Intro To Social Research 337 Mid-Term Exam Chapter 4 True or False Questions

A cross-sectional study is a specific type of longitudinal research.

False

A good exploratory research study removes the need to conduct explanatory studies on the same topic.

False

A necessary condition represents a condition that, if it is present, will pretty much guarantee the effect in question.

False

Cohorts are defined by birth year only.

False

In nomothetic explanations, exceptions disprove a causal relationship.

False

Operationalization is the process of clarifying what is meant by the concepts being used in a study.

False

Research designs are descriptive, explanatory, or exploratory-- never more than once

False

Researchers ignore previous work on a topic so that their research can be original.

False

The independent variable must occur later in time than the dependent variable.

False

The units of analysis and the aggregates that we generalize about are the same.

False

Two variables that are highly correlated by definition have a causal relationship.

False

A research proposal describes what you intend to accomplish and how.

True

Causal relationships can be true even if they do not apply in a majority of cases.

True

Cross-sectional studies can be used to approximate a longitudinal study.

True

Descriptive research answers the question "What's so?" and explanatory research answers the question "Why?"

True

Dr. Smith is conducting research by spending time and participating in a new Internet community in order to learn more about what they do and why they do it. Dr. Smith is conducting explanatory research.

True

Panel attrition is comparable to experimental morality.

True

The ecological fallacy refers to drawing conclusions about individuals based solely on the observation of groups.

True

The nomothetic model of causal analysis lends itself to hypothesis testing.

True

The nomothetic model of explanation is probabilistic in its approach to causation.

True