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Multiple Choice (1 point each): provide the correct answer and a written explana

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Question

Multiple Choice (1 point each): provide the correct answer and a written explanation of why that is the correct answer. 1. The problem of selective observation can be most effectively addressed by which of the following characteristics cf scientific research? a. Peer review b. Replication c. Empirical observation d. Systematic methods 2. Which of the following employs the idiographic model of explanation? a. Examining the relationship between gender and occupation b. A study to understand all the reasons why a former president of the United States decided to run for office Identifying the three most important factors that predict which college students will graduate within four years All of these choices employ the idiographic model of explanation c. d. 3. Suppose a researcher uses the following set of categories to measure employment status: working full-time; working part-time; in school. This set of categories is a. both exhaustive and mutually exclusive. b. neither exhaustive nor mutually exclusive. c. exhaustive but not mutually exclusive d. mutually exclusive but not exhaustive. Consider the following hypothesis: Nurses who have worked for at least 5 years are more satisfied with their jobs than nurses who have worked less than 5 years. You administer a survey to nurses at six different hospitals, including nurses from the pediatric wards and the intensive care wards. What is the unit of analysis for this study? a. individual nurses b. years on the job c. hospital wards d. hospitals 4.

Explanation / Answer

1. D (systematic method) systematic method includes informal and selective observation, research method and authority.

2. B It is about a single person and the study of it.

3. D mutually exclusive means they both can not be occur at the same time, So it will be only one category at a time.

4. A Unit of analysis includes individuals in this case nurses.