Exam 2: The Process and Problems of Social Research

Outline the procedure for conducting a literature review of social scientific literature.Describe how articles are assessed for credibility.Describe how articles are coordinated to create an integrated literature review.

Write a brief explanation of the concept of validity and its three dimensions.To illustrate your explanations,describe what they would refer to in a hypothetical study of drug abuse in American suburbs.

According to Schutt,when is the appropriate time during the study to locate relevant research literature?

What is not one of the stages of developing a good research question?

When citing a website,which of the following is NOT necessary?

A variable that is hypothesized to vary depending on the influence of another variable is called a(n)______.

Which of the following is an example of a negative direction of association.

The independent variable is the effect or consequence of the dependent variable.

Schutt states "the adequacy of an explanation formulated after the fact is necessarily less certain than an explanation presented prior to the collection of data" .Explain in your own words what this statement means for students who will be conducting research of their own.

Which of the following is not a question to consider when assessing the relative credibility of a social science journal article.

A good social research question should not have to be refined or revised.

Social importance is a relative concept when deciding on a research question.

A social research question can emerge from ______.

Measurement validity exists when a measure measures what we think it measures.

Inductive explanations are more trustworthy if they are subsequently tested ______.

If you read an article,you should cite it in your literature review even if it is not directly relevant to your study.

Describe in detail the process of searching for information on the web and in the social science literature.How might you assess the credibility of sources from the web and from the literature? List and explain at least four reasons why articles in social science journals are preferable in social research to most web pages.

Sample generalizability exists when a conclusion based on a sample of a larger population holds true for that population.

External validity can also be called ______.

When a conclusion that A leads to or results in B is correct,it's called ______.