Research design in Social Research

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A researcher formulates the following research objective: the objective of this research is to assess the effects of tourism on the economic situation of the inhabitants of Varadeo, a town in Cuba. Which statement about this research objective is true?

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A pilot study to investigate the possible effectiveness of a campaign against 'sleep driving' can be part of the design phase of the regulative cycle.

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Concluding that "Wageningen students love the environment" after having met three of them who told you they did, is an example of deduction.

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Cross sectional research is always correlational.

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Often, qualitative research looks for specifics (idiographic explanations), quantitative research looks for regularities (nomothetic explanations).

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Analyzing data from a cross-sectional study, one can find associations between variables of interest. When taking into account possible confouding variables, one guards for the:

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When farmers are asked about their use of chemical pesticides in a face-to-face interview, they may report using less pecticides than they actually do on average, because they are afraid of being perceived as being inconsiderate to the environment. This may lead to poor:

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A researcher is interested in the question whether and, if yes, how the brochures to attract student to Wageningen University have changed over the years. He decides to analyze the brochures that have been handed out to the visitors of the Open Days during the last ten years. He is interested in a possible change in topics, and in a possible change in the way the topics are dealt with. This method of data collection is called:

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Every four years the municipality of Renkum draws a sample of 1000 inhabitants in order to monitor their (perceived) safety and health status. This is an example of a(n):

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A researcher formulates the following hypothesis: people who have seen the movie 'An inconvenient truth' are more supportive of strict environmental regulation than people who have not seen this movie. What is the depedent and indepdent variable in this hypothesis and who or what are the research units?

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The Hawthorne effect is not a threat towards research if covert observation is the data-collection method.

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Randomization in an experimental means: drawing a random sample from a small population

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Including new units of analysis in your research until you stop learning anything new (and relevant) is called saturation.

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A case study may sometimes consist of multiple cases

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A researcher concludes that within her sample of research units two variables are causally related. She realized though, that the seemingly causal relationship is open to alternative explanations as well. This is an issue of:

Research design in Social Research

Question 1 of 1

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A researcher formulates the following research objective: the objective of this research is to assess the effects of tourism on the economic situation of the inhabitants of Varadeo, a town in Cuba. Which statement about this research objective is true?

Select the correct answer(s).

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A pilot study to investigate the possible effectiveness of a campaign against 'sleep driving' can be part of the design phase of the regulative cycle.

Select the correct answer(s).

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Concluding that "Wageningen students love the environment" after having met three of them who told you they did, is an example of deduction.

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Cross sectional research is always correlational.

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Often, qualitative research looks for specifics (idiographic explanations), quantitative research looks for regularities (nomothetic explanations).

Select the correct answer(s).

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Analyzing data from a cross-sectional study, one can find associations between variables of interest. When taking into account possible confouding variables, one guards for the:

Select the correct answer(s).

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When farmers are asked about their use of chemical pesticides in a face-to-face interview, they may report using less pecticides than they actually do on average, because they are afraid of being perceived as being inconsiderate to the environment. This may lead to poor:

Select the correct answer(s).

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Select the correct answer(s).

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Every four years the municipality of Renkum draws a sample of 1000 inhabitants in order to monitor their (perceived) safety and health status. This is an example of a(n):

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Select the correct answer(s).

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The Hawthorne effect is not a threat towards research if covert observation is the data-collection method.

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Randomization in an experimental means: drawing a random sample from a small population

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Including new units of analysis in your research until you stop learning anything new (and relevant) is called saturation.

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A case study may sometimes consist of multiple cases

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A researcher concludes that within her sample of research units two variables are causally related. She realized though, that the seemingly causal relationship is open to alternative explanations as well. This is an issue of:

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