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 (a)  

............................ 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