What does the technique called eyeballing involve?
Correct answer D. Scanning a table to identify general patterns and significant figures
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Which of these is NOT regarded as a strength of surveys?
Correct answer B. They offer an appearance of precision
Which of these is a measure of dispersion?
Correct answer D. Range
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What term describes the overall scheme of activities that scientists carry out to produce knowledge?
Correct answer D. Research design
What can a double-barrelled question potentially produce?
Correct answer C. Both A and B
In statistics, what does the standard deviation essentially measure?
Correct answer B. Spread of the sample means/values
At which step of the scientific method is the hypothesis formulated?
Correct answer B. Third
What is a detailed plan for obtaining data scientifically called?
Correct answer B. Research design
For a survey to truly reflect a broad range of the population, what must it be based on?
Correct answer A. Representative sampling
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Which type of survey usually gives a researcher a higher response rate?
Correct answer C. Interviews
An instructor wants to know whether essay tests improve learning. She tests one class as usual and gives the other class essay tests, then compares learning between the two. What is the class given essay tests called?
Correct answer D. Experimental group
In sociology, how are theory and research related?
Correct answer D. The relationship between theory and research is cyclical
In what form are the concepts in a hypothesis expressed?
Correct answer C. Variables
When several researchers measure a variable with the same operational definition and get the same results, how is the measure described?
Correct answer A. Reliable
What is the term for using several data collection methods to study the same topic?
Correct answer D. Triangulation
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The mean, median and mode are all examples of what?
Correct answer C. Measures of central tendency
A researcher shows that, on average, eyesight gets worse as age increases. What is this called in research terms?
Correct answer D. Correlation
What condition must be met for a sample to count as random?
Correct answer D. Every member of the population must have an equal chance of being chosen
A survey asks respondents their age and offers the categories 20-30, 30-40, 40-50 and 50+. Which key rule for closed-ended questionnaire items does this break?
Correct answer D. Mutually exclusive
What is a major drawback of collecting data through postal questionnaires?
Correct answer D. The response rates