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Using Research Methods Exam Prep Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Using Research Methods

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. ______ is best described as the systematic process of data collection in order to produce knowledge.

a. Observation

b. Sampling

c. Research

d. Causation

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: What Is Research?

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Jamal is conducting research on a topic that has not been researched before, hoping to discover new knowledge about the topic. In this role, Jamal is a ______ of knowledge.

a. producer

b. consumer

c. critic

d. beneficiary

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: What Is Research?

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Statements that could hypothetically be proven true or false are considered ______.

a. normative

b. empirical

c. theories

d. ideas

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: What Is Research?

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. "I believe that abortion should be legal in all cases," is an example of a(n) ______ statement.

a. empirical

b. normative

c. research

d. basic

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: What Is Research?

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. A(n) ______ statement may include an opinion about how you feel things should be.

a. empirical

b. normative

c. research

d. basic

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: What Is Research?

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. When investigating using library sources, you are being a ______ of knowledge.

a. producer

b. consumer

c. critic

d. benefactor

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: What Is Research?

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. What research element is the most essential to sociologists?

a. objective materials

b. data collection

c. qualitative methods

d. prior sources

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: What Is Research?

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. A social scientist says that society would improve if all households made the same income. This is an example of a(n) ______ statement.

a. normative

b. empirical

c. basic

d. applied

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: What Is Research?

Difficulty Level: Hard

9. What makes sociological research different from other kinds of research?

a. It involves people, organizations, or social systems.

b. It is primarily qualitative in nature.

c. It is primarily quantitative in nature.

d. It is mainly about what goes on inside people's heads.

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: What Is Research?

Difficulty Level: Hard

10. How would a researcher define empirical statements?

a. They provide evidence for studies.

b. They prove a hypothesis.

c. They are statements of possible facts.

d. They express an opinion.

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: What Is Research?

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Goldrick-Rab's research with college students gave us information on ______.

a. real-life experiences of college students

b. opinions of students about college life

c. a laboratory controlled experiment

d. career decisions made by college students

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Why Do We Do Research?

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. How are research skills useful outside of the workplace?

a. They can help people gain better employment.

b. They allow people to express their opinions.

c. They decrease disagreements between individuals.

d. They help us make better choices.

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Using Research Skills Outside the Classroom

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. Research skills can benefit a person who is listening to the news by enabling the person to ______.

a. recount the information correctly to another person

b. recall the information at a later date

c. think critically about the information

d. determine the credentials of the person presenting the information

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Using Research Skills Outside the Classroom

Difficulty Level: Hard

14. How might a researcher study substance abuse using basic research?

a. by developing new methods of group treatment

b. by reading articles about potential genetic components

c. by testing alternative medications

d. by studying the best counselor/client ratio

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Using Research

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. ______ research seeks to solve a specific, real-world problem.

a. Data

b. Applied

c. Basic

d. Theoretical

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Using Research

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. Lorna is conducting research to find out if there is a relationship between violent acts and playing video games. Lorna is conducting ______ research.

a. normative

b. applied

c. basic

d. historical

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Using Research

Difficulty Level: Hard

17. Clive is conducting research to find a way to reduce pollution in a local stream. Clive is conducting ______ research.

a. normative

b. applied

c. basic

d. historical

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Using Research

Difficulty Level: Hard

18. Which statement about basic research is TRUE?

a. It takes the place of applied research.

b. It is rarely profitable.

c. It is designed to produce immediate results.

d. It helps us solve specific problems.

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Using Research

Difficulty Level: Hard

19. Pieces of information such as statistics, facts, and images are considered types of ______.

a. data

b. subjective context

c. conjectures

d. variables

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: What Are Data and Where Do We Get Them?

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. What is the most common form of data collection among sociologists?

a. surveys and interviews

b. ethnographic study

c. historical

d. observation

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Asking Questions

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. Surveys and interviews are a form of data collection that uses ______.

a. literature review

b. observing and interacting

c. an experiment

d. questions

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Asking Questions

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. Open-ended questions can help a sociologist understand a participant’s views about family by ______.

a. helping the sociologist develop a hypothesis immediately

b. providing the sociologist with more in-depth answers

c. observing participants in their most natural state

d. allowing participants to select from specific answer choices

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Asking Questions

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. Which method is least likely to be used to collect survey data?

a. over the phone

b. on paper

c. on a website

d. in an interview

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Asking Questions

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. Who has been collecting data on social and political opinion since 1972 and makes it available to researchers at no charge?

a. the General Social Survey

b. the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

c. the American Sociological Association

d. the Political and Social Research Council

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Asking Questions

Difficulty Level: Easy

25. Before conducting an interview, the researcher develops questions to ask or topics to cover. This is called a(n) ______.

a. blueprint

b. interview guide

c. agenda

d. format guide

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Asking Questions

Difficulty Level: Easy

26. Interviewing several people at a time is a(n) ______.

a. survey

b. group chat

c. focus group

d. multi-interview

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Asking Questions

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. A sociologist is studying the behavior of children in a school. How would this sociologist engage in participant-observation effectively?

a. by observing the seating habits of school children in the cafeteria

b. by sitting with the children in the lunchroom and eating with various groups

c. by having the children report who they typically sit with at lunch

d. by reducing the number of seats in the school’s cafeteria

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Observing and Interacting

Difficulty Level: Hard

28. Trang was conducting research on group behavior. She sat in the bleachers and kept track in a notebook of the kinds of interactions that occurred between the members of the cheerleading squad. Trang’s method of research was ______.

a. participant observation

b. ethnographic

c. observation

d. experiment

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Observing and Interacting

Difficulty Level: Hard

29. Researchers not only watch interactions occurring in a study they are conducting, but also interact in the social context. These researchers are engaging in ______.

a. a survey

b. participant-observation

c. an ethnographic study

d. operationalization

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Observing and Interacting

Difficulty Level: Medium

30. In order to get data on how gender affects student interactions during recess, Maude volunteered to teach the children playground games. Maude's research is ______.

a. participant observation

b. ethnographic

c. observation

d. experiment

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Observing and Interacting

Difficulty Level: Hard

31. How would a researcher conduct an ethnographic study about people from a different culture?

a. by traveling to that culture and learning about how they live

b. by studying previous research about this culture

c. by looking at relationships between this culture and another culture

d. by creating a series of questions to ask members of that culture

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Observing and Interacting

Difficulty Level: Medium

32. A researcher wants to set up a study to test the effects of a new energy drink on student alertness. In this case, the control group would ______.

a. be assigned to drink the new energy drink

b. be assigned to drink nothing

c. alternate between the new energy drink and plain water

d. be assigned to drink coffee

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Observing and Interacting

Difficulty Level: Hard

33. When researchers conduct a study outside a clinical setting and manipulate conditions to observe the result, they are conducting a(n) ______.

a. controlled group study

b. ethnographic study

c. forensic study

d. field experiment

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Observing and Interacting

Difficulty Level: Medium

34. Abe's assignment was to watch television commercials and make a note of which ones demonstrated racial or gender discrimination. Abe was engaging in ______.

a. ethnographic research

b. content analysis

c. data examination

d. ethics research

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Looking at Documents

Difficulty Level: Medium

35. When sociologists are collecting data, what must all researchers do?

a. pay careful attention to their ethical responsibilities

b. have their findings published in sociology journals

c. include their own opinions in their conclusions

d. adjust their data to compensate for anomalies

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Research Ethics

Difficulty Level: Medium

36. A professor conducts a study using students as participants. Some of the students wanted to drop out of the study, but the professor told them they needed to stay in the study in order to provide valid results. What was violated in this study?

a. informed consent

b. empirical research

c. content analysis

d. observational method

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Research Ethics

Difficulty Level: Hard

37. When a researcher tells his participants about the study being conducted, what they will be asked to do, and any potential harms, he is demonstrating ______.

a. a binding contract

b. a code of ethics

c. contamination of eventual findings

d. informed consent

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Research Ethics

Difficulty Level: Medium

38. It was determined that the research being conducted using college students did not ensure their rights or properly protect them. Who makes this determination?

a. an institutional review board

b. a faculty research committee

c. the college board of directors

d. the students themselves

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Research Ethics

Difficulty Level: Medium

39. Qualitative methods rely on ______, while quantitative methods rely primarily on ______.

a. numbers; words and images

b. observation; surveys

c. words and images; numbers

d. surveys; interviews

Learning Objective: 3.3: How do sociologists analyze data?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: What Do We Do with Data?

Difficulty Level: Medium

40. The distillation of raw data into useful information is known as ______.

a. data analysis

b. data content

c. extrapolation

d. generalization

Learning Objective: 3.3: How do sociologists analyze data?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: What Do We Do with Data?

Difficulty Level: Easy

41. When researchers use a qualitative approach for research, some of their material may involve ______.

a. percentages

b. a generalization

c. statistical sampling

d. a visual representation

Learning Objective: 3.3: How do sociologists analyze data?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: What Do We Do with Data?

Difficulty Level: Medium

42. A researcher would like to study intelligence. Which of these would result in qualitative data?

a. Determining the IQ scores for a given population

b. Comparing the IQ scores from one population to another

c. Plotting how many IQ scores fall within the normal range for a given population

d. Recording opinions about IQ scores from members of a given population

Learning Objective: 3.3: How do sociologists analyze data?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: What Do We Do with Data?

Difficulty Level: Hard

43. A researcher conducted a survey of political opinions and tabulated the responses of each question in order to determine patterns and draw conclusions. What research activity is the researcher engaged in?

a. data analysis

b. informed consent

c. qualitative research

d. literature review

Learning Objective: 3.3: How do sociologists analyze data?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: What Do We Do with Data??

Difficulty Level: Hard

44. A researcher conducts a study about student experiences in online classes. The researcher provides a label for the different responses so that they can be classified into categories. What is the researcher doing?

a. data representation

b. establishing a conclusion

c. coding

d. using a mixed method

Learning Objective: 3.3: How do sociologists analyze data?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Qualitative Data Analysis

Difficulty Level: Hard

45. When the surveys were completed, Harod took all the results, assigned a numerical code to each answer, and entered the answers into a spreadsheet. This is the procedure for ______ data analysis.

a. scientific

b. technical

c. qualitative

d. quantitative

Learning Objective: 3.3: How do sociologists analyze data?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Quantitative Data Analysis

Difficulty Level: Medium

46. The scientific method is best described as ______.

a. an explanation made on the basis of limited evidence and information

b. a statement or theory that is proven through argumentation

c. steps researchers take, including developing a question, and collecting, analyzing, and reporting data

d. reliance on traditional authority and previous research

Learning Objective: 3.4: What are the steps of the social scientific research process?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Getting Started Doing Research

Difficulty Level: Easy

47. Researchers form predictions about what they will discover through their research. They are forming ______.

a. a deduction

b. a hypothesis

c. an opinion

d. bias

Learning Objective: 3.4: What are the steps of the social scientific research process?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Getting Started Doing Research

Difficulty Level: Medium

48. A researcher is starting a study and wants to read what others have documented about similar studies. What is this researcher engaging in?

a. naturalistic observation

b. qualitative research

c. data analysis

d. literature review

Learning Objective: 3.4: What are the steps of the social scientific research process?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Getting Started Doing Research

Difficulty Level: Medium

49. Once a researcher has determined the design and parameters of a study, the next step is to decide ______.

a. what form of research they will use

b. how they will measure their results

c. whether they will publish the results

d. who and what they are collecting data about

Learning Objective: 3.5: When are data from a sample generalizable to the larger population?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sampling and Measurement

Difficulty Level: Medium

50. A researcher is conducting a study about the work nurses do on a daily basis. The researcher enters the names of all nurses working at a hospital into a computer program that automatically chooses 25 for interviews. This demonstrates ______.

a. random sampling

b. non-random sampling

c. qualitative research

d. quantitative research

Learning Objective: 3.5: When are data from a sample generalizable to the larger population?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Sampling and Measurement

Difficulty Level: Hard

51. In order for research to be generalizable, ______ sampling must occur.

a. random

b. applied

c. biased

d. operational

Learning Objective: 3.5: When are data from a sample generalizable to the larger population?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sampling and Measurement

Difficulty Level: Easy

52. ______ refers to whether research results are consistent.

a. Validity

b. Reliability

c. Ethics

d. Credibility

Learning Objective: 3.6: Why should you be able to recognize good (and bad) research and media claims?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: How Can You Recognize Good (and Bad) Research?

Difficulty Level: Easy

53. Amanda was diligent in making sure her research results were trustworthy, so she double checked her research methods to make sure they consistently measured responses accurately. Amanda was concerned with ______.

a. validity

b. reliability

c. ethics

d. credibility

Learning Objective: 3.6: Why should you be able to recognize good (and bad) research and media claims?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: How Can You Recognize Good (and Bad) Research?

Difficulty Level: Medium

54. When a change in one variable brings about a change in another variable, this is an example of ______.

a. causation

b. generalizability

c. a dependent variable

d. correlation

Learning Objective: 3.6: Why should you be able to recognize good (and bad) research and media claims?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: How Can You Recognize Good (and Bad) Research?

Difficulty Level: Easy

55. Under which circumstance can a researcher demonstrate causation?

a. after collecting sampling data

b. when traditional authority in the discipline claims that it’s true

c. when researchers work on the project at different times

d. in a controlled laboratory experiment

Learning Objective: 3.6: Why should you be able to recognize good (and bad) research and media claims?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: How Can You Recognize Good (and Bad) Research?

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Research is the systematic process of data collection for the purpose of supporting an opinion.

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: What Is Research?

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Normative statements express an opinion.

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: What Is Research?

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Ethnographic research often involves participant observation.

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Observing and Interacting

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. In an experiment, the control group experiences the treatment or manipulation.

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Observing and Interacting

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Quantitative data analysis involves coding in order to classify non-numeric data.

Learning Objective: 3.3: How do sociologists analyze data?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Qualitative Data Analysis

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Thick description is a qualitative analysis approach in which the researcher creates a detailed narrative so that readers can see for themselves what a social context is really like and assess whether the data supports the researcher’s conclusions.

Learning Objective: 3.3: How do sociologists analyze data?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Qualitative Data Analysis

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. If you use an Excel spreadsheet to enter and analyze data, you are most likely to conduct quantitative research.

Learning Objective: 3.3: How do sociologists analyze data?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Quantitative Data Analysis

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Data science is essentially the same as data analysis except that it is done in the biological and physical sciences.

Learning Objective: 3.3: How do sociologists analyze data?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Quantitative Data Analysis

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. After a researcher completes the research and analyzes and interprets the data, all that is left to do is finalize and publish the research.

Learning Objective: 3.4: What are the steps of the social scientific research process?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Getting Started Doing Research

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Theories help sociologists to notice and understand social patterns in society.

Learning Objective: 3.4: What are the steps of the social scientific research process?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Getting Started Doing Research

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Once a theory has been tested and supported with data, it is no longer a theory.

Learning Objective: 3.4: What are the steps of the social scientific research process?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Getting Started Doing Research

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. The population is every single person who meets the criteria for selection in a research study.

Learning Objective: 3.5: When are data from a sample generalizable to the larger population?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sampling and Measurement

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Danita is surveying freshman students at her school to study prevalence of alcohol usage. Her population is all freshman students at colleges in the United States.

Learning Objective: 3.5: When are data from a sample generalizable to the larger population?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sampling and Measurement

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. In order for a research study to be generalizable, participants must be selected carefully based on agreement with the hypothesis.

Learning Objective: 3.6: Why should you be able to recognize good (and bad) research and media claims?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sampling and Measurement

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Research that can be replicated producing the same results is said to be reliable.

Learning Objective: 3.6: Why should you be able to recognize good (and bad) research and media claims?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: How can you Recognize Good (and Bad) Research?

Difficulty Level: Medium

Short Answer

1. Define the term research and explain how sociological research is different from other kinds of research.

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: What is Research?

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Discuss the focus of participant-observation and explain how it differs from simple observation.

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Observing and Interacting

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative methods.

Learning Objective: 3.3: How do sociologists analyze data?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: What Do We Do with Data?

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. What are the steps in the scientific method?

Learning Objective: 3.4: What are the steps of the social scientific research process?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Getting Started Doing Research

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Discuss how generalizability impacts research.

Learning Objective: 3.6: Why should you be able to recognize good (and bad) research and media claims?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Sampling and Measurement

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. Compare and contrast empirical statements and normative statements. Give one example of each.

Learning Objective: 3.1: Why do sociologists do research?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: What Is Research?

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Explain surveys by creating a research study that would implement one. Discuss why a survey would be the best choice.

Learning Objective: 3.2: What are some of the different ways sociologists collect data?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Asking Questions

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. What is data science? What kind of training is required to do this?

Learning Objective: 3.3: How do sociologists analyze data?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Quantitative Data Analysis

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. What is random sampling? Think of a research topic and demonstrate how you would ensure that your sample was random.

Learning Objective: 3.5: When are data from a sample generalizable to the larger population?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Sampling and Measurement

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. What do reliability and validity mean in a research study? Is it possible to have a valid study without reliability? Or a reliable study without validity?

Learning Objective: 3.6: Why should you be able to recognize good (and bad) research and media claims?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: How Can You Recognize Good (and Bad) Research?

Difficulty Level: Hard

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Chapter 3 Using Research Methods
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