RESEARCH FOUNDATION QUIZ 2

1. Research that seeks to examine the findings of a study by

using the same design but a different sample is which of the
following?

a. An exploratory study
b. A replication study
c. An empirical study
d. hypothesis testing

2. How are research questions most often described?

A. Arising within a laboratory setting

B. Posed after important factors are identified
C. May arise from our everyday life experiences
D. Always answered if we follow a scientific method of inquiry

3. The feasibility of a research study should be considered in

light of:

a. Cost and time required to conduct the study

b. Access to gatekeepers and respondents
c. Potential ethical concerns
d. All of the above

4. Adopting ethical principles in research means:

a. Avoiding harm to participants

b. The researcher is anonymous
c. Deception is only used when necessary
d. Selected informants give their consent

5. What do we call data that are used for a new study but
which were collected by an earlier researcher for a different set
of research questions?

a. Secondary data
b. Field notes
 c. Qualitative data
d. Primary data

6. Secondary data can include which of the following?

a. Government statistics
b. Personal diaries
c. Organizational records
d. All of the above

7. Active listening skills means:

a. Asking as many questions as possible

b. Avoiding silences
c. Keeping to time
d. Attentive listening

8. A graph that uses vertical bars to represent data is called:

a. A bar chart
b. A pie chart
c. A line graph
d. A vertical graph

9. Plagiarism can be avoided by:

a. Copying the work of others accurately

b. Paraphrasing the author’s text in your own words
c. Cut and pasting from the Internet
d. Quoting directly without revealing the source

10. It is not important to present in every research report the

ethical considerations that were anticipated or have ascended
in the study.

a. True
b. False