Disseminating Your Research Exam Prep Chapter 15 1st Edition - Updated Test Bank | Research Methods in the Social and Health Sciences 1e by Palys by Ted Palys. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 15: Disseminating Your Research
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is NOT one of the general thoughts about writing presented in the text?
A. get comfortable
B. speak to your audience
C. don’t procrastinate
D. pass it around
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Some General Thoughts About Writing
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Knowing your audience helps you with all the following EXCEPT ______.
A. expectations
B. vocabulary
C. assumptions
D. feedback
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Speak to Your Audience
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. A ______ draft is a draft where you simply spit out your story.
A. rough
B. spew
C. beginning
D. spit
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Spew It Out
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. You should begin the ______ to any paper or presentation by explaining why your research is important, and why your audience might find it “interesting.”
A. introduction
B. methods
C. beginning
D. hook
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Beginning
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. The general structure for telling your story is ______.
A. beginning-middle-end
B. hook-line-sinker
C. introduction-methods-discussion
D. end-middle-beginning
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Telling Your Story
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. The ______ of a written report is where the characters are introduced and the stage is set.
A. introduction
B. methods
C. beginning
D. hook
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Beginning
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. ______ are the themes on which the rest of the paper will hang. What you talk about in the introduction should be the variables and concepts that are integral to your research.
A. Evidence
B. Characters
C. Hooks
D. Methods
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Hooks
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. The largest part of the paper is typically the ______.
A. introduction
B. middle
C. end
D. abstract
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Middle
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. The ______ section is where you outline what you did and why.
A. introduction
B. middle
C. methods
D. discussion
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Methods
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. Descriptions of your research participants belong in which section of your paper?
A. introduction
B. middle
C. methods
D. discussion
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Methods
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. Which of the following images will help you prepare a report?
A. pear
B. hourglass
C. triangle
D. house
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Discussion and Conclusions
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Which two sections comprise the middle of your research paper?
A. hook and methods
B. results and discussion
C. methods and results
D. introduction and results
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Discussion and Conclusions
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. The end of your paper consists of which sections?
A. results and conclusion
B. results and discussion
C. methods and results
D. discussion and conclusion
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Discussion and Conclusions
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. ______ is a process which ensures that all essential elements of your paper follow from each other and speak to each other following a logical flow.
A. Connection
B. Tracking
C. Comprehension
D. Flow
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Tracking
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. Julisa is reading her friend’s essay, the writing is good, however, there is a lack of connection between the introduction and the methods. Julisa friend’s paper has a ______ issue.
A. connection
B. tracking
C. comprehension
D. flow
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Tracking
Difficulty Level: Hard
16. According to the authors of the text, which section should be written last?
A. methods
B. Discussion
C. Abstract
D. Introduction
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Finish at the Beginning
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. The ______ gives readers a quick fix on the general thrust and implications of your research.
A. methods
B. discussion
C. abstract
D. introduction
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Finish at the Beginning
Difficulty Level: Easy
18. ______ bring together people who are mostly from that discipline, and sessions will typically cover a broad range of topics that reflect the diversity of the discipline.
A. Disciplinary sessions
B. Topic-focused conferences
C. Discipline-based conferences
D. Social science conferences
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Conferences and Symposia
Difficulty Level: Easy
19. Brandon and Gabrielle are from different disciplinary backgrounds, however, every year they meet at a ______ conference on race relations.
A. disciplinary sessions
B. topic-focused conferences
C. discipline-based conferences
D. social science conferences
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Conferences and Symposia
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. Many academics see ______ as the first step to publishing their work.
A. disciplinary sessions
B. conferences
C. written report
D. social media
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Conferences and Symposia
Difficulty Level: Easy
21. ______ conferences will deal with a range of topics within that area, often bringing together people with diverse disciplinary backgrounds.
A. Disciplinary sessions
B. Topic-focused conferences
C. Discipline-based conferences
D. Social science conferences
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Conferences and Symposia
Difficulty Level: Easy
22. Which of the following is NOT an element of a great presentation?
A. you and your audience
B. avoiding death by PowerPoint
C. dealing with questions
D. memorizing notes
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Elements of a Great Presentation
Difficulty Level: Easy
23. According to your textbook, a PowerPoint contributed to the death of seven people in the NASA Columbia tragedy because ______.
A. the slides poorly communicated the information
B. the audience did not pay attention
C. the presentation was boring
D. the presentation incited violence
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Avoiding Death by PowerPoint
Difficulty Level: Easy
24. According to O’Leary and Hunt questions at a presentation tend to fall in one of three categories. All the below categories are relevant EXCEPT ______.
A. inquiries
B. clarification
C. analysis
D. gaps
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Dealing With Questions
Difficulty Level: Easy
25. Which of the following is not a dissemination method mentioned in the text?
a predetermined criterion behavior occurs.
A. television
B. social media
C. conferences
D. written reports
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Venues for Presentation | Disseminating Findings Through Social Media
Difficulty Level: Easy
True/False
1. To write successfully you should get to know what your rituals are and give in to them.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Get Comfortable
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. You always gather more data than you end up writing about in a report.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Results
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. You should imagine a pear shape when preparing your written reports.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Discussion and Conclusions
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. The Abstract should be written last.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Finish at the Beginning
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Writing is the only method for getting the word out regarding your research.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Creating Effective Presentations
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. “Death by PowerPoint” happens when the audience is so underwhelmed by a presentation they die from boredom.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Avoiding Death by PowerPoint
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. The key to a good presentation is practice.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Getting Ready
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Research findings should not be distributed on social media.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Disseminating Findings Through Social Media
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. What people do is not of interest to social and health scientists
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Acts and Activities
Difficulty Level: Easy
Short Answer
1. Summarize how to tell a story using the hourglass example.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Telling Your Story
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Summarize how ways to make a written report interesting.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Making It “Interesting”
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Compare and contrast the different venues for presentation.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Creating Effective Presentations
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Identify the key elements of a great presentation and discuss ways to prepare to ensure that your presentation is interesting and effective.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Elements of a Great Presentation
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Compare and contrast dissemination of research via a written report, presentation, and social media. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each method of delivery.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Written Report | Creating Effective Presentations | Disseminating Findings Through Social Media
Difficulty Level: Medium
Essay
1. Consider the different methods available to disseminate research findings. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of utilizing social media as a tool for the dissemination of your research.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Disseminating Findings Through Social Media
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. Pick a research topic that interests you and draft a comprehensive outline of a research report using the hourglass form to guide you. This outline should include detailed information about the content in each relevant section. At the end of your outline create a dissemination plan discussing how you will present the paper once it is completed.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Written Report
Difficulty Level: Hard
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Updated Test Bank | Research Methods in the Social and Health Sciences 1e by Palys
By Ted Palys