Research Vocabulary Quiz 7 (60 MCQs)

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1. A broad plan for writing a research paper using Roman numerals, letters, numbers, etc.
2. An ..... student, is the one who is good at school, participate in different events and is good at home.
3. The Bucks Tutoring Center offers a "range of tutors ..... so please feel free to work with different tutors to find the right one or ones for you" (About the Tutoring Center).
4. The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
5. Using the author's language word for word
6. Sources are .....
7. Define Fake News.
8. A list of the sources of a research paper, including full bibliographic references for each source the writer consulted while conducting research
9. The title of a section of the article
10. Usually means working LESS than 32 hours a week
11. What happens after a treatment is assigned to a group in an experimental study?
12. Cove Fabric Company hired a firm to collect research data about current and potential customers. This is an example of which type of research?
13. Helps the reader find the sources. ( )
14. The line or boundary between two areas
15. An index of information that is used to find sources.
16. Studies or researches published in the past time which reported research results or findings.
17. An item in a systematic record of the measurements made by a surveyor
18. In an experimental study, which group has no treatment done on them?
19. One ..... that contributed to the outcome was the weather.
20. The group of or number of people living in an area.
21. Why is it important to have a clear research question?
22. A personal characteristic that can be measured
23. The quality of being trusted and believed in
24. Copying information and text from the Internet (copy and paste) is not considered plagiarism.
25. A group of words from a text or speech that lets the reader know who the original author or speaker is.
26. What is the term for the logic you use to show why your claim is right?
27. Alex talked to her ..... about her vacation days.
28. A ..... is a statement that is arguable and used as a primary point to prove an argument.
29. Marketing is used to find out if there is a demand for a product.
30. Evaluate whether a measurement tool really represents the thing we are interested in measuring
31. An indicator that a web source is current and being maintained is when it has been updated in the last .....
32. Skills that are teachable and measurable abilities, such as writing, reading, math or ability to use computer programs
33. Definition:A proposed explanation based on limited evidence, serving as a starting point for further investigation.
34. If you find two additional sources to match what your first source said, you have just ..... your sources.
35. Skills that are the traits that make you a good employee, such as etiquette, communication and listening, getting along with other people
36. To look over something again
37. To have a good thesis, you need to take a ..... on the topic.
38. A Dependable or trustworthy source of information
39. To tell where you did the research and got the information from
40. An article, website, or book which researchers read and take notes from to learn about their topic
41. ..... must support your idea, claim or argument,
42. If an author is reliable, you can:
43. Uniform record locator
44. An alphabetized list of sources, which appears at the end of your research paper
45. When you plagiarize you .....
46. Analysis of existing knowledge, comprehensive reviews, and articles.
47. The act or process of moving to a new area or place to live there.
48. A document showing all the sources used to research information.
49. Fill in the blank:The process of objectively investigating and collecting information regarding a particular subject is called the .....
50. What do we call an object made by humans, usually an object from a particular time in history?
51. 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. Which type of research study is described?
52. The MLA Heading of a paper includes .....
53. Clickbait uses ..... to get you to click.
54. Which word means:An arguable statement?
55. A good source online can be found at .....
56. What is a clinical or case study?
57. Fill in the blank: ..... is something that makes sense and is correct.
58. What is the placebo effect?
59. Fill in the blank:To reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea is to .....
60. In an experiment, the group of test subjects left untreated or unexposed to some procedure and then compared with treated subjects in order to validate the results of the test