Confounding Variable

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_______ is the process of breaking a construct into smaller pieces and clarifying its specific meaning in our study

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Correct Answer: Conceptualization

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Research that seeks to solve a specific societal problem or uncover more information about a particular issue is known as Applied Research

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Correct Answer: True

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_______ is the hypothesis that attempts to predict how the variables will relate to each other after the data are collected.

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Correct Answer: Alternative Hypothesis

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