Research Vocabulary Quiz 22 (60 MCQs)

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1. The book ..... in a tragic death scene which left readers deeply disturbed.
2. ..... is collected data, and clues collected from observations made.
3. The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure
4. Which search entry is most like a good keyword search as defined in the vocabulary?
5. A copy of a student's records in school (attendance, grades) is what?
6. My teacher asked me to fill out a list of questions about my favorite classes.
7. Classroom Action Research is intended to ..... the quality of teaching and learning process
8. A statement or sentence that states the main idea of an essay is a .....
9. The use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work
10. ..... is known as support from sources that backs up a writer's claim and points
11. The title is .....
12. When an animal or an object is being described as if it were humanThe door cried when the child slammed it.
13. What do we call the resource that contains synonyms (words with similar meanings) and antonyms (words with opposite meanings) of words?
14. A type of observation in which behavior in a setting is carefully observed and recorded without any other kind of manipulation; often used to describe complex cultural activities.
15. The results of research or an experiment
16. A private research organization conducts a poll of 5000 households close to major national airports and another 2500 that are not close to an airport, in order to study whether living in a noisier environment results in health effects. How many experimental units (subjects) were involved in this poll?
17. What does "falsifiable" mean in scientific research?
18. (n) using someone else's words or ideas WITHOUT giving proper credit or giving any credit at all.
19. A list of questions is called a .....
20. What does 'puzzled' mean?
21. What does the term 'conclusion' refer to?
22. Which word means belonging to the present time, recent, or up-to-date?
23. To market a product successfully, a company has to .....
24. Functional terms that tell the database how your keywords should be related. Common examples are AND/OR/NOT.
25. Fill in the blank: ..... is a list that shows all the places you got your information.
26. In English class a text is a ..... ?
27. Information literacy
28. What is the term for the following definition? Small, diverse groups of people brought together to discuss and provide feedback on a product, service, or concept.
29. The person or company that you work for is your
30. To determine the effectiveness of a new pain reliever, a researcher divides a random sample of patients into two groups:one group is assigned to take the new drug and the second group takes a placebo. What is the independent variable?
31. I found three different ..... including a book and two websites.
32. Mammals, birds, and reptiles are all classified as vertebrates.
33. An agriculturist wants to determine the effect of fertilizer type on the yield of tomatoes. There are four types of fertilizer under study. She plants tomatoes on five plots of land, one plot receives no fertilizer. Each plot is treated identically except for receiving a different type of fertilizer. What are the experimental units?
34. ..... is a research strategy that focuses on quantifying the collection and analysis of data. It includes measurements and the statistical, mathematical, or numerical analysis of data.
35. This creature has fur or hair. It also feeds milk to its young.
36. The action of mentioning or alluding to something.
37. Data that demand rebuttal or concession and refute or limit the claim.
38. This is the process of collecting, recording, analyzing, and presenting data related to marketing goods and services.
39. What is a "dependent variable" in psychological research?
40. Translate the following word to Spanish:climate
41. Why is it important to use credible sources in research?
42. ..... means to quote a passage, book, author, etc; to refer to an example.
43. Which word means a visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information?
44. The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same.
45. Imagine Priya and James are on a treasure hunt. They come across an ancient scroll that hints at where the treasure might be hidden. In research terms, what does this 'hint' or 'educated guess' based on clues refer to?
46. A group of words grouped in "quotation marks, " telling the database they must occur in the same order in all sources.
47. Positive correlation
48. A symbol used to represent a missing word or part of a word in a search.
49. The author ..... how the hero would ..... the evil plot.
50. The transmission of physical or mental characteristics from parents to their offspring
51. Domain Extension
52. Which is a evidence of a "good student" ?
53. He ..... why the students unmotivated to the lesson
54. A source that comments on, analyzes, or otherwise relies on primary sources. An article in a newspaper, that reports on a scientific discovery or a book that analyzes a writer's work .....
55. Research Step #3:Analyzing means .....
56. Which of the following is a synonym for 'investigate'?
57. Used to give credit to someone else's words/research in a paper
58. What are "quotation marks" used for?
59. A word or phrase used in a search query to find information is called a:
60. Which of the following is a characteristic of this classroom?