MMC 3420 FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
Random ________________ refers to every. participant having an equal chance of
being assigned to any experimental condition - Answer -Assignment
This type of review is when other experts have evaluated it before it is published -
Answer -peer
Media bias and a lack of _______ in it is at all time high in the US - Answer -trust
This experimental design allows for multiple independent variables - Answer -Factorial
These independent variables include everything a participant walks into the study with -
Answer -Observed
experiments with staged manipulations often employ one of these - Answer -
Confederate
If a study's _______ is not representative of the population, its generalizing results to, it
is not good - Answer -sample
One stipulation of causation is that the variables must correlate in some
_____________ way - Answer -meaningful
________ of interest on the part of researchers is an important criteria to evaluate when
evaluating research reports - Answer -Conflict
These type of experiments do not allow for random assignment - Answer -Quasi
_______ is just one online fact checking website available to all - Answer -Snopes
These types of experiments give up control for greater external validity - Answer -field
An accepted set of assumptions, theories, and procedures about how researchers view
the world is - Answer -a paradigm
Current quantitative research in mass media is derived from what paradigm? - Answer -
Interpretive
Qualitative data analysis begins with - Answer -reducing data by creating categories
Which of the following is said to occur in a "natural context?" - Answer -field
observation
Random ________________ refers to every. participant having an equal chance of
being assigned to any experimental condition - Answer -Assignment
This type of review is when other experts have evaluated it before it is published -
Answer -peer
Media bias and a lack of _______ in it is at all time high in the US - Answer -trust
This experimental design allows for multiple independent variables - Answer -Factorial
These independent variables include everything a participant walks into the study with -
Answer -Observed
experiments with staged manipulations often employ one of these - Answer -
Confederate
If a study's _______ is not representative of the population, its generalizing results to, it
is not good - Answer -sample
One stipulation of causation is that the variables must correlate in some
_____________ way - Answer -meaningful
________ of interest on the part of researchers is an important criteria to evaluate when
evaluating research reports - Answer -Conflict
These type of experiments do not allow for random assignment - Answer -Quasi
_______ is just one online fact checking website available to all - Answer -Snopes
These types of experiments give up control for greater external validity - Answer -field
An accepted set of assumptions, theories, and procedures about how researchers view
the world is - Answer -a paradigm
Current quantitative research in mass media is derived from what paradigm? - Answer -
Interpretive
Qualitative data analysis begins with - Answer -reducing data by creating categories
Which of the following is said to occur in a "natural context?" - Answer -field
observation
