QUIZ 4 - September 10, 2012                     NAME________________


1. Some people think that the violent rhetoric of some radio talk show 
hosts causes political extremists to shoot politicians. The DEPENDENT 
VARIABLE is:

   a) Violent rhetoric
   **b) Politicians getting shot
   c) Radio talk show hosts
   d) Political extremists
   e) Could be either c) or d)

2. IRB stands for:
  
   a) Internal Revenue Bureaucrats
   b) Independent Research Bureau
   c) It Really Blows
   **d) Institutional Research Board
   e) Independent Review Bureau

3. According to class readings,  research data that we obtain that could 
potential harm our subjects is called:

   a) Inaccurate data
   **b) Dirty data
   c) Harmful data
   d) Unreliable data
   e) Invalid data

4. The study of a culture from the participants point of view is called:

   a) Ethnography
   b) Ethnology
   c) Ethnocentrality
   d) Ethnolinguistics
   e) Ethnomethodology  

5. Which of the following IS NOT a data source for "fieldwork" or 
qualitative methods?

   a) Experiments
   b) Interviews
   c) Hanging out in a bar and observing what happens
   d) An internet chatroom
   **e) All could be data sources

6. What makes a THEORY different from an OPINION is that:

   a) Theories are supported by public opinion
   **b) Theories are testable
   c) Theories are true, opinions are not
   d) All of the above are differences
   e) There are no significant differences

7. My broken thermometer always reads 77 degrees. This is an example of:

    **a) Reliable and  invalid Measurement
    b) Reliable and  valid Measurement
    c) Unreliable and  invalid Measurement
    d) Unreliable and  invalid Measurement
    c) Could be any of the above--we need to know actual temperature

8. Which of the following IS NOT one of the ethical principles of the Belmont Report?

    a) Respect for subjects
    b) Beneficence
    c) Justice
    **d) All of the above
    e) None of the above - The Belmont Report is about research methods 

9. I put my broken thermometer in boiling water. It always reads 88 degrees. This is an example of:

    a) Diachronic reliability
    b) Quixotic reliability
    c) Synchronic reliability
    d) Metastatic reliability
    e) Random reliability

10. I study job satisfaction among auto workers and they say they like their jobs. I conclude the works are satisfied. My data accurately reflect  their responses, and my statistical procedures are solid.. Yet, the workers,  dissatisfied, go out on strike a few months later. My erroneous conclusion is likely the result of:

    a) Type 1 Error: Ejecting null hypothesis when it's true
    b) Type 2 Error: Accepting a null hypothesis when it's false
    c) Type 3 Error: Asking the wrong questions
    d) Type 4 Error: Asking the wrong informants
    e) Type 5 Error: Sleeping through methods classes