Exam 1: Introduction to Research Methods

In experiments, one group does not receive the treatment. They are called:

Participants in research have a right to privacy. This means that researchers must:

Which of these factors may help to determine if a qualitative or quantitative approach is taken? (select all that apply)

In addition to making many decisions about how to conduct research, which of these must a researcher also do when engaged in a research study?

Which of these examples of research would NOT be subject to ethics review?

In some experiments, the researcher does not know who received a treatment and who didn't. This is called:

Research participants not only must be informed of risks and benefits but must know that they can refuse to answer specific questions or withdraw from participating in the research at any time. This represents the principle of:

In direct response to the unethical medical research conducted in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, the_____________ was formulated to define legitimate medical research.

Basic statistical characteristics of humans that are used as identity markers are called:

Which type of researchers is less likely to make adjustments in measures once the research has begun?

Research that is collected in interviews or observation and presented primarily through words and is called:

Which type of research results are not reduced to numbers?

One widely recognized case of ethics violations is a study began in 1932 by the U.S. Public Health Service of black sharecroppers who had syphilis. It is known as:

While experiments allow researchers to propose answers to causal questions, in some cases, experiments are not appropriate. The most common reasons are:

Program evaluation is almost always used for practical decisions, which is a form of research called __________.

Surveys, polls, interviews, and observations are common types of which research?

When researchers investigate cause-and-effect relationships, they usually prefer which type of approach?

What are the two prongs of formative evaluation?

Is deception about the purpose of the research ever appropriate according to modern research ethics?

Which of these is true of the empirical approach to knowledge?