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1. Hermoine interviewed three immigrants to Canada to investigate efficacy. Compared to surveys that interview 2000 immigrants to Canada, what might Hermoine be most concerned about when she presents her results?
A. External validity or generalizabiity - the extent to which Hermoine's results are representative of the wider population of immigrants to Canada.
B. Reliability - the extent to which Hermoine's results are consistently close to an accurate gauge of the effect of immigration on efficacy.
C Internal validity - the extent to which Hermoine's results correctly explain the true relationship between being an immigrant and efficacy.
2. When a subject (or interviewee says something that the researcher knows is a lie, it would be inappropriate for the interviewer to ask follow-up questions that might cause the subject to admit the truth because such a line of questions would not exist when the researcher conducts other interviews.
A. True
B. False
3. Unseen by anyone else, Charlie stole a cookie from the cookie jar.
When asked about the theft (inferred from the presence of a few crumbs on the counter next to the cookie jar), Charlie denied having stolen the cookies. When she came home from her double-shift at Loblaw's that evening, Charlie's sister, Lucy, denied stealing the cookie (since she was at work) but said that if anything was stolen, the housekeeper was probably the culprit. Charlie's denial is an example of _________(A), while Lucy's claim is an example of __________(B)
A - lying, B - BS
B A-BS, B- lying
C A- BS, B- BS
D A- lying, B- lying
4. In the early 21st century, NATO members US and Canada went to war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, but only the US went to war against Saddam Hussein in Iraq.
Which variable absolutely cannot explain the variation in the decisions to go to war in Afghanistan but not Iraq because it does not vary between the two countries?
A. a presidential executive.
B. Membership in NATO
C. Two large political parties
5. A recent study looked at how foreign aid to African countries were handled by France and the United Kingdom. At the time, both France and the UK were part of the EU, permanent members of the UN Security Council, and coordinated some foreign aid and development efforts. What research design would researchers comparing foreign aid policies in the two countries employ in a cross-national study?
A. A most different systems design that focuses on what is different between the two countries.
B. A most similar systems design that focuses on what is similar between the two countries.
C. A most different systems design that focuses on what is similar between the two countries.
D. A most similar systems design that focuses on what is different between the two countries.