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COMM 100 KEY PREDICTED EXAM HIGH-YIELD
TOPICS SUMMARY 2026

◉ What is the correct order of scientific inquiry?
Answer: Ask testable questions → systematic observation → develop
answers


◉ What makes a research question testable?
Answer: It can be measured or answered using evidence and
observation


◉ What is qualitative research?
Answer: Research focused on descriptions, experiences, and
meanings


◉ What is quantitative research?
Answer: Research focused on numerical data and measurement


◉ What is ethnography?
Answer: The study of social interaction from the inside through
participant observation

, ◉ What is content analysis?
Answer: Quantitative textual analysis based on objective
categorization


◉ What is a weakness of textual analysis?
Answer: It can lack objectivity and generalizability


◉ What is an independent variable?
Answer: The variable researchers manipulate in an experiment


◉ What is a dependent variable?
Answer: The variable measured in an experiment


◉ What is qualitative data?
Answer: Descriptive, non-numerical information


◉ What is the difference between hearing and listening?
Answer: Listening is active meaning-making while hearing is the
passive physical perception of sound


◉ What does the 'I' in the HURIER model stand for?
Answer: Interpreting

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