Suppose you were interviewing people about their views on gun control. You ask the respondents the following question: How much do you agree or disagree with this statement: "The United States needs stiffer laws controlling the purchase and ownership of guns." The respondents are then asked to rank their feelings on the following scale: strongly agree, somewhat agree, neither agree or disagree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree. What level of measurement would you be using?

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Which is NOT a reason that plagiarism occurs?

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When identifying a purpose, and preparing to present one's study, what is a crucial piece?

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Compare and contrast the basic premises of the Chicago School of Symbolic Interactionism, and the Iowa School of Symbolic Interactionism. What will be an ideal response?

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What are several reasons that a focus group for complex problems should be kept to around seven participants or less?

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What are questions that you need to consider when planning your research design?

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Explain the difference between cognitive reality and sensory reality, and how the social scientist uses both forms when creating a research design. What will be an ideal response?

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What might be the BEST setting for qualitative research?

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If you were able to show statistical significance and theoretical significance, but no practical significance in a given evaluated case situation, should you consider terminating the intervention for this target?

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After examining the bivariate relationship between years of schooling and knowledge about politics, Dr. Bushhead controls for hair color. He finds that the relationship in partial tables is identical to the bivariate tables.

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What is the sampling frame of the study?

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Which of the three major approaches to social science holds that human life is based less on objective reality than on the ideas, beliefs, and perceptions people hold about reality?

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This is determined by demonstrating that scores on the measuring instrument are consistent with some other accepted indicator of the same variable:

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A group of social scientist are working on a scale that measures motivation better than current scales. They do have some concerns about the validity of the scales. They are concerned about:

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Current Age, Salary, and height are likely to produce what level of measurement.

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When social scientists conduct interviews, it is required by the ethics of the field that the social scientist receives "informed consent." What is "informed consent"?

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On the hierarchy of evidence what type of evidence is consider least rigorous?

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The element of a research report that would include a discussion of how concepts were operationalized and what measurement devices were used is

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Publicizing scientific research findings accomplishes all of the following functions EXCEPT

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Which of the following is NOT listed by the text as one of the components of a grant proposal?

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