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Lawrence Neuman Understanding Research Second Edition
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Test Bank Contents
Chapter 1: Why Do Research? 111
Chapter 2: Planning a Study 128
Chapter 3: Becoming an Ethical Researcher 145
Chapter 4: Sampling 163
Chapter 5: Measuring Social Life 180
Chapter 6: The Survey 198
Chapter 7: The Experiment 215
Chapter 8: Research with Nonreactive Measures 233
Chapter 9: Making Sense of the Numbers 249
Chapter 10: Observing People in Natural Settings 267
Chapter 11: Looking at the Past and Across Cultures 284
Chapter 12: Writing a Research Report 302
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Testbank Chapter 1 Why Do Research?
1.1 Multiple Choice
1) Empirical evidence
- is data or evidence that can be tied to something that can be seen, touched, smelled, etc.
- is always easily collected.
- never needs to be documented.
- does not need to be collected systematically.
Answer: A
Topic/Concept: On What Basis Do We Make Decisions?
Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the role of research as one of the foundations of decision making
Skill Level: Understanding
Difficulty Level: Easy
2) Basic social research increases general knowledge and
- its usefulness is usually immediately apparent.
- requires that the researcher purchase expensive equipment.
- the researchers are activist and interventionist oriented, solving immediate problems.
- is the source of many new scientific ideas.
Answer: D
Topic/Concept: On What Basis Do We Make Decisions?
Learning Objective: 1.1: Describe the role of research as one of the foundations of decision making
Skill Level: Understanding
Difficulty Level: Easy
3) Critical thinking
- involves superstition and witchcraft.
- looks at an issue from one viewpoint only.
- has little to do with research.
- leads us to uncover hidden assumptions.
Answer: D
Topic/Concept: What Is Empirical Social Research and Why Is it Respected?
Learning Objective: 1.2: Explain why empirical social research is more than gathering information and the role of critical thinking in the research process
Skill Level: Understanding
Difficulty Level: Easy 3 / 4
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4) Quantitative data collection techniques include all BUT the following:
- historical comparative research.
- experiments.
- surveys.
- content analyses.
Answer: A
Topic/Concept: What Are the Types of Social Research?
Learning Objective: 1.3: Summarize quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques
Skill Level: Understanding
Difficulty Level: Easy
5) Which of the following is NOT a major purpose of research?
- to explore a new issue
- to find hidden treasure
- to see if a program works as it should
- to explain why an event happens in a certain way
Answer: B
Topic/Concept: What Are the Types of Social Research?
Learning Objective: 1.3: Summarize quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques
Skill Level: Understanding
Difficulty Level: Easy
6) Quantitative Research experiments
- are also called survey research.
- do not follow the logic found in natural science research.
- require a well-defined research question.
- have nothing to do with science.
Answer: C
Topic/Concept: What Are the Types of Social Research?
Learning Objective: 1.3: Summarize quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques
Skill Level: Understanding
Difficulty Level: Easy
7) This type of data collection typically requires that a researcher closely observes a small group of people over a length of time.
- ethnographic field research
- surveys
- quantitative data collection
- historical-comparative research
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