An instructor wants to determine if giving essay tests increases student learning In one class that the instructor teaches she continues to test as she has always done In another class She then measures the differences in learning if any between the two classes The class that is given essay s is the______________?

A. Control group
B. Representative group
C. Experimental group
D. Correlation group

In sociology_______________?

A. Theory always precedes research
B. Theory can be developed independent of research
C. Research always precedes theory
D. The relationship between theory and research is cyclical

The concepts in a hypothesis are stated as______________?

A. Variables
B. Populations
C. Ideas
D. Indices

When a number of researchers use the same operational definition to measure a variable and achieve the same results the measure is said to be_______________?

A. Valid
B. Reliable
C. Factual
D. Internally consistent

_____________ uses multiple data collection methods on the same area of interest?

A. Triangulation
B. Ethnography
C. Field research
D. Variation

A mean, median and mode are all examples of_______________?

A. Measures of variation
B. Measures of central tendency
C. Measures of enumeration
D. Measures of correlation

Which of these is NOT viewed as a strength of surveys ?

A. They are often undertaken by specialist agencies
B. They offer an appearance of precision
C. The data is easy to quantify and analyses
D. Large numbers of people can be studied

Which one of these is a measure of dispersion ?

A. Parameter
B. Range
C. Median
D. Mean

An overall scheme of scientific activities which scientists engage in order to produce knowledge is a________________?

A. Research process
B. Research model
C. Research methodology
D. Research design

A double barreled has the potential of having______________?

A. Two respectable responses/answers
B. Two answers but incompatible with each other
C. Both a and b
D. None of these