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The primary purpose of basic research is:
A. the production of knowledge.
B. practical problem solving.
C. the replication of previous research studies.
D. to identify the cause of an effect.
E. to assess the outcomes of specific programs. |
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A. the production of knowledge. |
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The primary purpose of evaluation research is:
A. the production of knowledge.
B. practical problem solving.
C. the replication of previous research studies.
D. to identify the cause of an effect.
E. to assess the outcomes of specific programs. |
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E. to assess the outcomes of specific programs. |
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The primary purpose of applied research is:
A. the production of knowledge.
B. practical problem solving.
C. to replicate previous research studies.
D. to identify the causes of an effect.
E. to assess the effectiveness of specific programs. |
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B. practical problem solving. |
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The practice of reviewing the literature prior to doing research is important because
A. it can help the researcher bring the research question into sharper focus.
B. it can help the researcher hone the research hypothesis.
C. it can help the researcher avoid the embarrassment of rediscovering others' findings.
D. it can help the researcher see which research strategies have proved useful in the past and which have not.
E. All of the above
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The company president is concerned about growing rates of employee absenteeism and asks you to do some research in order to find out how this problem could be resolved. This sort of research falls into the category of:
A. basic research
B. applied research
C. evaluation research |
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Your official title is Director of County Recreational Services. A prominent citizen has given your department two million dollars on the condition that the money be spent to provide the recreational facility most desired by county residents. Planning meetings with citizens groups have generated a list of ten different types of recreational facilities that could be built. The best strategy for determining the facility most desired by county residents would be:
A. an experiment
B. a survey
C. unobtrusive research
D. observation
E. use of existing statistics |
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Sheriff Slinger is up for reelection. You are a mere deputy but are convinced that you could do a better job of crime control as a sheriff. Your first task is to demonstrate that the crime rate has increased in your county since Slinger was elected. So, you need to
A. do an experiment
B. do a survey
C. do an observational study
D. use existing statistics
E. do a qualitative study |
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D. use existing statistics |
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A survey that follows individuals over time is called a:
A. cross-sectional survey
B. panel survey
C. cohort survey
D. convenience survey
E. temporal survey |
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As a graduate student at the University of Chicago, Sudhir Vankatesh lived with gang members in the neighborhood and took extensive notes on their behavior to learn about the meanings they gave to their work and lives. His dissertation was published as "Gang Leader for a Day." What type of research methodology did he use?
A. An experiment
B. A survey
C. An observational study
D. An unobtrusive research method
E. Triangulation |
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C. An observational study |
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Alejandro Portes and Ruben Rumbaut interviewed the children of immigrants in schools in Miami, Florida and San Diego, California to learn about how they became adults and learned to fit in to American society. Portes and Rumbaut recontacted and interviewed the same research subjects three more times until they were in their late 20s. They wrote a book titled, Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation. What was their research method?
A. An experiment
B. A panel study
C. An observational study
D. An unobtrusive research method
E. Triangulation |
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