Question 1

Strategies for developing your own writing style include

Accepted Answer

A)  begin writing early and continually revise. 
B)  write down an outline that defines the major headings of your paper. 
C)  think of your report as a story - what would someone else need to know to understand your own research? 
D)  all of these (a, b, c) 
A)  begin writing early and continually revise. 
B)  write down an outline that defines the major headings of your paper. 
C)  think of your report as a story - what would someone else need to know to understand your own research? 
D)  all of these (a, b, c) D

Question 2

An evaluation report differs from an empirical journal article in that evaluation reports

Accepted Answer

A)  vary in format more than do journal articles. 
B)  pay more attention to specific situations, often describing them in considerable detail. 
C)  generally are designed to test theory. 
D)  both a and b 
A)  vary in format more than do journal articles. 
B)  pay more attention to specific situations, often describing them in considerable detail. 
C)  generally are designed to test theory. 
D)  both a and b D

Question 3

Possible forms of a research report include

Accepted Answer

A)  monograph 
B)  government report 
C)  both a and b 
D)  neither a nor b 
A)  monograph 
B)  government report 
C)  both a and b 
D)  neither a nor b C

Question 4

To avoid plagiarism

Accepted Answer

A)  credit all sources of others' ideas. 
B)  keep accurate records of sources. 
C)  identify all direct quotes with quotation marks or in a block-quote style. 
D)  all of these (a, b, c) 
A)  credit all sources of others' ideas. 
B)  keep accurate records of sources. 
C)  identify all direct quotes with quotation marks or in a block-quote style. 
D)  all of these (a, b, c)

Question 5

Writers use headings and subheadings in a paper to

Accepted Answer

A)  serve as a guide to the reader. 
B)  serve as a guide to the writer. 
C)  provide an organizing structure. 
D)  all of these (a, b, c) 
A)  serve as a guide to the reader. 
B)  serve as a guide to the writer. 
C)  provide an organizing structure. 
D)  all of these (a, b, c)

Strategies for developing your own writing style include

An evaluation report differs from an empirical journal article in that evaluation reports

Possible forms of a research report include

To avoid plagiarism

Writers use headings and subheadings in a paper to

Introducing Social Research

Ethics and Social Science Research

Scientific Method and Basic Concepts

Variables and Their Measurement

Designing Social Experiments

Ethnography and Observation

Indirect Methods

Surveys

Population, Samples, and Sampling

Data Preparation and Basic Analysis

Data Analysis 2: Describing, Explaining, Evaluating

Applying Principles of Science Learning to Everyday Learning

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Exam 12: Preparing the Report

Strategies for developing your own writing style include

An evaluation report differs from an empirical journal article in that evaluation reports

Possible forms of a research report include

To avoid plagiarism

Writers use headings and subheadings in a paper to

Introducing Social Research

Ethics and Social Science Research

Scientific Method and Basic Concepts

Variables and Their Measurement

Designing Social Experiments

Ethnography and Observation

Indirect Methods

Surveys

Population, Samples, and Sampling

Data Preparation and Basic Analysis

Data Analysis 2: Describing, Explaining, Evaluating

Applying Principles of Science Learning to Everyday Learning

Filters