Lorisia MacLeod argues current APA referencing procedures:

Reflect colonialist ways of thinking

What is conceptualisation?

Finding a definition for a concept

How things are expected to work

repeatedly provides consistent measurement

Why do research projects need a research question?

Research questions guide every decision about the research

What is a descriptive literature review?

A literature review organised into main themes

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

Ethical considerations are important

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

Abstract and unobservable mental pictures

A short summary of a research paper

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

Adolescents fear of victimisation is the dependent variable

A measure that measures what it claims to measure

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

Aggressive behaviour in children

Labels for the measurable counterparts of concepts

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1
Which search term will get the least "hits" and find the most specific papers?
“impersonation of police”
police and impersonation
police or impersonation
"police" or "impersonation"
2
Lorisia MacLeod argues current APA referencing procedures:
Are effective
Celebrate Indigenous knowledge
Reflect colonialist ways of thinking
Are culturally appropriate
3
Hypothesis: age affects fear of crime. What is the independent variable?
Fear of crime
Age
None of the answers are correct
Both age and fear of crime are independent variables
4
Dr Mulrennan argues that in doing research with First Nation people, the research should be:
All of the above
Community defined
Meaningful to the community
Collaborative
5
What is conceptualisation?
Finding the best way to measure a concept
Deciding whether to include a concept in the study
Deciding whether a concept is relevant
Finding a definition for a concept
6
A testable statement about the relationship between variables is...
a hypothesis
all answers are correct
a research question
an observation
7
A summary of a journal article is called _____
None of the other answers are correct
Deduction
Induction
Abstract
8
Which of the following is NOT a key principle of the Belmont report
Respect for persons
Beneficence
Justice
Freedom
9
Dr Ireland adapted her approach to gaining participant consent when working in remote communities. This is:
Proactive ethics
Practical ethics
Positive ethics
Procedural ethics
10
Which of the following is an appropriate source in a literature review?
All answers are correct
A government report
An article from a mainstream national newspaper
Data you have collected in a research study
11
Theories describe...
The implementation of a program
Quantitative data
New knowledge about a topic
How things are expected to work
12
A reliable measure
captures the meaning of the abstract concept
is unobservable, uncountable and intangible
measures the concept it is designed to measure
repeatedly provides consistent measurement
13
Why do research projects need a research question?
Research questions guide every decision about the research
You need something to ask your participants
Research questions ensure that all hypotheses are confirmed
Research questions are asked while doing interviews / surveys
14
Mary Dodge interviewed female police who worked in prostitution investigations. Her research is...
Geographical Information systems (GIS)
Quantitative
Mixed-methods
Qualitative
15
What is a descriptive literature review?
A literature review organised into main themes
A literature review that excludes explanatory and exploratory research
A literature review that uses the MEAL writing strategy
A literature review that is organised chronologically
16
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
17
Ethical considerations are important
During all stages of the research project
Never - I aim to be an evil scientist.... :-D
Only when choosing research methods, at no other time
All of the above
18
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
19
An abstract is....
A primary source
The operationalisation of a concept
A personal experience that inspires new research
A short summary of a research paper
20
Hypothesis: gang membership has an effect on adolescents' fear of victimisation. Which statement is true?
Adolescents fear of victimisation is the dependent variable
All statements are correct
Gang membership is the dependent variable
Adolescents fear of victimisation is the independent variable
21
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
22
Hypothesis: Aggressive behaviour in children is caused by fear. What is the dependent variable?
It depends
There is no dependent variable
Fear
Aggressive behaviour in children
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What are variables
Individual pieces of numeric information
Legal or ethical rules for the collection of research data
Response categories on a questionnaire
Labels for the measurable counterparts of concepts

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