Exam 2: First Decisions: From Inspiration to Implementation

A hypothesis is a question about the relationship between variables.

Explain the difference between starting research deductively versus inductively.

Which one of the following purposes of research attempts to answer "why" questions?

Ontology questions address the question of what counts as knowledge.

A one-tailed hypothesis states the direction of the relationship between variables.

Why is operationalization an important part of designing a research study?

When can a researcher make generalizations about human communication?

Rationalism asserts that knowledge is best acquired by faith rather than reason and factual analysis.

Ontological questions address the nature of what we study and what it is that language actually refers to.

Studies based on explanation attempt to answer the "why?" question.

Authority is the way of knowing that comes because someone said it.

The idiographic approach to communication research emphasizes ______.

Critical research has a goal of understanding how power is used in and through communication.

A null hypothesis shows no relationship between variables.

The scientific method combines empiricism, ______, and ______ to advance knowledge.

List and describe the concepts of communication metatheory.

A two-tailed hypothesis specifies:

Closed-ended research questions ask whether there is a specific direction of relationship between variables.

Explain the role epistemology has in research.