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Any good researcher, especially one performing observational research, needs to


A) Have a clearly articulated hypothesis
B) Look for evidence that could prove wrong the theory being tested
C) Be able to deduce the predicted outcome of the study
D) All of the above

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What is the difference between manifest and latent content analysis? When is it appropriate to use these different methods?

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Both manifest and latent content analysi...

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Which one of the following scenarios best demonstrates the concept of hermeneutics?


A) A parole officer obtains urine specimens from several parolees and has them analyzed for evidence of substance abuse.
B) Guards in a prisoner-of-war camp analyze the out-going mail of prisoners to determine if an escape attempt is being plotted.
C) A supervisor of graduate student teachers administers a questionnaire to students to determine the effectiveness of student-teachers.
D) The director of a day care center observes and records the interactions among the children to identify potentially aggressive ones.

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When a researcher reads a passage of text and codes it for a particular theme, the researcher is actually coding for


A) Latent content
B) Manifest content
C) Validity
D) Reliability

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In a comparison of the social interaction patterns of gorillas, a scientist spends several months observing and recording behavior of gorillas in each group of her samples. This is an example of _______ research.


A) participant observation
B) naturalistic observation
C) survey
D) case study

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The term procedure


A) means the same as method
B) includes the design of the study
C) describes the logical plan of the study
D) describes the steps in carrying out the design

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Participant-Observer research is most appropriate when:


A) little is known about the group
B) studying a group that is isolated from the population
C) the group's behavior is generally not accessible to public scrutiny
D) all of these

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An in-depth description of the emotions of victims of tornados would be an example of __________ research


A) case study
B) naturalistic
C) observational
D) archival

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In comparison to those that use experimental techniques, observational researchers often use a process of testing hypotheses that is more


A) Formal
B) Flexible
C) Deductive
D) Hypothesis driven

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What is the hermeneutic approach to research, and how does it differ from the general approach to understanding behavior?

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Alex the parrot's remarkable facility for language was reported in a journal article. What type of research technique was used?


A) Archival
B) Participant-Observer
C) Survey
D) Case Study

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All of the following are true of nonexperimental research except:


A) No attempt is made to manipulate an independent variable.
B) The researcher cannot assign subjects to groups.
C) Data collection procedures often compromise some degree of control.
D) The researcher is unable to specify the probability of a subject being included in the sample.

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A pilot study


A) is mostly for inexperienced researchers
B) is required for all studies
C) helps find the bugs in a design
D) reduces the credibility of the later study because the researcher has tested the design in advance

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Which one of the following methods of analysis requires the least interpretation?


A) unobtrusive observation
B) latent content
C) physical trace
D) hermeneutics

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The finding that people who drink red wine have better health is the result of __________ research.


A) experimental
B) correlational
C) archival
D) case study

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Theory development in observational or archival research


A) should be more formal and deductive than other research
B) is to be avoided in favor of gathering data and generating hypotheses
C) should be done before the data are collected
D) None of these are true.

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The protocol of a study is


A) the exact steps in dealing with a participant
B) the safeguards taken to keep the participant from feeling awkward
C) another way to describe the procedure
D) another word for the proposal

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If you are performing an content analysis in which the analysis is to count the frequency of the occurrence of the word, "kiss" in a given text, you are actually coding for


A) Latent content
B) Manifest content
C) Validity
D) Reliability

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A first hand story reflecting the meaning experienced by the teller is called a


A) survey
B) participant-observer study
C) narrative case study
D) naturalistic observation study

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