Deck 16: The Politics, Production, and Ethics of Research

Question 1

Polling and market research firms are examples of

A)Think tanks
B)Contract research organizations
C)Advocacy organizations
D)Government research institutes

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Research often fails to influence policy because of:

A)Efforts by interest groups
B)Cultural and moral values
C)Distrust of researchers
D)All of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which organization would be more likely to conduct basic rather than applied research?

A)A university
B)A government agency
C)A think tank
D)A contract research organization

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of these is an example of a think tank?

A)The Census Bureau
B)The Brookings Institution
C)Gallup
D)All of the above

Question 5

The federal government is interested in better understanding traffic patterns as part of transportation policy .To study this topic, it issues a(n) ______ to researchers who will apply for funding to conduct research on the project, based upon the questions that the government wants answereD.

A)Informed consent form
B)Request for proposals
C)White paper
D)Request for donations

Question 6

Professor Smith is interested in knowing whether applying the same methodology and design used from another researcher's study will produce the same results for her study .This is an example of a _______study.

A)Replication
B)Useless
C)Meta-analysis
D)None of the above

Question 7

Which of these studies would most likely qualify for exempt review from an Institutional Review Board?

A)An experimental study testing the effects of a lower dose of a medicine that has been found to be safe in previous research
B)An ethnographic study of former prison inmates living in a halfway house
C)A study involving observation of public behavior in train cars
D)A study using secondary education data that includes students' identifying information

Question 8

Which of these is NOT a principle of ethical conduct in research in the Nuremberg Code?

A)Free access to life-saving research
B)Voluntary participation
C)No harm to subjects
D)Potential benefits must outweigh risks to participants

Question 9

In determining whether he wants to conduct a project, Professor Morales evaluates ___________ that include the amount of time and resources he will need to devote to the project.

A)Opportunity costs
B)Incremental costs
C)Relative factors
D)Expectation factors