What is a descriptive literature review?

A literature review organised into main themes

repeatedly provides consistent measurement

Ethical considerations are important

During all stages of the research project, Never - I aim to be an evil scientist.... :-D

A short summary of a research paper

What is conceptualisation?

Finding a definition for a concept

A measure that measures what it claims to measure

Something you eat three times a day, A strategy for writing literature reviews

Labels for the measurable counterparts of concepts

Abstract and unobservable mental pictures

Hypothesis: gang membership has an effect on adolescents' fear of victimisation. Which statement is true?

Adolescents fear of victimisation is the dependent variable

Hypothesis: Aggressive behaviour in children is caused by fear. What is the dependent variable?

Aggressive behaviour in children

How things are expected to work

Why do research projects need a research question?

Research questions guide every decision about the research

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What is a descriptive literature review?
A literature review that excludes explanatory and exploratory research
A literature review that uses the MEAL writing strategy
A literature review organised into main themes
A literature review that is organised chronologically
2
A reliable measure
is unobservable, uncountable and intangible
repeatedly provides consistent measurement
captures the meaning of the abstract concept
measures the concept it is designed to measure
3
Ethical considerations are important
All of the above
Only when choosing research methods, at no other time
During all stages of the research project
Never - I aim to be an evil scientist.... :-D
4
Which of the following is an appropriate source in a literature review?
An article from a mainstream national newspaper
All answers are correct
Data you have collected in a research study
A government report
5
An abstract is....
The operationalisation of a concept
A personal experience that inspires new research
A primary source
A short summary of a research paper
6
Hypothesis: age affects fear of crime. What is the independent variable?
Age
Fear of crime
None of the answers are correct
Both age and fear of crime are independent variables
7
What is conceptualisation?
Finding a definition for a concept
Finding the best way to measure a concept
Deciding whether a concept is relevant
Deciding whether to include a concept in the study
8
A valid measure is:
A measure that has been approved by an ethics board
A measure that is strongly correlated with an outcome
A measure that has been used by other researchers
A measure that measures what it claims to measure
9
MEAL is....
A strategy for formulating research questions
Something you eat three times a day
A strategy for writing literature reviews
A strategy for choosing research methods
10
A testable statement about the relationship between variables is...
all answers are correct
a hypothesis
a research question
an observation
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What are variables
Individual pieces of numeric information
Labels for the measurable counterparts of concepts
Legal or ethical rules for the collection of research data
Response categories on a questionnaire
12
Concepts are....
Data gathered for a particular variable
Measurements that are always the same
Abstract and unobservable mental pictures
Categories that can be rank-ordered
13
Hypothesis: gang membership has an effect on adolescents' fear of victimisation. Which statement is true?
Adolescents fear of victimisation is the independent variable
Adolescents fear of victimisation is the dependent variable
Gang membership is the dependent variable
All statements are correct
14
Hypothesis: Aggressive behaviour in children is caused by fear. What is the dependent variable?
Fear
There is no dependent variable
Aggressive behaviour in children
It depends
15
Which search term will get the least "hits" and find the most specific papers?
police and impersonation
police or impersonation
"police" or "impersonation"
“impersonation of police”
16
Theories describe...
Quantitative data
New knowledge about a topic
The implementation of a program
How things are expected to work
17
Which of the following is NOT a key principle of the Belmont report
Respect for persons
Justice
Freedom
Beneficence
18
Why do research projects need a research question?
Research questions guide every decision about the research
Research questions ensure that all hypotheses are confirmed
Research questions ensure that research methods are conducted ethically
Research questions are asked while doing interviews / surveys
19
Mary Dodge interviewed female police who worked in prostitution investigations. Her research is...
Quantitative
Geographical Information systems (GIS)
Qualitative
Mixed-methods
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A summary of a journal article is called _____
None of the other answers are correct
Deduction
Abstract
Induction

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