Which of the following describes inductive research:

Moves from observation to conclusion

You're interested in how foster children experience relationships with their foster families.

A qualitative design is best for this topic

You find 25% of students report being stressed. What should you do before concluding that students are highly stressed?

Compare to the general population

What are research methods?

Theoretically "neutral" tools to collect data (e.g., survey)

Theory about the nature of reality

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SOST 203: W2023 Midterm Review

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Review for midterm exam in Amber Fletcher's Social Studies 203 course.

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Which of the following describes inductive research:
Guided by a defined question
Moves from observation to conclusion
Examines a potential correlation between two things
Moves from expectation to observation
2
"How many minutes per week do you exercise?" is a qualitative question.
False
True
3
This research question fits best with qualitative: "How do parents of young infants deal with lack of sleep?"
True
False
4
You're interested in how foster children experience relationships with their foster families.
A quantitative design is best for this topic
A hypothesis testing design is best for this topic
An explanatory design is best for this topic
A qualitative design is best for this topic
5
You find 25% of students report being stressed. What should you do before concluding that students are highly stressed?
Perform a Fermi estimation
Compare to the general population
Consider spurious correlations
Prepare a pie chart
6
What kind of error...? "Car accident rates increase during Roughrider games. Therefore the Riders cause car accidents."
Ad hominem attack
Spurious correlation
You should support the Winnipeg Blue Bombers instead.
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc
7
Which of the following philosophies would say: "there is no objectivity because there is no reality".
Post-positivism
Post-structuralism
Interpretivism
Critical Realism
8
Tony conducts a quantitative survey, then focus groups to discuss results. Tony's design is:
Multi-variable
Mixed-methods
Inductive
Unreliable
9
The research question "How do victims cope with their experiences of victimization?" fits with:
Positivism
None of the above
Interpretivism
Post-positivism
10
This topic is quantitative: "What is the effect of weather on people's happiness levels?"
False
True
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What are research methods?
Theoretically "neutral" tools to collect data (e.g., survey)
A whole framework that includes theory, ethics, design, etc.
A required course I have to take
Alignment between philosophy of science and research design
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What is ontology?
Theory of knowledge and how best to know the world
The belief in a singular reality
The belief in multiple realities
Theory about the nature of reality

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