Exam #1 (social research)

Question 1

What are the 3 principles underlying the standard process of science?

Answer 1

Empiricism, objectivity, and control

Question 2

What does the “value-free research” consist of?

Answer 2

Description, replication, and peer review

Question 3

What kind of questions does descriptive research ask?

Answer 3

What, where, and when

Question 4

What is the direction of association?

Answer 4

Positive and negative

Question 5

What are the characteristics of measurement?

Answer 5

systematic, transparent, and theoretical grounded

Question 6

What are the 3 stages of conceptualization?

Answer 6

provides explicit definition, specify dimensions of concepts, and specify appropriate variables.

Question 7

How do we assess reliability?

Answer 7

Test-retest, inter-item, alternate-forms, inter-observer reliability

Question 8

What are the forms of empirical association?

Answer 8

Positive vs. Negative and linear or curvilinear.

Question 9

What are the 3 types of longitudinal studies?

Answer 9

Fixed-sample panel design, repeated cross-sectional design, and a cohort study.