RSMT 123 Test 1 (2026)

This knowledge is built up in a community or uniformed group over time in the

form of customs and norms:

• scientific

• academic

• empirical

• traditional

This is achieved when the questions asked and methods used are likely to produce relevant

answers to the researcher’s questions.

• reliability

• authenticity

• validity

• objectivity

A powerful agent of socialization from which people gain knowledge.

• experience

• education

• research

• tradition

In empirical or scientific research, analysis occurs:

• after identifying a problem

• after collecting the data

• before the review of literature

• before presenting the findings

To achieve this, the researcher must be consistent and questions must be interpreted the same way by all respondents:

• reliability

• confidentiality

• objectivity

• validity

This is the reason why a study is undertaken apart from the researcher’s interest in the topic:

• problem

• educational value

• recommendations

• rationale

A concise description of the nature of the issue being undertaken for investigation:

• rationale

• literature review

• statement of the problem

• research objective

The research process involves specific steps which is what makes it:

• systematic

• achievable

• objective

• reliable

This view of research is based on the scientific method and is how

knowledge is generated in the natural sciences.

• qualitative

• action

• quantitative

• alternative

This perspective of research does not regard the researcher as an expert in the

context being studied and sees the participants as key to the research process.

• quantitative

• authoritative

• qualitative

• action