Which one of the following steps is not an essential step in conducting a research study?
a. Formulating a hypothesis c. Selecting a research strategy
b. Selecting a problem d. Collecting and interpreting the data
Ques. 2Measurement of variables is more difficult in
a. physical sciences. c. social sciences.
b. natural sciences. d. a and b.
Ques. 3Which one of the following statements presents a denial of the assumption of universal determinism?
a. I wonder why the anxiety level in my class has increased.
b. For no reason the anxiety level in my class has increased.
c. It is quite clear that the anxiety level in my class has increased.
d. I don't think that the anxiety level in my class has increased.
Ques. 4Which statement is amenable to scientific investigation?
a. All middle schools should teach sex education.
b. Sex education is an important part of the middle school curriculum.
c. Sex education is more important than drug abuse education.
d. The incidence of teenage pregnancies is lower in schools where sex education is taught.
Ques. 5Perfect induction differs from imperfect induction in that perfect induction
a. moves from major and minor premises to a particular conclusion about a class of phenomena.
b. arrives at a generalization by observing samples of a class of phenomena.
c. involves an exhaustive enumeration of all of the instances that make up a class of phenomena.
Ques. 6Which one of the following steps in conducting a research study would most likely involve deductive reasoning?
a. Formulation of a hypothesis c. Collection of data
b. Review of literature d. Statistical analysis of data
Ques. 7Which one of the following steps in undertaking a research study most likely involves the use of authority?
a. Selection of a question for research c. Data collection
b. Review of literature d. Data analysis
Ques. 8Which of the following is not more of a problem in the social sciences than in the physical sciences?
a. Hypothesis formation c. Measurement of variables
b. Control of variables d. Replication of experiments
Ques. 9An inductive theory is
a. not as scientific as a deductive theory.
b. not sensitive to empirical data.
c. formed only after extensive observations have been made.
d. based on a great deal of conceptualization.
Ques. 10Which of the following purposes for proposed research studies would be least acceptable to the scientific researcher?
a. To show that the educational philosophy of John Dewey has had an adverse effect on American education
b. To show changes in attitudes and values associated with college attendance
c. To predict performance in successive terms in college from tests and grades
d. To study the relationship between college students' ratings of professors and the grades they received from the professors
e. To determine if grade inflation has occurred at State University over the past five years
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