1. Three parts to knowledge:
a. facts, laws, theories
b. facts, variables, laws
c. variables, constructs, facts
d. hypotheses, constructs, facts
e. none of the above
2. Law:
a. all are amoral
b. laws are statements of relationships
c. laws explain hypotheses
d. hypotheses explain laws
e. none of the above
3. Theories:
a. explain why laws are the way they are
b. include only dependent variables
c. include hypotheses, constructs, operational definitions
d. include logical deductions, laws, and operational definitions
e. none of the above
4. Empiricism:
a. opposite of basic research
b. same as basic research
c. opposite of theoretical research
d. same as theoretical research
e. none of the above
5. Applied Research:
a. opposite of basic research
b. same as basic research
c. opposite of theoretical research
d. same as theoretical research
e. none of the above
6. Greatest possession and production of knowledge:
a. empirical research
b. basic research
c. applied research
d. theoretical research
e. none of the above
7. Descriptive/Inferential:
a. types of research
b. types of statistics
c. types of theories
d. types of laws
e. empirical theories
8. Peer review:
a. research journals
b. Newsweek magazine
c. only for quantitative research
d. only for qualitative research
e. none of the above
9. An independent variable:
a. presumed cause of dependent variable
b. presumed cause of continuous variable
c. always measured with nominal scales
d. never measured with ratio scales
e. none of the above
10. A dependent variable:
a. method of organizing data
b. involves only norm referenced data
c. a set of mutually exclusive categories
d. gives information about probability
e. none of the above