GHZZK3083 Chapter 1

Please select the ONE INCORRECT statement about what is research?

• To make known something previously unknown to human being

• To advance human knowledge

• To make things more certain or better fitting

• Research always confirms the hypothesis and provides definitive answers

Please select the correct type of research based on the following criteria:

(1) Adheres to scientific rules and conventions,

(2) Allows for replication, and

(3) Is most commonly applied in the physical or natural sciences, such as physics and chemistry.

• Social Science

• Descriptive, Explanatory & Evaluative

• Scientific

Please select the THREE CORRECT statement about the nature of social science research.

• Deals with human behavior

• Possible for replication

• People are less predictable

• Rarely possible to replicate research findings at different times

Based on the statement "Finding out, describing what it is," the nature of research can be described as .....................................................

............................ used to make judgments about policies, programmes or practices.

• Descriptive

• Explanatory

• Evaluative

How effective is the tourism strategy in protecting the environment from the impacts of tourism? Choose the type of this question.

• Descriptive

• Explanatory

• Evaluative

Explanatory research is to explain why things are as they are/how they might be & can be used to predict.

• YES

• NO

Who study research? Choose THREE CORRECT people.

• Academics

• Consultants

• Parents

• Students

Conduct objective studies using valid and reliable measures to produce findings that can be generalized beyond the study to a wider population.

This statement is referred to ...................................

• Characteristics of good research

• Examine what it claims to

• Adopting a value of neutral position free of bias and prejudice

• How realistic in the context of approaches