Methods and Research

A. correlation
B. independent variable
C. dependent variable
D. sample

A. collect data
B. define the problem
C. review previous research
D. formulate a hypothesis

A. very high
B. it can be both A and C
C. very low
D. None of these

A. double barreled questions
B. leading questions
C. contingency questions
D. Matrix questions

A. a meeting
B. an event
C. a moment
D. an Encounter

A. an attempt to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions
B. a piece of research conducted in a laboratory
C. a piece of research trying out new methods
D. an attempt to deceive participants about the research’s true purpose

A. sample
B. respondents
C. focus group
D. population

A. multiple regression
B. causal mechanism
C. spurious correlation
D. multinomial distribution

A. the investigator being committed to a particular ideology
B. the research team prejudging the meaning of the data
C. the data being unbalanced by the design or execution of the research
D. interpretations being applied to the results

A. the theorist has researched the literatures thoroughly
B. they have been tested out by means of factual research
C. they are written in such a way as to be impossible to disprove
D. they are shared by a large enough number of theorists