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1. You can manage your time and resources best, by:

σ� Working out a timetable

σ� Finding out what resources are readily available to you

σ� Calculating a budget for likely expenditure

σ� All of the above

2. How can you tell if your research questions are really good?:

σ� If they guide your literature search

σ� If they are linked together to help you construct a coherent argument

σ� If they force you to narrow the scope of your research

σ� All of the above

3. Which of the following should you think about when preparing your research?:

σ� Your sample frame and sampling strategy

σ� The ethical issues that might arise

σ� Negotiating access to the setting

σ� All of the above

4. What can you do to ensure your physical safety during your research?:

σ� Be alert to the possibility of exposure to danger

σ� Avoid interviewing alone in the respondent's residence

σ� Make sure someone knows where you are and how you can contact them in an emergency

σ� All of the above

5. What practical steps can you take before you actually start your research?:

σ� Find out exactly what your institution's requirements are for a dissertation

σ� Make sure you are familiar with the hardware and software you plan to use

σ� Apply for clearance of your project through an ethics committee

σ� All of the above

6. When planning to do social research, it is better to:

σ� Approach the topic with an open mind

σ� Do a pilot study before getting stuck into it

σ� Be familiar with the literature on the topic

σ� Forget about theory because this is a very practical undertaking

7. Which comes first, theory or research?:

σ� Theory, because otherwise you are working in the dark

σ� Research, because that's the only way you can develop a theory

σ� It depends on your point of view

σ� The question is meaningless, because you can't have one without the other

8. The core ingredients (elements) of a dissertation are:

σ� Introduction; Data collection; Data analysis; Conclusions and recommendations.

σ� Executive summary; Literature review; Data gathered; Conclusions; Bibliography.

σ� Research plan; Research data; Analysis; References.

σ� Introduction; Literature review; Objectives, Research methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusion.

9. A literature review requires:

σ� Planning

σ� Good & clear writing

σ� Lot of rewriting

σ� All of the above

10. A literature review is based on the assumption that:

σ� Copy from the work of others

σ� Knowledge accumulates and learns from the work of others

σ� Knowledge disaccumulates

σ� None of the above option

11. A theoretical framework:

σ� Elaborates the r/s among the variables

σ� Explains the logic underlying these r/s

σ� Describes the nature and direction of the r/s

σ� All are corrects

12. Which of the following statement is not true?:

σ� A research proposal is a document that presents a plan for a project

σ� A research proposal shows that the researcher is capable of successfully conducting the proposed research project

σ� A research proposal is an unorganized and unplanned project

σ� A research proposal is just like a research report and written before the research project

13. Conducting surveys is the most common method of generating:

σ� Primary data

σ� Secondary data

σ� Qualitative data

σ� None of the above

14. Informant factual questions are those that:

σ� Enquire about personal details such as age, income and occupation

σ� Ask people about the characteristics of a social setting or entity that they know well

σ� Seek to find out about people's attitudes and opinions on a range of topics

σ� Try to identify the normative standards and values held by a social group

σ� Choose all correct answers for each question

15. Study participant – not patients: In this Manual and during the survey we use the term. Study Participant (SP) to refer to people who participate in the study as they. Each section is described in three sub-sections:

σ� Clinical procedures

σ� Diagnostic codes

σ� Diagnostic criteria

σ� All are corrects

16. What is the main advantage of producing a written research proposal?:

σ� Helps with credibility.

σ� Informs all interested parties

σ� Helps keep people employed.

σ� Helps the institution.

17. All of these may appear in a research proposal, but which one will ALWAYS appear?:

σ� Research objective.

σ� Creative objective.

σ� Business objective.

σ� Marketing objective.

18. Which section will not appear in a research proposal?:

σ� Introduction

σ� Methodology

σ� Discussion

σ� References

19. Which word fills all the blanks in this extract: We talk about generating __________, testing_______, rejecting ________.:

σ� Hypotheses

σ� Questions

σ� Aims

σ� Objectives

20. The timing section of a proposal will NOT include:

σ� Deadlines for submitting the final report.

σ� Guidelines on ethics.

σ� Progress report dates.

σ� Deadlines for ending data collection.

21. The proposal’s literature review is important because:

σ� The tutor insists upon it.

σ� It looks authoritative

σ� It is expected by the university.

σ� It shows that you are knowledgeable about the literature that relates to your research topic

22. Which proposal section is intended to describe the purpose with a full statement of the research Question?:

σ� Introduction

σ� Literature review.

σ� References.

σ� Proposed Method.

23. Which ONE of these phrases is best avoided in a proposal?:

σ� This research draws upon the work of………..

σ� I hope to…………

σ� This research seeks to………….

σ� The intention is to complete the study by……….

24. The final research report is NOT:

σ� Future secondary data.

σ� Research proposal.

σ� Basis for decision-making.

σ� Tangible evidence of a research project.

25. What helps to agree timing, agree resource allocation and also draws boundaries?:

σ� The final report.

σ� The proposal.

σ� The observation form.

σ� The questionnaire.

26. Projects do go wrong. In one case a student was indecisive and collected anything, just in case it came in useful: web sites, photocopies, brochures. The questionnaire even included irrelevant questions, just in case the information could be useful. Which ONE of the following would have been realistic and would have helped the most with this problem?:

σ� Using a Gantt chart.

σ� Setting a clear objective.

σ� Regular progress reports to the supervisor.

σ� Using SPSS.

σ� Being less ambitious.etting a clear objective.

27. How are research questions most often described?:

σ� Arising within a laboratory setting

σ� Posed after important factors are identified

σ� May arise from our everyday life experiences

σ� Always answered if we follow a scientific method of inqui

28. In general, when selecting factors for a study, you want to be sure of which of these?:

σ� They have been investigated before

σ� They are available to investigate

σ� They are not of interest to you

σ� They do not lead to another question

29. What does a good research question usually pursue?:

σ� A small part of a broad topic

σ� A topic unrelated to any other topics

σ� The same thing as the null hypothesis

σ� A broad topic

30. Which of the following is a good way to find a research topic?:

σ� Personal experience

σ� Getting an idea from your advisor

σ� Looking for the next step in the research process

σ� All of the above

31. How would you define the research process?:

σ� The researcher's plan of action to be followed when carrying out research.

σ� A method of collecting research data.

σ� The stages or steps the researcher follows in carrying out a research project.

σ� The account of a study the researcher will write at the end of the study ready for publication.

32. Why does a researcher write a research proposal at the start of a study?:

σ� So they will not forget what they are doing during the study.

σ� So they can advertise for people to take part in the study.

σ� To make sure they have not left any part of the study out when they are planning it.

σ� To apply for ethical approval and to gain permission to access participants or sources of data.

33. Action research means:

σ� A longitudinal research

σ� An applied research

σ� A research initiated to solve an immediate problem

σ� A research with socioeconomic objective

34. After you think of each research question, evaluate it by asking whether it is:

σ� Logically related to the topic

σ� In question form

σ� Not answerable with a quick Google search

σ� Specific, not vague

σ� All are corrects

35. The steps for developing a research question, listed below, help you organize your thoughts:

σ� Choose a topic (or consider the one assigned to you).

σ� Write a narrower/smaller topic that is related to the first.

σ� List some potential questions that could logically be asked in relation to the narrow topic.

σ� Choose and Change the question that you are most interested in.

σ� All are corrects

36. Why is it important to read original articles when you are reviewing the literature?:

σ� To look for flaws in the method.

σ� To examine the validity of the conclusions.

σ� To obtain an overview of methods and procedures.

σ� All of these

37. Which section of a journal article is provided in most online electronic databases?:

σ� Abstract

σ� Results.

σ� Introduction.

σ� Conclusion.

38. The following is not an essential element of report writing?:

σ� Research Methodology

σ� Reference

σ� Conclusion

σ� None of these

39. What is the purpose of doing research?:

σ� To identify problem

σ� To find the solution

σ� To identify problem and to find the solution

σ� None of these

40. What is the purpose of the conclusion in a research report?:

σ� It just a summary what the article already said.

σ� It summarizes the key findings in relation to the research questions.

σ� It contains a useful review of the relevant literature.

σ� It outlines the methodological procedures that were employed.

41. What is research problem?:

σ� Is an educational issue or concern that an investigator presents

σ� Justifies in a research study

σ� Opinions and attitudes

σ� Is an educational issue or concern that an investigator presents and justifies in a research study

42. Procedures for reviewing the literature involved in conducting a literature review:

σ� Search for existing literature in your area of study;

σ� Review the literature selected;

σ� Develop a theoretical and a conceptual framework;

σ� Writing up the literature reviewed

σ� All are corrects

43. What do we do with research?:

σ� Have it as interesting fact

σ� Use it to make decisions

σ� Use it to persuade influence others

σ� Use it to change behavior

σ� All are corrects

44. What types of materials are needed for literature review?:

σ� Books, Magazine articles

σ� Newspaper articles, Scholarly journal articles and web site

σ� Other materials, such as statistics, government publications

σ� All are corrects

45. Why is background information important?:

σ� It helps you to focus on names, dates, events, organizations, terms, etc., associated with a topic.

σ� It can help you to formulate/reformulate your topic (or, to put it another way, it can help you decide whether to broaden or narrow your topic).

σ� Background sources might include bibliographies that you can use to find additional sources for your project.

σ� All are corrects

46. Why do we have to understand research?:

σ� Help make informed decisions

σ� Need to produce research in career

σ� Evaluating research in the media and assist in classes

σ� All are corrects

47. The process of sampling involves:

σ� Identification of study population

σ� Definition of the sampling unit

σ� Choice of sampling method

σ� Estimation of the sample size

σ� All are corrects

48. The whole writing process can be divided into the prewriting, writing, and rewriting or revising phases. In the prewriting phase, you might try to clarify:

σ� What you want to write about

σ� How you think and feel about your topic

σ� what other materials and notes you might need and how to organize these materials

σ� What is kind of audience you are writing for

σ� All are corrects

49. The research question serves purposes:

σ� It determines where kind of research the writer will be looking for.

σ� It determines what kind of research the writer will be looking for.

σ� It identifies the specific objectives the study or paper will address.

σ� All are corrects

50. A research question is:

σ� An answerable inquiry into a specific concern or issue.

σ� It is the initial step in a research project and the first active step in the research project

σ� The 'initial step' means after you have an idea of what you want to study,

σ� All are corrects

51. A literature review is an important part of the research process because:

σ� It is a summary of what literature is available on your topic

σ� It allows you identify and read key books and articles by some of the main figures who have written in the field.

σ� My supervisor likes to create more reading for me.

σ� I like to visit the library and read generally around my topic.

52. A proposal is also known as a:

σ� Work plan

σ� Prospectus

σ� Outline

σ� Drafts plan

σ� All are corrects

53. When planning your literature search you need to :

σ� Have clearly defined research question and objectives

σ� define the parameters of your research

σ� Generate key words and search term

σ� All are corrects

54. Researchers need to be cautious of some material, particularly material found online. Why?:

σ� It has been used before.

σ� The quality is unknown.

σ� It is too recent.

σ� The authors name often does not appear.

55. Which of these will NOT help you to decide whether a publication is reputable?:

σ� Citation rate.

σ� Audience.

σ� Importance to peers.

σ� Advertising inside.

56. Before searching you should define the timeframe of your search. Why?:

σ� So you find the most articles.

σ� So you don't find the library busy.

σ� So you do not incur unnecessary costs.

σ� So you work when you are most efficient.

57. Why is it important for a researcher to review the literature?:

σ� Because it is traditional.

σ� Because it shows time has been spent on the subject.

σ� Because it will find if anyone has done the work before.

σ� Because it identifies like-minded researchers.

58. When you cite Internet resources, you do not need to find:

σ� Date of access.

σ� Date created.

σ� Date of birth of the author

σ� Date last updated.

59. The most critical areas of an article to read is:

σ� Results section

σ� Introduction

σ� Abstract

σ� Limitations

60. A successful literature review:

σ� Synthesizes material from several sources on the same question/research topic.

σ� Assesses the state of existing knowledge on a topic by comparing studies in terms of assumptions

σ� about the research question,

σ� Experimental method, data analysis, any conclusions drawn, and to raise questions for further research.

σ� All are corrects

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