Question 1

Unlike research questions, hypotheses

Accepted Answer

A)  Are explanatory only and not predictive 
B)  Are predictive only and not explanatory 
C)  Can be both explanatory and predictive 
D)  None of the above
Essays: 
A)  Are explanatory only and not predictive 
B)  Are predictive only and not explanatory 
C)  Can be both explanatory and predictive 
D)  None of the above
Essays:

Question 2

In one study, participants filled an instrument in which several items were used to measure interpersonal competence to see if responses on these items were similar. This assessed what form of reliability?

Accepted Answer

A)  Internal consistency 
B)  Stability through test-retest 
C)  Equivalence 
D)  Stability through intercoder agreement 
A)  Internal consistency 
B)  Stability through test-retest 
C)  Equivalence 
D)  Stability through intercoder agreement

Question 3

The list that a researcher uses to locate all the elements in a population, and from which sample elements will be selected, is called a

Accepted Answer

A)  Master list 
B)  Sampling error 
C)  Sampling frame 
D)  Population directory 
A)  Master list 
B)  Sampling error 
C)  Sampling frame 
D)  Population directory

Question 4

Using a panel of judges to validate your variable definitions is a procedure that helps to establish

Accepted Answer

A)  Concurrent validity 
B)  Construct validity 
C)  Content validity 
D)  Homogeneity 
A)  Concurrent validity 
B)  Construct validity 
C)  Content validity 
D)  Homogeneity

Unlike research questions, hypotheses

In one study, participants filled an instrument in which several items were used to measure interpersonal competence to see if responses on these items were similar. This assessed what form of reliability?

The list that a researcher uses to locate all the elements in a population, and from which sample elements will be selected, is called a

Using a panel of judges to validate your variable definitions is a procedure that helps to establish

Introduction to Communication Research

Three Paradigms of Knowing

Ethics and Research

Measuring and Designing Quantitative Social Science Research

Experimental Research: Predicting Causes and Effects

Survey Research: Explaining and Predicting Attitudes and Behaviors

Content Analysis: Explaining and Interpreting Message Categories

Analyzing and Interpreting Quantitative Data

Conversation Analysis: Explaining Talks Structure and Function

Making Arguments for Multiple Plausible Realities

Interview and Focus Groups: Interpreting Guided Responses

Ethnography: Interpreting and Evaluating Cultural Communication

Discourse Analysis: Interpreting Evaluating Language-In-Use

Rhetorical Criticism: How to Interpret Persuasive Texts and Artifacts

Critical Studies: Evaluating and Reforming Ideologies

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Exam 4: Making Arguments for Association and Causality

Unlike research questions, hypotheses

In one study, participants filled an instrument in which several items were used to measure interpersonal competence to see if responses on these items were similar. This assessed what form of reliability?

The list that a researcher uses to locate all the elements in a population, and from which sample elements will be selected, is called a

Using a panel of judges to validate your variable definitions is a procedure that helps to establish

Introduction to Communication Research

Three Paradigms of Knowing

Ethics and Research

Measuring and Designing Quantitative Social Science Research

Experimental Research: Predicting Causes and Effects

Survey Research: Explaining and Predicting Attitudes and Behaviors

Content Analysis: Explaining and Interpreting Message Categories

Analyzing and Interpreting Quantitative Data

Conversation Analysis: Explaining Talks Structure and Function

Making Arguments for Multiple Plausible Realities

Interview and Focus Groups: Interpreting Guided Responses

Ethnography: Interpreting and Evaluating Cultural Communication

Discourse Analysis: Interpreting Evaluating Language-In-Use

Rhetorical Criticism: How to Interpret Persuasive Texts and Artifacts

Critical Studies: Evaluating and Reforming Ideologies

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