Exam 1: Introduction

An hypothesis is a specific statement of prediction.

Relational studies are designed primarily to document what is going on or what exists.

What type of relationship occurs when two variables are synchronized?​

Social research is ____,meaning that much of it is concerned with developing,exploring,or testing the ideas that social researchers have about how the world operates.

A(n)_______________ is a systematic compilation and written summary of all of the literature published in scientific journals that is related to a research topic of interest.

What type of validity is most concerned with whether there is a causal relationship?​

Reasoning that moves from specific observations to broader generalizations is referred to as ____.

Figure TB 1-1 -What type of relationship is shown in the accompanying figure?​

The degree to which the conclusions in a study would hold for other persons in other places and at other times is referred to as _______________.

Draw and discuss the research-practice continuum,providing an example for each level.

Identify and describe the four types of validity described in your text.

Define the term of research synthesis and describe the two major types.

Valerie's state passed a law mandating a free public pre-kindergarten education for three- and four-year-old children,although school enrollment is not mandatory until age five,with kindergarten.She is tracking the school-readiness and reading-readiness scores of all children starting kindergarten to see how the children who are enrolled in the pre-K program do in comparison to those of similar background who do not attend.Valerie is conducting ____.

Evolutionary epistemology is a branch of philosophy that proposes that ideas evolve through the process of natural selection.

The theoretical nature of social sciences is related to developing,exploring,or testing the ideas that social researchers have about how the world operates.

What type of relationship occurs when two variables are synchronized and the levels of one variable affect the levels of the other?​

Research is a type of systematic investigation that is empirical in nature and is designed to contribute to public knowledge.

When all possible answerable responses are included as possible attributes for a variable,the list of attributes is said to be ____.

Warren is reviewing the approaches that have been taken to the diagnosis and treatment of childhood schizophrenia over the past century.He notices that some ideas receive initial research support and become popular,generate additional research and,when not supported,seem to largely die off while others continue to be supported and become dominant in the field.This best illustrates ____.

In causal studies,the interest is in the effects of some cause on one or more ____.