POS301, Chapter 4
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- Exploratory studies are done most often for purposes of:
- satisfying a researcher's curiousity, testing feasibility of a more careful study, developing methods to be used in a more careful study.
- The degree of relationship between two variales is of particular concern in which type of study?
- Explanatory.
- Researcher Lewis spends three months as a choir member touring Europe to see what off-stage choir member interaction is all about. This is an example of which kind of study?
- Exploratory.
- Professor John has just discovered that amount of time spent in social activities has a causal influence on academic performance. This is an example of which kind of study?
- Explanatory.
- If a researcher wanted to find out how much time elderly persons in nursing homes spend interacting with each other, the researcher would conduct which kind of study?
- Descriptive.
- Which of the following best reflects the ecological fallacy?
- Data gathered from groups, conclusions drawn about individuals.
- Read the following statement and then determine the unit of analysis: "most Americans believe in God." What unit of analysis is reflected?
- Individuals.
- Read the following and then determine the unit of analysis: "10% of families in a community move within a year." Which unit of analysis is reflected?
- Group.
- Read the following and determine the unit of analysis: "cartoons today show greater violence then do cartoons from ten years ago." What unit of analysis is reflected?
- Artifact.
- A particular weakness of cross-sectional studies is that:
- they makes it difficult to infer causality.
- Professor Lodwicky used the 1990 US Census and the 2000 Census to compare the average family size. This reflects which type of study?
- Trend Study.
- Whic type of study would best enable a researcher to assess changes associated with attending college for four years?
- Panel.
- Which one of the following is not an appropriate strategy for approximating longitudinal studies when only cross-sectional data are available?
- Examining iferences in responses to those who return their questionnaires early rather than late.
- The research proposal generally begins with:
- a statement of a problem or objective.
- Which of the following best reflects the nomothetic model of explanation?
- Professor Wong wishes to identify the major causes of religiousity.
- Which of the following hypotheses best fits the three criteria of causality?
- An increase in eductional attainment causes an increase in status attainment in occupation, controlling for several variables.