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[discussion_vu] STA630 Online Quiz#2...Lecture#1 to 25...1st Quiz...Solved..

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STA630 Online Quiz#2...Lecture#1 to 25...1st Quiz...Solved..

Question # 1 of 15 ( Start time: 01:09:24 AM )  Total Marks: 1 

If a researcher was studying the use of various instructional approaches to the "multiple intelligences" of his students, he is likely to be conducting which type of research? 

Select correct option: 

 Basic

 Applied

 Evaluation

 Grounded theory

 

Question # 2 of 15 ( Start time: 01:10:00 AM )  Total Marks: 1 

If a measure is consistent over multiple occasions, it has: 

Select correct option: 

 

 Inter-rater reliability

 Construct validity

 Internal validity

 Test-retest reliability

    

Question # 3 of 15 ( Start time: 01:11:32 AM )  Total Marks: 1 

Why do you need to review the existing literature? 

Select correct option: 

 

 To give your dissertation a proper academic appearance, with lots of references 

 Because without it, you could never reach the required word-count 

 To find out what is already known about your area of interest

 To help in your general studying

 

Question # 4 of 15 ( Start time: 01:12:12 AM )  Total Marks: 1 

All of the following are true about theories, except; 

Select correct option: 

 

 They organize and summarize existing knowledge about a topic.

 They are tentative until the facts prove them true.

 They provide possible explanations for the phenomenon under study

 They lead to testable hypotheses through the process of deduction.

 

Question # 5 of 15 ( Start time: 01:13:02 AM )  Total Marks: 1 

Quantitative social researchers rarely claim to have established causality because: 

Select correct option: 

 

 They are more concerned with publishing the results of their reliability tests. 

 They do not believe that this is an appropriate goal to be striving for.

 They keep forgetting which of the variables they have manipulated.

 They tend to use cross-sectional designs, which produce only correlations. 

 

Question # 6 of 15 ( Start time: 01:14:12 AM )  Total Marks: 1 

"Skepticism" is a norm of science. It is better explained by which of the following statement? 

Select correct option: 

 

 Combining the previous knowledge

 Critical reading of the previous researches

 Providing the proper references of qouted text

 Locating research reports in libraries 

 

Question # 7 of 15 ( Start time: 01:15:12 AM )  Total Marks: 1 

Which of the following provides a solid basis foundation for the theoretical framework? 

Select correct option: 

 

 Survey

 Literature Review

 Experiment

 Referencing

 

Question # 8 of 15 ( Start time: 01:15:54 AM )  Total Marks: 1 

------------------surveys are more impersonal than face-to-face interviews. 

Select correct option: 

 

 Mail

 Recorded Interview 

 Focus group

 Telephone

    

Question # 9 of 15 ( Start time: 01:17:01 AM )  Total Marks: 1 

Which of the following is not a feature of theoretical framework? 

Select correct option: 

 

 Making an inventory of variables

 Specify the direction of relationship

 Presenting findings

 Making an inventory of propositions

 

Question # 10 of 15 ( Start time: 01:17:40 AM )  Total Marks: 1 

In _________ definition, a concept is explained in terms of other concepts. 

Select correct option: 

 

 Operational definition

 Working definition

 Theoretical definition

 None of the given options

     

Question # 11 of 15 ( Start time: 01:18:29 AM )  Total Marks: 1 

To explain, predict, and/or control phenomena are the goal of---------------------- 

Select correct option: 

 

 Tradition

 Inductive logic

 Deductive logic

  The scientific method

 

Question # 12 of 15 ( Start time: 01:19:08 AM )  Total Marks: 1 

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a good research topic? 

Select correct option: 

 

 It is ethical.

 It can be investigated through the collection and analysis of data.

 It focuses on a philosophical or ethical issue.

 It is theoretically or practically significant.

 

 Question # 13 of 15 ( Start time: 01:19:47 AM )  Total Marks: 1 

Which of the following is a concept? 

Select correct option: 

 

 Leadership.

 Total Quality Management.

 Human Resource Management.

 All of the given options

 

Question # 14 of 15 ( Start time: 01:20:14 AM )  Total Marks: 1 

The most critical areas of an article to read is; 

Select correct option: 

 

 Results section

 Introduction

 Abstract

 Limitations

 

Question # 15 of 15 ( Start time: 01:20:58 AM )  Total Marks: 1 

Quantitative researcher's preoccupation with generalization is an attempt to: 

Select correct option: 

 

 Develop the law like findings of the natural sciences. 

 Boost their chances of publication. 

 Enhance the internal validity of their research. 

 Demonstrate the complex techniques of statistical analysis. 


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