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1. Phenomenology does not suffer from which of the following?
a. a small sample size (one person);
b. biased conclusions as a result of the researcher's own observation;
c. the researcher is deceiving others.
2. Which kind of research involves the researcher secretly observing individuals directly?
a. naturalistic observation;
b. an investigation employing non-intrusive methods;
c. participant observation
3. Which of the following kinds of field studies has the advantage of allowing participants to interact with those whose actions are being observed?
a. naturalistic observation;
b. an investigation employing non-intrusive methods;
c. participant observation
4. A multiple-choice survey question is categorized as either a(n):
a. closed end q;
b open end q.
5. Which kind of inquiry enables the researcher to gather more in-depth data?
a. the question was closed;
b. the question was open-ended.
6. Content analysis can be used to group people's responses when a survey has _______ questions.
a. closed q...
b. opened end q...
7. Which correlation is more significant?
a. -0.32
b. -0.32
c. their strength is the same,
8. Which of the following would be permissible for a person to draw if they discovered a positive correlation between income and happiness?
a. being happier leads to earning more money;
b. being happier leads to earning more money;
c. for some reason, people who make more money tend to be happier than people who make less money
9. A spurious correlation is one in which there is neither
a. a cause-and-effect relationship
b. no cause-and-effect relationship between two variables
10. Dog owners tend to buy more food and shampoo for their dogs. This indicates that spending money on dog food is correlated with spending money on dog shampoo. The other is more likely to be purchased by those who buy more. Money spent on dog food and shampoo is correlated in one of the following ways:
a. spurious positive correlation;
b. spurious negative correlation;
c. non-spurious positive correlation;
d. non-spurious negative correlation
Does the amount of money spent on dog food influence the amount spent on dog shampoo?
Does the amount of money spent on dog food correlate with the amount spent on dog shampoo?
11. A random _____ would assist a researcher in avoiding a female-dominated survey study.A random _______ would assist a researcher in avoiding conducting an experiment in which one group consists entirely of men and one group consists entirely of women.
a. assignment, sampling
b. assignment, sampling