Question 1

Cause and effect is revealed with which research method?

Accepted Answer

A) experiment 
B) survey 
C) textual analysis 
D) ethnography

Question 2

Because they provide more anonymity to her respondents,Tanisha should plan to use which of the following in her research study?

Accepted Answer

A) closed-ended questions 
B) questionnaires 
C) interviews 
D) focus groups

Question 3

The social scientific approach utilizes ______ methods in order to make generalizations about human behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) quantitative 
B) qualitative 
C) intensive 
D) extensive

Question 4

When every member of a population has an equal chance of being selected for a research study,the sample is known as a/an ______.

Accepted Answer

A) aggregate sample 
B) nonrandom sample 
C) population sample 
D) random sample

Question 5

Deductive theory is generally associated with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) grounded theory 
B) scientific method 
C) humanistic approach 
D) particularism

Question 6

Social scientists refer to patterns of communication that hold true across groups of people,over time,and in different contexts as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) determinism 
B) generalizations 
C) hypotheses 
D) random samples

Question 7

Identify and explain two research methods.Then compare and contrast the two methods based on the strengths and weaknesses of each.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and explain two research methods.Then compare...

Question 8

The ______ research method is naturalistic and emergent because participants are in their natural environment.

Accepted Answer

A) field experiment 
B) lab experiment 
C) ethnography 
D) biography

Question 9

The humanist approach views truth as ______;whereas the social scientific approach treats truth as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) altruistic;deterministic 
B) common sense;scholarly 
C) ethnographic;experimental 
D) subjective;objective

Question 10

Deductive theory development occurs before inductive theory development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Cheri plans to record and then analyze the conversations between and among members of a group of people she has chosen for her research study.Cheri's work may also be known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) interaction analysis 
B) ethnography 
C) data mining 
D) generalization

Question 12

Alonzo will be conducting an ethnography by observing the actions of a group of people with whom he has never interacted and wants to observe their actions without interacting at all with any of the members of the culture.Alonzo's plan,then,is to act as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) complete participant 
B) participant-observer 
C) complete observer 
D) Text-miner

Question 13

A text is ______.

Accepted Answer

A) a written message 
B) a message 
C) a recorded message 
D) a written or recorded message

Question 14

Which of the following uses verbal descriptions of communicative phenomena?

Accepted Answer

A) qualitative methods 
B) quantitative methods 
C) ethnography 
D) textual analysis

Question 15

Identify and explain the three different types of ethnography based on the researcher's role.Explain a benefit and drawback for each type.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and explain the three different types...

Question 16

Masculinity is considered a variable because people can be highly masculine,moderately masculine,non-masculine,and so on.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Survey research is the only way to determine how someone thinks or feels about something.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Theory Development

Cause and effect is revealed with which research method?

Because they provide more anonymity to her respondents,Tanisha should plan to use which of the following in her research study?

The social scientific approach utilizes ______ methods in order to make generalizations about human behavior.

When every member of a population has an equal chance of being selected for a research study,the sample is known as a/an ______.

Deductive theory is generally associated with which of the following?

Social scientists refer to patterns of communication that hold true across groups of people,over time,and in different contexts as ______.

Identify and explain two research methods.Then compare and contrast the two methods based on the strengths and weaknesses of each.

The ______ research method is naturalistic and emergent because participants are in their natural environment.

The humanist approach views truth as ;whereas the social scientific approach treats truth as .

Deductive theory development occurs before inductive theory development.

Cheri plans to record and then analyze the conversations between and among members of a group of people she has chosen for her research study.Cheri's work may also be known as ______.

Alonzo will be conducting an ethnography by observing the actions of a group of people with whom he has never interacted and wants to observe their actions without interacting at all with any of the members of the culture.Alonzo's plan,then,is to act as which of the following?

A text is ______.

Which of the following uses verbal descriptions of communicative phenomena?

Identify and explain the three different types of ethnography based on the researcher's role.Explain a benefit and drawback for each type.

Masculinity is considered a variable because people can be highly masculine,moderately masculine,non-masculine,and so on.

Survey research is the only way to determine how someone thinks or feels about something.