Deck 6: Developing Adequacy in Relevant Disciplines

Question 1

Disciplinary experts use theories to produce all of these outcomes except:

A)A description of their preferred outcome for a study
B)Adequacy within a discipline.
C)Insights concerning a specific problem that would otherwise not be possible to achieve.
D)An understanding of which disciplinary elements are applicable to a problem.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Interdisciplinarians are interested in concepts because when they are modified,they can often serve as the basis for creating common ground and integrating insights.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

__________________ posits a general relationship among two or more phenomena.

A)Ideographic theory
B)Nomothetic theory
C)Life Span Theory
D)Disciplinary method

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Answering the "5W" questions will reveal:

A)The best theory based on the question
B)The degree of needed adequacy
C)Where more literature is needed
D)Source(s)of conflict between theory types

Question 5

In the natural and social sciences especially,methods are the means by which to obtain evidence of how some aspect of the natural or human world functions.

Question 6

Qualitative research refers to all of the following except:

A)Metaphors
B)Concepts
C)Numbers
D)Characteristics