RSCH 201-quizes
What is proprietary research?
Research conducted for a specific audience
What is applied research?
Research that tests theories in real life context
Student designers need to complete their own marketing research, this is
Reviewing a marketing study related to the project
What is one of the major ethical issues for digital ethnography?
Public verses private space
True Experimental designs are
Randomly assigned participants to both experimental and control groups
The responsibility the researcher has to his/her friends, partners with whom the researcher writes about is called
Relational ethics
Critical Thinking is
Crucial in research
Two types of variables in research are
Independent, Dependent
What is the last tenet of the Belmont Report?
Justice
Nonmaleficence maintains
No avoidable harm should be done to participants
What are the two parts of a sign?
Signified, Signifier
Axiology is
The branch of philosophy concerned with the study of values
Praxis, often concerned with practical application, and is BEST defined by which phrase?
Theory-informed action
Induction is
What is done to the participants
Confidentiality in research is
When the researcher alone knows who gave the answer but does not report it
Theories are NOT
C. Neutral
Beneficence is an ethical research principle meaning
The benefits outweigh the potential for harm
Ontology is
The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of being
Epistemology is
The branch of philosophy that studies knowledge
What do cross-sectional surveys assume?
That variables and processes are reaching stability but some will constantly change
What was the first set of principles outlining professional ethics for medical research?
The Nuremberg Code
Abstracts can be helpful because
The abstract gives you the general idea of the article
What is informed consent?
(!!WRONG ANSWER!! ch 4) When a participant agrees to the parameters, both risk and benefits, of the study, When a participant informs the researcher that they agree with the outcomes, When a participant is allowed to make a decision for themselves if they will participate in a study
Is it possible to remain objective in research? Why or why not?
(!!WRONG ANSWER!! ch 4) Yes, as long as researchers maintain confidentiality
All theories
Have limitations
Representation is an issue concerning what question
How can you speak for these people?
Epistemology asks
Is knowledge best conceived in parts or wholes?
What is one of the main advantages of content analysis?
It can enable you to conduct primary research and come up with new data
The principle of beneficence refers to
(!!WRONG ANSWER!! ch 4) Telling the participants all of the benefits, Ensuring a balance with harms and benefits, Ensuring the benefits outweigh potential harm
The first principle, respect for persons, states what?
(!!WRONG ANSWER!! ch 4) That participants should be treated like adults
What is the job of the Institutional Research Boards?
(!!WRONG ANSWER!! ch 4) To make sure that all research is done in the right manner
If the study is characterized by studying individuals and their personal experience, the design be most closely defined as
(!!WRONG ANSWER!! ch 5) Naturalistic inquiry
Characteristics of qualitative research differ from quantitative research in that it is
(!!WRONG ANSWER!! ch 5) Qualitative research is more related to hard sciences
What is an example of an independent variable?
(!!WRONG ANSWER!! ch 5) Showing an advertisement to a varied number of groups without a control
Unstructured, emergent and flexible methods of research characterize what kind of research?
(WRONG ANSWER ch 6) Causal comparative
What kind of topic does critical scholarship view?
(WRONG ANSWER ch 6) None of these
Which of these is characteristic of a Humanities project? (Select all that apply.)
(WRONG ANSWER ch 6) Providing proper credit to previous researchers, Collecting permission from its human subjects, Contextualizing (historically, socially, et.al) the primary source
Critical analysis of primary and secondary texts is the goal. This is referred to as
(WRONG ANSWER ch 6) Rhetorical Theory
The tools of persuasion, in and of themselves, are
(WRONG ANSWER ch 6) Sometimes good and sometimes bad
The humanities is broadly based and can include many different disciplines. What do you find is most important to consider when working with a Humanities project?
(WRONG ANSWER ch 6) The process of finding the answer
The Humanities are interested in the broad categories of human lives, e.g., human lives, human histories, works of poetry and fiction.
(WRONG ANSWER ch 6) True
There are ethical concerns to autoethnography. Which concern is the most important?
(WRONG ANSWER ch 6) Writing about someone else's experiences as your own
According to the text, critics working within the critical-cultural tradition are unapologetically subjective in their approach to scholarship. What is their goal?
A and C
Myths are
Can be both False and True
Is there any research that is exempt from obtaining informed consent? Why or why not?
(!!WRONG ANSWER!! ch 4) No, informed consent protects the researcher and the subject
A Practical Explanation involves
(!!WRONG ANSWER!! ch 3) Common Sense
What is an important first step when building a theory?
(!!WRONG ANSWER!! ch 3)B. Creating guidelines for action
Scholarly research is done for what reason?
(!!!WRONG ANSWER!!! 2 ch) To answer interesting questions, To contribute to a goal of a company to gain insight on customers, To contribute to knowledge for public consumption
A transformative worldview holds that research inquiry needs to be
(!!!WRONG ANSWER!!! 2 ch) unfocused on the needs of the individual and instead focus on the needs of the group
A Theory can be seen as
(!!WRONG ANSWER!! ch 3) A and B
Steps in the Creative Arts process are super important. Based on your readings, what sequence of steps are most necessary for Creative Arts research?
(WRONG ANSWER ch7) Identify a problem, develop research questions, select a research design, collect data, analyze data, present findings, discuss findings
A type of research that student designers need to complete is a visual exploration, this is
(WRONG ANSWER ch7) Reviewing a marketing study related to the project
According to the textbook, what is one of the values of art?
(WRONG ANSWER ch7) That it is static
Which of these belong in a review of existing work?
(ch 2) Finding a gap in the literature for the proposed research
What is the goal of ethnography?
A and B
A good way to think about communication theory is
A prism
What is the difference between a research question and a research hypothesis?
A research question is a question a scholar wants to answer while a hypothesis is a statement concerning relationships between at least two values
An observer-as-participant is
A researcher who has some level of involvement in the group but remains an observer
Rhetorical criticism primarily focuses on which of the following
A wide and diverse range of texts including oral and printed mediums
A principle is a _____
All of these
An example of survey research is
All of these
Compositional interpretation is a method that examines which of these?
All of these
Critical Scholars must attend to which of the following?
All of these
Discourse analysis is the study of
All of these
How can social media be used in research?
All of these
Problems studied by Postpositivists
All of these
Reading and engaging with literature is important because
All of these
Theoretical sampling is a sample of what?
All of these
What is the responsibility of researchers?
All of these
The origin of rhetorical theory is traced back to which of the following
Ancient Greece
Logical consistency between a theory and its assumptions is called
Appropriateness
Examples of sources best suited for academic purposes are (select all that apply)
Books, Articles, Scholarly Journals
Walter Fisher's narrative paradigm examines stories in what way?
Both of these
In AIGA's Designing Framework, which is not a step in the Design Process?
Call customers after delivery
Trend studies measure what?
Changes or trends in people beliefs, Correlations between variables at different points of time
Individuals who develop subjective meanings of their experience follow the _____ Worldview.
Constructivist
Which research methods best describe those found in the Creative Arts? (select all that apply.)
Competitor analysis and inquiry, Semiotics, Visual ethnography
Research involves a great deal of ______ among many different people.
Cooperation, Coordination
Longitudinal survey design gathers what type of data?
Data from several points in time
Evaluation research is
Designed to assess the effectiveness of campaigns, programs, or products either before or while they are being developed or after their completion.
Market Research is
Designed to study consumer behavior, preferences, and opinion
Political polls are
Detailed accounts of who is leading whom in the run for office during an election
Where is the abstract found in an article?
Directly after the title and before the body
In the context of a research project the artist-researcher draws upon
Experiences in the context of their history
Theories typically consist of
Explanations, Assumptions, Concepts
There are three criteria to consider when defining coding categories. Which of the following is NOT a criteria discussed by Rose (2013)
Extensive
A hallmark of a significant theory is that it doesn't need to evolve
False
Primary sources are important because it is the____ published account.
First
Student designers need to complete many types of research such as a literature review, this is
Gathering all materials relevant to the subject
Select al the correct answers:Important Functions of Theories are
Generation of new knowledge, Explanation, Organization
An example of a superstition is
Having a lucky t-shirt
Good theories provide
Insight we would not usually have, A new idea and a way to see things in new ways, Fascinating concepts that are helpful and intriguing
What are two hallmarks of good visual research?
Interpretations are persuasive arguments, No interpretation can be absolutely correct.
Whose concept was 'writing as a method of inquiry'?
Laurel Richardson
An example given in the book of research done outside of the rules of human subjects protection was
Medical war crimes committed by the Nazi's during World War II
Which of these study designs would fall under "qualitative"?
Narrative inquiry
After the idea has been formed you then do which
Operationalization
Researchers represent cultural experience by observing and reenacting their experience through human expression. This is called
Performance ethnography
According to the text, a study of experience is called
Phenomenology
English social psychologist Graham Wallas, who in his 1926 book The Art of Thought proposed that creative thinking proceeds through four phases. Which of these is not a phase?
Presentation
What does ethical norms or standards in research help to build?
Public support
Which of the following reflects the positivist researcher's paradigm within research?
Quantitative
What is ethical research?
Research conducted validly and legitimately
In AIGA's Designing Framework, which of the following is not part of defining the problem?
Seeing insight to inform the prototyping of the solution
What is the study of signs and their interpretation called?
Semiology
Ethos, logos and pathos are typically referred to what in contemporary public speaking?
Speaker credibility, logical argument and emotional appeals
A SWOT analysis is a technique to evaluate products. What does SWOT stand for?
Strength Weakness Opportunity Threat
Ethnography is
The study of culture
What are relational ethics?
The value placed on the relationships between researchers and those being researched
What is a common misconception about research in the humanities?
Thinking only in terms of discovery of things previously unknown to humanity
Legitimation is an issue concerning what question
Who can speak for these people?
Ethical research is of the utmost importance. Hence the existence of the IRB. Why is the IRB so necessary? (select all that apply).
To ensure your proposed research is ethical; To ensure your proposed research protects human subjects; To ensure your proposed research protects any animals involved in the study
Ontology asks
To what extent do humans make real choices?
Which of the following is not a worldview stated in the book
Transcendentalism
Logical simplicity is an appropriate way to analyze a theory
True
When following a priori reasoning, we tend to
Understand that some things are just true, Follow the logical path.
A theory is
Used to help explain and understand phenomena
Interlibrary Loans are best done when
You are able to allow for time
