RSCH 201 Assessment

A testable and falsifiable theory in the sciences is often called:

A hypothesis

Which one of the following disciplines is NOT part of the humanities?

Anatomy

The Design Framework of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) divides project development into all of the following EXCEPT:

Customer Engagement

Which branch of philosophy is concerned with knowledge?

Epistemology

Design researchers cannot reference secondary data when providing support for their visual choices.

False

One of the limitations to Ethnography is that it cannot be applied in digital environments

False

Research backed design and aesthetic decisions validates the work as subjective taste.

False

Research in the Humanities primarily aims at discovery

False

To ethically avoid plagiarism in research, you must:

Give citations for all sources used

A statement a researcher uses to tell of a relationship between a dependent and independent variable is a:

Hypothesis

Patients were injected with live cancer cells at which research site?

Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital

What kind of research is "conducted for a specific audience, which is not shared beyond the intended audience?"

Propriety Research

Which of the following statements is not a defining characteristic of scholarly research?

Research is instinctively correct

A body of knowledge is __________.

Research that has already been conducted

The group of participants who receive the induction in an experimental design are called what?

The experimental group

Why do researchers review existing literature/artifacts/creative works in the early stages of the research process?

To establish context and argument for their study/creative project

Most student research in the Science and Social Science disciplines that is conducted for a thesis or a dissertation must be approved by the institution's IRB.

True

Theories need to be consistent with their underlying assumptions

True

Within the Sciences, qualitative researchers tend to conduct naturalistic research within natural settings (meaning research is conducted in the field or where participants live, work, and play).

True

What term or phrase is defined as meaning "a basic set of beliefs that guide action" (3)?

Worldview