Exam 5: Designing a Study

What is the independent variable(s)in the following hypothesis? "Persons who experience economic deprivation during childhood socialization will place a higher priority on economic self-interest later in life than will people who did not experience economic deprivation during childhood."

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Define the following: -hypothesis

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The statement from a causal explanation or a proposition that has at least one independent and one dependent variable,but it has yet to be empirically tested.

Define the following: -dependent variable

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The effect variable that is last and results from the causal variable(s)in a causal explanation.Also the variable that is measured in the pretest and post-test and that is the result of a treatment in experimental research.

Which of the following terms designates an error made when assumptions about individuals are made based on aggregate data?

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Question 4

A researcher using "The Logic of Disconfirming Hypotheses" uses two different hypotheses.What are they? Why is negative evidence considered stronger?

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Question 5

Restate the following in terms of a hypothesis with independent and dependent variables: "The number of kilometers a person drives in a year affects the number of visits a person makes to gasoline filling stations,and there is a positive unidirectional relationship between the variables." What is the unit of analysis for the hypothesis?

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Define the following: -level of analysis

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What is the independent variable in the following statement? "The continuing absence of a father leads to low educational attainment among offspring in single-parent families.This view is derived from socialization theory,which stresses the importance of the male role model to the cognitive and emotional development of children."

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Question 8

Which of the following orientations corresponds to the micro level of analysis?

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Question 9

Political Scientist Tom Travers tested whether the "military effort of modern industrial nations" is caused by the "electoral success by the right-wing parties" or the "popularity of nationalist beliefs" in a society.In this study,the dependent variable is

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Question 10

Define the following: -teleology

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Graduate student Lola Lively conducted a study of how children thought about society.She asked them about their attitudes toward the prime minister of Canada.Her unit(s)of analysis is(are)

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Question 12

Benjamin hypothesizes that people who grow up in violent households are more likely to be violent as adults.Benjamin wants to conduct quantitative research to determine whether his hypothesis is correct.What should Benjamin's null hypothesis be?

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Below is a list of features of qualitative or quantitative research.Which one is a feature of qualitative research but NOT quantitative research?

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How does a qualitative researcher assign significance or a coherent meaning to something?

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Graduate student Phineas Manly studied the admissions practices and sports records of 200 colleges and universities in the U.S.and Canada to see whether postsecondary institutions with more lax admissions standards won more games.What are the units of analysis in this study?

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Define the following: -interpretation

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Question 17

In the language of social research,alternative hypotheses are sometimes referred to as __________ hypotheses.

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Define the following: -spuriousness

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Explain how a linear and nonlinear path to doing research differ,and how a preplanned vs.emergent research question differ.What types of researchers are most likely to use each?

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What is the independent variable(s)in the following hypothesis? "Persons who experience economic deprivation during childhood socialization will place a higher priority on economic self-interest later in life than will people who did not experience economic deprivation during childhood."

Define the following: -hypothesis

Define the following: -dependent variable

Which of the following terms designates an error made when assumptions about individuals are made based on aggregate data?

A researcher using "The Logic of Disconfirming Hypotheses" uses two different hypotheses.What are they? Why is negative evidence considered stronger?

Define the following: -level of analysis

Which of the following orientations corresponds to the micro level of analysis?

Political Scientist Tom Travers tested whether the "military effort of modern industrial nations" is caused by the "electoral success by the right-wing parties" or the "popularity of nationalist beliefs" in a society.In this study,the dependent variable is

Define the following: -teleology

Graduate student Lola Lively conducted a study of how children thought about society.She asked them about their attitudes toward the prime minister of Canada.Her unit(s)of analysis is(are)

Benjamin hypothesizes that people who grow up in violent households are more likely to be violent as adults.Benjamin wants to conduct quantitative research to determine whether his hypothesis is correct.What should Benjamin's null hypothesis be?

Below is a list of features of qualitative or quantitative research.Which one is a feature of qualitative research but NOT quantitative research?

How does a qualitative researcher assign significance or a coherent meaning to something?

Graduate student Phineas Manly studied the admissions practices and sports records of 200 colleges and universities in the U.S.and Canada to see whether postsecondary institutions with more lax admissions standards won more games.What are the units of analysis in this study?

Define the following: -interpretation

In the language of social research,alternative hypotheses are sometimes referred to as __________ hypotheses.

Define the following: -spuriousness

Explain how a linear and nonlinear path to doing research differ,and how a preplanned vs.emergent research question differ.What types of researchers are most likely to use each?

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