Conducting Research in the Social Sciences

b

The I.S.U. in this course will require you to conduct your own investigation to generate data that can used to support your thesis.

a) True

b) False

b

You design an original investigation when your research question is novel and has not been investigated before.

a) True

b) False

b

A hypothesis is the first thing that you create when conducting research.

a) True

b) False

b

Experiments compare the results of two groups. One group is called the independent variable group and the other group is called the dependent variable group.

a) True

b) False

c

When conducting research in the social sciences you first come up with a good research question. The next step ...

a. is to procrastinate until the night before the ISU is due.

b. is to develop an original investigation in order to generate your own data.

c. is to conduct a review of the available literature that is related to your question

d. is to develop a thesis that you will be able to prove with secondary sources.

b

What type of sources are the best when you are attempting to develop a research essay.

a. Sources with lots of colourful pictures, big fonts, and small, simple words.

b. Sources that analyze research and provide evidence.

c. Sources that are found in books.

d. Sources that are found using Google or some other search engine.

d

By the end of your literature review, you will hopefully have ...

a. managed not to lose any books and kept out of trouble at the library.

b. a much better understanding of your topic and a hypothesis.

c. a detailed plan on how you are going to generate your own investigation.

d. a thesis that can answer your original research question.

c

What is the dependent variable in the following hypothesis,

Students that bring cell phones to class have significantly lower grades than students that do not bring cell phones to school.

a. having a cell phone in class

b. not having a cell phone in class

c. the students' grades

d. the school that the students go to.

a

What is the independent variable in the following hypothesis,

Young men who watch internet pornography are at a greater risk for developing erectile dysfunction.

a. watching pornography

b. having erectile dysfunction

b

An experiment would be classified as this type of research method.

a) Qualitative

b) Quantitative

a

Participant observation studies would be classified as this type of research method.

a) Qualitative

b) Quantitative

a

Interviews would be classified as this type of research method.

a) Qualitative

b) Quantitative

b

Surveys would be classified as this type of research method.

a) Qualitative

b) Quantitative