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Question 1:

What is the purpose of an annotated bibliography?

A. to help you develop your research paper

B. to help you think of search terms for your research

C. to give you more work to do when you have a research assignment

D. to help you summarize and evaluate your sources

D. to help you summarize and evaluate your sources

Question 2:

Is this word appropriate for an academic essay? increase

A. Yes

B. No

A. Yes

Question 3:

Is this word appropriate for an academic essay? y'all

A. Yes

B. No

B. No

Question 4:

Which of the following is not an appropriate place to use a statistic in your research paper?

A. in the thesis statement

B. as one of several statistics in a statistics paragraph

C. as a detail to support your own point

D. as a hook in the introduction

A. in the thesis statement

Question 5:

Which of the following groups of words is definitely not on the Academic Word List?

A. error, alter, reject

B. trashy, know-it-all, grouchy

C. capable, display, incorporate

D. locate, remove, specify

B. trashy, know-it-all, grouchy

Question 6:

What is an annotated bibliography?

A. It is a list of articles related to your topic, and it summarizes and evaluates these.

B. It is a list of articles that you plan to read for your research.

C. It is a list of articles by one author who is an expert on your topic.

A. It is a list of articles related to your topic, and it summarizes and evaluates these.

Question 7:

Which of the following internet sites would be acceptable to use when searching for sources for a research paper?

A. www.google.com

B. www.yahoo.com

C. www.bing.com

D. scholar.google.com

D. scholar.google.com

Question 8:

Most research papers share all of the following characteristics EXCEPT which one?

A. They have considerable length.

B. They use sources.

C. They are complex.

D. They are worth 150 pts.

D. They are worth 150 pts.

Question 9:

_________ scale is a comparative scale in which key informants are requested to assign a constant sum of units such as points, euros, or dollars among a set of stimulus objects regarding some criterion.

A. Ordinal

B. Nominal

C. Semantic differential

D. Likert

E. Constant sum

E. Constant sum

Question 10:

A well-developed research instrument can enhance the response rate and reduce _________ to participate in the research study.

A. Refusals

B. Willingness

C. Follow-ups

D. Suggestions

A. Refusals

Question 11:

_________ refer to organizations which gather and sell pools of data and information which are developed to address information requirements and needs.

A. Data

B. Texts

C. Syndicated sources

D. Analyses

C. Syndicated sources

Question 12:

Gathered market research data should be integrated with other research data coming from both _________ and external sources to make the most of their use and to make more confident strategic decision-making.

A. Internal

B. External

C. Mixed

D. Experimental

A. Internal

Question 13:

Audit services focus on the verification of product movement by investigating physical records or performing inventory analysis. Such data are used to measure sales and assess market share and track the performance of new products or services.

A. True

B. False

A. True

Question 14:

In structured data collection a formal research instrument is developed and the different questions are offered in a _________ order.

A. Pre-arranged

B. Random

A. Pre-arranged

Question 15:

_________ scale is a scale where the numbers used to rank objects, such as numerically equal distances on the scale, demonstrate equal distances in the attribute being measured.

A. Interval

B. Nominal

C. Ordinal

D. Ratio

A. Interval

Question 16:

A _________ scale is a figurative labeling scheme in which numbers serve as labels or tags in order to identify and classify objects.

A. Nominal

B. Ordinal

C. Ratio

D. Interval

A. Nominal

Question 17:

In exponential discriminative snowball sampling, the market researcher screens very carefully the individuals before accepting them in the final sample.

A. True

B. False

A. True

Question 18:

The in-depth _________ does not have the restrictions of a group process and in this vein, new streams of and questioning can be developed at any time.

A. Participants

B. Advice

C. Questionnaires

D. Interviews

D. Interviews

Question 19:

In _________ scale, a single adjective (e.g., user-friendly, high quality) is located in the center of the scale, which usually is a 10-point scale that ranges from +5 to -5. The approach is designed to operationalize the direction and the intensity of the attitudes at the same time.

A. Likert

B. Stapel

C. Ordinal

D. Nominal

B. Stapel

Question 20:

Non-comparative scaling techniques include the semantic differential scale, the stapel scale, and the _________ scale.

A. Q-sort

B. Rank order

C. Paired comparison

D. Likert

E. Constant sum

D. Likert

Question 21:

You are asked to review a survey paper. In which of the following dimensions you are not expecting the paper to be particularly strong? Tick one.

A. Originality

B. Significance

C. Rigor

A. Originality

Question 22:

A scientific theory... (tick one)

A. Must always be described as a set of mathematical formulae.

B. Is valid if a majority vote of researchers approves it.

C. Must be stated as an absolute truth. It is guaranteed that it will never be falsified by further experiments.

D. Is guaranteed to be unfalsifiable when it is published.

E. Is valid until further findings disprove it.

E. Is valid until further findings disprove it.

Question 23:

Which of the following statements about the distinction between basic and applied research are acceptable?

A. The spectrum between basic and applied research is continuous, and a researcher may engage in both kinds of research during his/her work.

B. Applied research is a less valuable (and prestigious) kind of research than basic research.

C. Basic research inevitably leads to discoveries that can then be transformed by applied research into practical industrial innovations.

D. Basic research only requires "paper and pencil." No special equipment is needed.

E. Basic research is so fundamentally different from applied research that a researcher has to specialize and choose between the two upfront.

A. The spectrum between basic and applied research is continuous, and a researcher may engage in both kinds of research during his/her work.

Question 24:

Deduction vs. induction. Tick the correct statements:

A. In deductive inference, the consequences of true premises must be further validated by experiments before they can be accepted as a truth.

B. Modus ponens is a typical deductive inference rule.

C. In deductive inference, the consequences are guaranteed to be true if premises are true.

D. Deductive inferences can be used to generate predictions from a given theory.

E. Inductive inferences always lead to necessary conclusions.

B. Modus ponens is a typical deductive inference rule.

Question 25:

Which of the following statements about funded research programs are appropriate?

A. A bottom-up research program only supports research that is motivated by current, practical needs of industry.

B. A top-down research program gives researchers maximum freedom in selecting research topics.

C. A bottom-up research program allows researchers to select any possible research topic, and proposals are selected for funding only based on their originality, significance, and rigor.

D. A top-down research program defines precisely the research topics that can be funded and should be addressed by applicants.

E. A top-down research program only funds research that aims at an empirical evaluation in a practical setting of previously achieved theoretical results.

C. A bottom-up research program allows researchers to select any possible research topic, and proposals are selected for funding only based on their originality, significance, and rigor.

Question 26:

What is a null hypothesis? Tick the correct answer.

A. An obviously wrong hypothesis that does not explain a certain phenomenon.

B. Hypothesis made by an inexperienced scientist.

C. No hypothesis made.

D. Hypothesis that further experiments disprove.

E. Hypothesis framed in a negative form, which researchers try to reject to confirm a theory.

E. Hypothesis framed in a negative form, which researchers try to reject to confirm a theory.

Question 27:

The success of an in-depth interview depends on the _________ of the interviewer.

A. Skills

B. Accent

C. Questions

D. Charisma

A. Skills

Question 28:

In a survey questionnaire, the vast majority of questions are _________ responses that require the respondent to select the answer from a prearranged set of responses.

A. Fixed

B. Obscure

C. Easy

D. Obvious

A. Fixed

Question 29:

All of the following are questions to ask when determining the reliability of a source EXCEPT which one?

A. Who wrote the source?

B. What is the date of the source?

C. What is the purpose of the source?

D. How long is the source?

E. Is the source biased?

D. How long is the source?