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researchfinalquizzes Test

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In the population of New Town 30% of people work for Bigg Corp, 30 for public sector and 40 self employed. In survey of 100 residents, 40 for Bigg 40 public 20 self. sample was:
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When a distribution contains outliers, what measure of central tendency is most appropriate?
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researcher is asked to distribute medication to subjects. Each labeled with participants number, neither researcher or participant knows who gets real or placebo. What type of experimental method is this?
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Tacit knowledge is best defined as:
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In a normal curve, roughly what percent of all cases fall within plus or minus two standard deviations?
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Focus groups are useful for all of the following but: developing hypotheses, assessing range of opinions about issue, investigating meaning of results, generalizing findings, developing survey questions
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A survey that takes measurements from all elements of a population is known as a:
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True experiments are designed to maximize:
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A member of a social setting who can provide access to that setting for a researcher is known as a:
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The total number of cases in a distribution is called:
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In a regression of analysis, if r = 0 then:
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A researcher studying a small town reliiousity in US randomly selected 10 states. From states 1/10 of counties. From counties 1/10 of cities with populations smaller than 10k. From that, ten practitioners. Which is NOT a cluster?
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What guideline does the following question violate in terms of guidelines for writing questions: "Do you favr or oppose tougher drug fines and longer mandatory sentences?
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Reactive effects in participant observation can be reduced by
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Anonymity exists when:
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Researcher B collects the number of new building permits issued in Sunny City every 5 years prior to new development controls, and 5 yearsa after new controls in place. Wants to know if development controls changed number of building permits. design:
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Progressive focusing involves:
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Which level of measurement has a value that signifies absolutely no amount of whatever variable it indicates?
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Textbook indicates that the "Achilles heel" of true experimental design is:
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Thick description attempts to convey a sense of what it is like to experience something from the standpoint of the:
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generalizing findings
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ratio
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gatekeeper
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avoid double-barreled questions
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95%
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census
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building rapport with other participants
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median
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There is no linear correlation
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practitioners
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double-blind procedure
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refining the study focus by interacting with data during the study period
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unrepresentative
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no identifying information is ever collected to link respondent to responses
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time series
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natural actors in the setting
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generalizability
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the base number N
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largely unarticulated, contextual understandings of social processes
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internal validity
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Which of the following are used to summarize the central tendency of quantitative variables?
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In an experiment, the posttest measures:
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Professor Smith is conducting research on bullying and has developed a research design that includes both observations at a local school and survey interviews with students. This is a prime example of:
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A researcher decided to study people who hunt in a nearby forest. Asks a hunter to do interview. Then asks friend for other people. Then asks those people for more names. This sampling technique is:
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The list from which elements of a population are selected for a sample is known as the:
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While studying results of welfare, place falls into recession. Posttest find program unsuccessful. Designers claim inconclusive because of internal validity. Which type of internal validity is the problem?
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When researchers measure an unchanging phenomenon at two different times, the degree to which the two measurements are related is called:
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A researcher wants to explore the ways in which we build trust in online gaming. She submerses self in language + customs of an online gaming world, playing every day to get grasp on virtual surroundings. She uses what methodology?
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If sufficient resources and a trained staff are available, which survey design is almost always preferable?
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"Location in which respondent was born" is an example of what level of measurement?

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