Social and behavioral scientists are predicting voter turn-out for the next election. Their sample
consists of 1,500 registered voters from 15 different counties.
After collecting and analyzing the data
they predict that voter turn-out for the next election will be 55. There predictions accounts for 3
error in both positive and negative directions. What is the name of this error?
a) Sampling error
b) Population error
c) Sampling frame error
d) Standard error
Dan is defending his dissertation on predicting recidivism and residential status for sex offender
residents. He has put in a significant amount of time reviewing the literature and defining the
concepts.
However, social work faculty is concerned that the research may have a problem with
reductionism. What is reductionism?
a) Subtraction of empirical evidence from hypothesized concepts
b) Not exploring all aspects of the research concepts
c) Reduction of the concepts towards being impractical for real world applications
d) Numerical measures tend to loose some of the properties of the concept
Archeologists discover what appears to be indigenous American totem poles in Michigan's Upper
Peninsula.
The totem poles are not expected in this region, and subsequently the archeologists'
attempt to find more information from first-nation people in the region. Which term most accurately
depicts the research philosophy in this vignette?
a) Deductive
b) Quantitative
c) Empiricism
d) Inductive
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