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Question # 1 of 15 ( Start time: 01:09:24 AM ) Total Marks: 1
If a researcher was studying the use of various instructional approaches to the "multiple intelligences" of his students, he is likely to be conducting which type of research?
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Basic
Applied
Evaluation
Grounded theory

Question # 2 of 15 ( Start time: 01:10:00 AM ) Total Marks: 1
If a measure is consistent over multiple occasions, it has:
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Inter-rater reliability
Construct validity
Internal validity
Test-retest reliability

Question # 3 of 15 ( Start time: 01:11:32 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Why do you need to review the existing literature?
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To give your dissertation a proper academic appearance, with lots of references
Because without it, you could never reach the required word-count
To find out what is already known about your area of interest
To help in your general studying

Question # 4 of 15 ( Start time: 01:12:12 AM ) Total Marks: 1
All of the following are true about theories, except;
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They organize and summarize existing knowledge about a topic.
They are tentative until the facts prove them true.
They provide possible explanations for the phenomenon under study
They lead to testable hypotheses through the process of deduction.

Question # 5 of 15 ( Start time: 01:13:02 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Quantitative social researchers rarely claim to have established causality because:
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They are more concerned with publishing the results of their reliability tests.
They do not believe that this is an appropriate goal to be striving for.
They keep forgetting which of the variables they have manipulated.
They tend to use cross-sectional designs, which produce only correlations.

Question # 6 of 15 ( Start time: 01:14:12 AM ) Total Marks: 1
“Skepticism” is a norm of science. It is better explained by which of the following statement?
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Combining the previous knowledge
Critical reading of the previous researches
Providing the proper references of qouted text
Locating research reports in libraries

Question # 7 of 15 ( Start time: 01:15:12 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following provides a solid basis foundation for the theoretical framework?
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Survey
Literature Review
Experiment
Referencing

Question # 8 of 15 ( Start time: 01:15:54 AM ) Total Marks: 1
------------------surveys are more impersonal than face-to-face interviews.
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Mail
Recorded Interview
Focus *****
Telephone

Question # 9 of 15 ( Start time: 01:17:01 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is not a feature of theoretical framework?
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Making an inventory of variables
Specify the direction of relationship
Presenting findings
Making an inventory of propositions

Question # 10 of 15 ( Start time: 01:17:40 AM ) Total Marks: 1
In _________ definition, a concept is explained in terms of other concepts.
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Operational definition
Working definition
Theoretical definition
None of the given options

Question # 11 of 15 ( Start time: 01:18:29 AM ) Total Marks: 1
To explain, predict, and/or control phenomena are the goal of----------------------
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Tradition
Inductive logic
Deductive logic
The scientific method

Question # 12 of 15 ( Start time: 01:19:08 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a good research topic?
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It is ethical.
It can be investigated through the collection and analysis of data.
It focuses on a philosophical or ethical issue.
It is theoretically or practically significant.

Question # 13 of 15 ( Start time: 01:19:47 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is a concept?
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Leadership.
Total Quality Management.
Human Resource Management.
All of the given options

Question # 14 of 15 ( Start time: 01:20:14 AM ) Total Marks: 1
The most critical areas of an article to read is;
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Results section
Introduction
Abstract
Limitations

Question # 15 of 15 ( Start time: 01:20:58 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Quantitative researcher's preoccupation with generalization is an attempt to:
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Develop the law like findings of the natural sciences.
Boost their chances of publication.
Enhance the internal validity of their research.
Demonstrate the complex techniques of statistical analysis.







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Question # 1 of 15 ( Start time: 03:38:43 PM ) Total Marks: 1
A variable is:
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Any characteristic of interest that can take on more than one value------True

Defined as the groups manipulated in experimental research

The complete set of scores we use in statistical analysis

Completely specified only in observational research




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Question # 2 of 15 ( Start time: 03:39:57 PM ) Total Marks: 1
What is the basis of the Scientific Method?
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To test hypotheses in conditions that are conducive to its success.
To formulate a research problem and disprove the hypothesis.
To formulate a research problem, test the hypothesis in carefully controlled conditions that challenge the hypothesis. ------True
To test hypotheses and if they are disproved, they should be abandoned completely.




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Question # 3 of 15 (Start time: 03:40:32 PM) Total Marks: 1
Research questions are crucial because they will:
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Guide your decisions about what data to collect and from where. -------True

help you decide which research area interests you.

Ensure that your findings have external validity.

Prevent you from thinking about research strategies.


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Question # 4 of 15 ( Start time: 03:41:06 PM ) Total Marks: 1
A researcher developed a measure of shyness and is now asking whether this measure does in fact measure a person's true state of shyness. This is a question of:
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Reactivity

Construct validity-----True

Reliability

Content validity


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Question # 5 of 15 ( Start time: 03:42:08 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Descriptive and Explanatory Research are the classifications of research on the basis of:
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Use of the research
Time dimension
Techniques used
Purpose of the research -------True



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Question # 6 of 15 ( Start time: 03:42:47 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Ms. Laiba has decided to use the test at the end of the textbook to measure the achievement levels of the students in her study. Which of the following BEST describes the chapter test?
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Definition
Construct

Variable

Operationalized variable------True



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Question # 7 of 15 (Start time: 03:43:26 PM) Total Marks: 1
Why, as scientists, do we not want to rely on authority for explanations?
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Those in authority are often wrong.
Those in authority cannot be challenged.
Those in authority rely too much on objective information. -------True
Those in authority often have no common sense.




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Question # 8 of 15 ( Start time: 03:44:00 PM ) Total Marks: 1
In which of the following Tests, we give extra training to the interviewer in case of big research funded by an organization?
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Test Run

Pilot Test-----True

Post Hoc Test

T- Test


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Question # 9 of 15 (Start time: 03:44:54 PM) Total Marks: 1
which of the following is NOT an unethical issue?
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Invoicing irregularities
Avoiding legal liability
Misrepresenting results
Seek approval for research-------True


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Question # 10 of 15 (Start time: 03:45:58 PM) Total Marks: 1
what research is?
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A lab experiment
A report
A systematic Enquiry ------True
A procedure.



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Question # 11 of 15 ( Start time: 03:46:40 PM ) Total Marks: 1
The scientific method is preferred over other ways of knowing because it is more;
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Reliable

Systematic

Accurate

All of the given options------True




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Question # 12 of 15 ( Start time: 03:47:31 PM ) Total Marks: 1
If a researcher was studying the use of various instructional approaches to the "multiple intelligences" of his students, he is likely to be conducting which type of research?
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Basic
Applied -------True
Evaluation
Grounded theory

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Question # 13 of 15 (Start time: 03:47:58 PM) Total Marks: 1
an operational definition is:
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One that bears no relation to the underlying concept.
An abstract, theoretical definition of a concept.
A definition of a concept in terms of specific, empirical measures. -------True
one that refers to opera singers and their work.


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Question # 14 of 15 (Start time: 03:48:51 PM) Total Marks: 1
which of the following is an example of value-free research?
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Conscious favor
Sympathy for the loser
Unstructured interviewing
None of the given options ------True



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Question # 15 of 15 ( Start time: 03:49:21 PM ) Total Marks: 1
According to Empiricism, which of the following is the ultimate source of all our concepts and knowledge?
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Perceptions
Theory
Sensory experience -----------True
Logics and arguments