Chapter 1: Social Science Research

Question 0

What is a hypothesis?

Answer 0

A educated guess or about the relationship between two or more variables

Question 1

What is social science research and what does it do?

Answer 1

Process of asking questions and finding answers, application of scientific and systematic procedures, assumes that patterns can be uncovered, empirically based method

Question 2

What is a research question?

Answer 2

ask what the relationship among variables might be or about that state of nature of some communication phenomenon

Question 3

What is a theory?

Answer 3

A set of concepts definitions and propositions, Developed and tested overtime. Attempts to explain and predict phenomena

Question 4

What does empirical mean?

Answer 4

Verify through observations or experiences

Question 5

What are the following steps of the scientific method?

Answer 5

1. start with an interesting question 2.formulate a hypothesis or research question
2. use reason and experience to refine the hypothesis or research question 4.conduct the observation and measurement or experiment
3. analyze and interpret data

Question 6

What is the first step in scientific method ?

Answer 6

Start with an interesting question

Question 7

What is the second step in the scientific method?

Answer 7

Formulate a hypothesis or research question

Question 8

What is the third step in the scientific method?

Answer 8

Use reason and experience to refine the hypothesis or research question

Question 9

What is the fourth step in the scientific method?

Answer 9

Conduct the observation, measurement or experiment

Question 10

What is a fifth step in the scientific method?

Answer 10

Analyze and interpret the data