Information Literacy

An expected general principle or set of principles that explain known findings about a topic is called a_____________.

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Principle

• Deduction

A specific prediction derived from a theory is called a___________.

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Principle

• Deduction

The act of disproving a theory or hypothesis is called ___________.

• Manipulation

• Validation

• Debunkification

• Falsification

A variable that leads to or causes something else is a(n) _____________ variable

• Dependent

• Independent

• Binary

• Ordinal

A variable that is affected or caused by another variable is a(n) _____________ variable

• Dependent

• Independent

• Binary

• Ordinal

True or False: The amount of time a student studies is considered a manipulable variable.

• True

• False

A study in which the researcher directly manipulates one of the variables and evaluates the results is:

• An observational study

• A correlation study

• An experimental study

• A hypothesis

A study in which the researcher merely observes what is happening or what has happened and draws conclusions is:

• An observational study

• A correlation study

• An experimental study

• A hypothesis

True or False: Measures are reliable if they produce the same result when different people use them.

• True

• False

True or False: A measure is said to be valid if it actually measures what it is intended to measure..

• True

• False