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Quantitative Designs of Research MCQ

Dr. Maddison and Dr. Singh conducted an experiment and tested the theory that children who see their parent and other close relatives use cocaine or marijuana are more likely to use drugs when they become adults. What type of study is this most likely to be?

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Correct Answer: Explanatory research

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All of the following are types of longitudinal studies EXCEPT which of the following?

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Correct Answer: Descriptive studies

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Nomothetic research is often ______.

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Correct Answer: Quantitative

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Kimesha conducted a study on teenage pregnancy. He found that girls whose mothers had them as teenagers were also more likely to become pregnant as teenagers. Contrastingly, girls whose mothers gave birth to them when they were older also tended to become pregnant when they were older also. What type of research is this?

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Correct Answer: Explanatory research

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Which best summarizes the main goal of descriptive research?

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Correct Answer: Give a verbal or numerical picture or description of a social issue

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The use of a test, experiment or intervention, or any manipulation of data with the intention of answering question for which we seek answers falls in the categorization of an experimental design.

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Correct Answer: True

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A researcher using the exploratory method would do which of the following?

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Correct Answer: Become familiar with the basic facts of a new topic or social issue. The aim is to use the findings to conduct more complex research later and know how to formulate the appropriate questions.

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______ research creates a general mental picture of a social condition.

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Correct Answer: Exploratory

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Which of the following is a characteristic of causal hypotheses?

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Correct Answer: Causal hypotheses can be expressed as a prediction.

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Which of the following is the best example of an experimental design?

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Correct Answer: A researcher conducts an experiment on toddlers’ growth and development and analyzes the data.

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Cohort studies focus on ______ topics.

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Correct Answer: Broader

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What are known as the reinforcing studies?

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Correct Answer: Explanatory studies

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Researchers use ______ research because it is the simplest and least costly method of collecting data.

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Correct Answer: Cross-sectional

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A randomized one-group post-test only design usually have only one randomly selected group in the study.

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Correct Answer: True

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In an experiment, the pre-test and post-test must differ to allow the researcher to discern how the participants differ at the end from the beginning of the test.

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Correct Answer: False

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______ is a longitudinal study that collects data at different points in time from different participants of the same population

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Correct Answer: Trend Study

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Determines the order of changes from five variable to another is known as Time Order

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Correct Answer: False

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______ is a relationship between variables that seems real, but is in fact explained by the presence of another variable

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Correct Answer: Spurious

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A study that conducts some form of intervention, testing,_______, or manipulation and then examines the results are known as Quasi-experimental Design

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Correct Answer: Modification

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_______ is a longitudinal study that follows and accumulates data from the same participants over a period of time

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Correct Answer: Panel Study

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Non-spurious is a relationship between equals that is clean of any interference of another variable

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Correct Answer: False

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Which study does not include any manipulation ?

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Correct Answer: Non-experimental Design

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Research that seeks to prove causal relationships that can be applied to the population at small is known as Nomothetic Research.

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Correct Answer: False

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Which study collects data at different points in time?

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Correct Answer: Longitudinal Study

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Research that attempts to explain the realm of influences and details that influenced a certain phenomenon or event for an individual is known as Idiographic Research?

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Correct Answer: True

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________ is a study used to investigate a new topic of research .

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Correct Answer: Exploratory Study

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Explanatory Study is a study that explains the reasons behind a________?

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Who undergoes a form of experimentation known as ?

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Correct Answer: Experimental Group

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A study that includes an experiment and analyzes the results are known as ?

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Correct Answer: Experimental Design

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______ is a study that allows researchers to focus on describing a phenomenon or understanding the details of people’s experiences of a particular event

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Correct Answer: Descriptive Study

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A study that collects data only once is known as ?

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Correct Answer: Cross-sectional Study

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Occurs when changes in the independent variable cause changes in the independent variable is known as Correlation.

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Correct Answer: False

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Control Group is a group of participants who do not everything the experimental group members do, but are given any test, drug, intervention, or manipulation.

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Correct Answer: False

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________ is a longitudinal study that follows a cohort (group sharing the same characteristic) over a period of time

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Correct Answer: Cohort Studies

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