HSC480 Research Methods Exam #1 questions well answered

HSC480 Research Methods Exam #1
questions well answered

Name the 9 Steps to the Research Process - correct answer ✔✔1. Selecting the Problem

2. Formulate Research Question or Hypothesis

3. Review the Literature

4. Design and Sampling

5. List Measures

6. Collect Data

7. Analyze the Data

8. Generate Conclusions

9. Disseminate the Findings



8 Sections of a Manuscript - correct answer ✔✔1. Title

2. Abstract

3. Literature Review

4. Methods

5. Results

6. Discussion/Conclusion

7. References

8. Appendices



A paragraph should have these three things: - correct answer ✔✔Topic Sentence, Supporting
Evidence, Conclusion

, What are the 4 ways of knowing? - correct answer ✔✔1. Authority: using a book or reference

2. Tenacity: withstood test of time and tradition

3. Experience: what you get through your senses

4. Logic/Reasoning: understanding phenomena using logic



Humans are very bad at experiencing - correct answer ✔✔truth



The 5 Tenants of Science - correct answer ✔✔1. Skepticism

2. Objective

3. Quantifiable

4. Replicable

5. Self-correction



The 4 Goals of Research - correct answer ✔✔1. Description

2. Understanding

3. Prediction

4. Control Something



Hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔A prediction of the relationship between two or more variables



Null Hypothesis (No) - correct answer ✔✔Whatever you are predicting is wrong



One-way Hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔Testing for a possibility in there being a relationship in
one direction only



Two-way Hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔Testing for the possibility of the relationship in both
directions