This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Research Vocabulary – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Research Vocabulary Quiz 24 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the question around which the research is centered called? A) Research Hypothesis. B) Research Methodology. C) Research Question. D) Research Objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Research Question. 2. The data that has been collected by someone else but made available for others to use. A) Observation. B) Research Background. C) Ethnography Research. D) Secondary Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secondary Data. 3. The framework of research methods and techniques chosen by a researcher. A) Reseach Design. B) Quantitative Data. C) Research Objectives. D) Research Instruments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reseach Design. 4. Prejudice in favor/ against something personal and unreasonable judgmental A) Bias. B) Relevant. C) Research. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bias. 5. Imagine you're a detective like Sherlock Holmes, and you're trying to solve a mystery with your friends William, Abigail, and Samuel. What role does making inferences play in your detective work? A) To collect clues. B) To observe the world around us with a detective's keen eye. C) To use what we know to make sense of the mysterious clues we've found. D) To form a clever hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To use what we know to make sense of the mysterious clues we've found. 6. What does an informal inquiry aim to satisfy? A) Trustworthiness. B) Personal curiosity. C) Academic questions. D) Unfair opinions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personal curiosity. 7. To provide a reference to a source A) Parenthetical citation. B) Cite. C) Citation. D) Works Cited page. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cite. 8. To restate something in your own words. According to ..... A) Paraphrase. B) Topic sentence. C) Hook. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Topic sentence. 9. Protection given by a government to someone who has left another country in order to escape being harmed. A) Asylum. B) Migration. C) Settlement. D) Refugee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asylum. 10. A tool to detect unoriginal content in written work (e.g., Turnitin) is called a: A) Plagiarism Detector. B) Spell Checker. C) Citation Manager. D) Grammar Checker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plagiarism Detector. 11. What is a deepfake? A) A technique to search for images online. B) Using AI to manipulate audio or video to create false impressions. C) A primary source of information. D) A method to verify information by reading laterally. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using AI to manipulate audio or video to create false impressions. 12. Materials containing the research findings of someone who lived after the even being studied A) Thesis. B) Secondary sources. C) Primary sources. D) Topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary sources. 13. What is an independent clause? A) A group of words in a sentence that contains a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought. B) A sentence fragment. C) A word that modifies a verb. D) A punctuation mark used to indicate possession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of words in a sentence that contains a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought. 14. To attend this prestigious clown college, students are measured by only one ..... :they must be able to fit into a very tiny car. A) Criterion. B) Criteria. C) Analysis. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Criterion. 15. Reasoning that moves from particular instance(s) to a general conclusion. The premises do not cause the conclusion, but the preponderance of evidence makes the conclusion likely or probable. A) Inductive argument:. B) Complex argument:. C) Major claim:. D) Evidence:. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inductive argument:. 16. Which of the following is an example of an observational study? A) Conducting a survey. B) Giving participants a new drug and measuring results. C) Changing classroom lighting and observing student performance. D) Running a simulation in a computer model. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conducting a survey. 17. Formal writing assignment on a specific them that requires the reading and analyzing of primary sources A) Transition words. B) Rough draft. C) Thesis. D) Research paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Research paper. 18. A ..... source gets its information from somewhere else or by a person not directly involved in the event. A) Secondary. B) Quaternary. C) Tertiary. D) Primary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secondary. 19. Improve by making small changes A) Research. B) Plagiarism. C) Refine. D) Paraphrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refine. 20. A story about a personal experience. A) Anecdote. B) Topic sentence. C) In text citation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 21. They ..... test and questionnaire to collect the data. A) Save. B) Analyze. C) Apply. D) Seek. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apply. 22. Person in charge such as a boss or manager A) Supervisor. B) Employer. C) Employee. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supervisor. 23. The process of compiling, analyzing, and interpreting the results of data collection A) Data Analysis. B) Research Subject. C) Research Setting. D) Case Study. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Data Analysis. 24. The number in the middle of a group of numbers is called the ..... A) Mean. B) Median. C) Mode. D) Range. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Median. 25. What is a 'hypothesis' and how is it used in research? A) A hypothesis is an untestable theory that cannot be proven. B) A hypothesis is a testable prediction used in research to guide experimentation and analysis. C) A hypothesis is a random guess made without any research. D) A hypothesis is a definitive conclusion drawn from data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A hypothesis is a testable prediction used in research to guide experimentation and analysis. 26. What is the title of the page where you give credit to authors whose work you used in a paper? A) Sources. B) Reference Page. C) Works Cited. D) Citations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Works Cited. 27. Group of words copied from the text A) Topic sentence. B) Direct quote. C) Paraphrase. D) Summary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct quote. 28. Research that derives its data by means of direct observation or experiment, such research is used to answer a question or test a hypothesis A) Theoretical. B) Empirical. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Empirical. 29. An example of a secondary source would be: A) A textbook. B) Statue. C) A newspaper article. D) A diary entry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A textbook. 30. Imagine Elijah and Zoe are on a treasure hunt in the vast library of knowledge. What would a "Source" represent in their adventure? A) The clues that help prove your hypothesis. B) Where they find their information, like ancient books or hidden websites. C) The final answer after gathering all the clues. D) The most important message in a mysterious text. 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