Deck 12: Your Future in Research

Question 1

Specifying the research population is important for all of the following reasons except:

A) the research population influences the generalizability of the eventual results
B) the research population influences the number of observations that can be included in the dataset
C) the research population is the set of all possible observations based on a particular characteristic within a particular unit of analysis
D) the researcher should pick a sample partially outside the research population to have a control

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What is the process through which work is distributed to a larger audience?

A) Dissemination
B) Participation
C) Distribution
D) Dispensation

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A Call for Papers is:

A) how work is distributed to a larger audience
B) the general invitation to present research at a conference
C) the person who reads the full papers after they have been submitted
D) the process through which we dissect information in order to assess how conclusions were reached

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is the correct format for a research question?

A) The Effect of IVs on DV among research population
B) The Effect of DV on IVs among research population
C) The Effect of the Research Population on the IV
D) The Effect of the Research Population on the DV

Question 5

Process Tracing is:

A) the general invitation to present research at a conference
B) the person who reads the full papers after they have been submitted
C) the process through which we dissect information in order to assess how conclusions were reached
D) used to provide evidence for the causal relationship between the independent and dependent variables in a particular case

Question 6

You should not ______ the information you use as evidence for a case study

A) generalize
B) pay attention to
C) cherry pick
D) process trace

Question 7

Research projects generally draw their data from:

A) one source
B) multiple sources
C) no sources
D) Professors

Question 8

A discussant is the:

A) person who reads and provides comments for the full papers after they have been submitted to a conference
B) person who organizes the panel
C) invitation to present research at a conference
D) professor

Question 9

Critical analysis is the process by which

A) we gather information for our research proposal.
B) identify outliers that are not significant for our research.
C) we create case studies to test our hypothesis.
D) we dissect information in order to assess how conclusions were reached.

Question 10

Which of the following is crucial in helping you develop the theory you will write to explain why the independent and dependent variables you eventually choose are expected to be correlated to each other?

A) Literature
B) Hypothesis
C) Discussant
D) Professor