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Researching in Social Science

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This document promotes the ethical principles of beneficence, justice, and informed consent.

a)

The Belmont Report

b)

The Colbert Report

c)

Ethics in Today's World

d)

The Dilemma of the Majority

2.

A type of analysis that deals with numbers, or the number of times that people do something.

a)

Quantitative

b)

Qualitative

c)

Representative

d)

Quotient

3.

A type of analysis that looks deeper at the specific content of what people think or feel.

a)

Quantitative

b)

Qualitative

c)

Representative

d)

Quotient

4.

If you send out a digital questionnaire to gather information on a targeted population, which data collection method are you using?

a)

Experiment

b)

Survey

c)

Participant Observation

d)

Existing Resources

5.

If you conduct observations of different groups, with one group being altered and a control group not being altered, which data collection method are you using?

a)

Experiment

b)

Survey

c)

Participant Observation

d)

Existing Resources

6.

If you wanted to know about what life is like on the West Coast and you moved in with a family there for a year, which data collection method are you using?

a)

Experiment

b)

Survey

c)

Participant Observation

d)

Existing Resources

7.

If you want to conduct an experiment, a survey, or do participant observations you need to make sure your participants are willing and know the consequences. What is this called?

a)

Willing Participant

b)

Informed Consent

c)

Ethical Bias

d)

Agreeable Patient

8.

When you design your experiment and analyze the data you gather, you need to remain as ________ as possible.

a)

Objective

b)

Subjective

9.

A hypothesis often uses the template of a ________ statement.

a)

If/Then

b)

Who/Where

c)

How/Why

d)

Then/How

10.
at the conclusion of the scientific method is the establishment of a _____.
a)
question
b)
hypothesis
c)
experiment
d)
theory
11.

A prediction or proposed explanation that can be tested is called a(an):

a)

observation

b)

inference

c)

hypothesis

d)

theory

12.
A Hypothesis must be 
a)
right 
b)
testable 
c)
wrong 
13.
There are 15 boys and 17 girls.
a)
Qualitative
b)
Quantitative
c)
Both
d)
Neither
14.
The barn contains pigs, cows, and horses.
a)
Qualitative
b)
Quantitative
c)
Both
d)
Neither
15.

Step-by-step instructions of how to carry out the experiment:

a)

Background

b)

Secondary Research

c)

Methodology

d)

Explaination