BESC 3020 EXAM 1 (Chapter 1-5) Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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BESC 3020 EXAM 1 (Chapter 1-5)
Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers
Question: 1. Identify the major sources of knowledge.
Answer: a. Personal experience
b. Traditional or existing knowledge
c. Authority or expert


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2. What kind of truth are we looking for in science and social research?
Answer: a. Relative


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3. What are the major causes of errors and biases?
Answer: a. Inaccurate observations
b. Over generalizations
c. Selective observation
d. Illogical Reasoning


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5. Define and find examples of independent and dependent variables.
Answer: a. Independent- Cause
b. Dependent- Effect
c. Babies and accidents, drinking and drunkenness


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6. How many values does a constant have?
Answer: a. 1. It is the opposite of a variable


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7. What does a theory refer to?
Answer: a. Theory are concepts that can be measurable or immeasurable


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8. What does social science research attempt to address?
Answer: a. Deals with logical aspects of science, provides systematic
explanations, whereas data collection deals with observational aspects. There
is no philosophy in social science research. We find research through patterns.
Explore, explain, and describe


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9. Define and find examples of over-generalization.
Answer: a. The smaller the sample size, the larger margin of error


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12. What are the major purposes of social research?
Answer: a. To explore, describe, and explain


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13. What are the two pillars of science?
Answer: a. Logical and empirical evidence


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