Research Vocabulary Quiz 25 (25 MCQs)

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1. This section describes what your job will be like and has lots of important information.
2. What are words (e.g., AND, OR, NOT) used in search engines to refine search results called?
3. Imagine Nora and Daniel are on a treasure hunt. They find a mysterious box with a note saying, "To unlock the secrets within, you must Analyze." What does this mean in their adventure?
4. What is the term for 'a text that presents information in order to explain, clarify, and/or educate'?
5. Emma saw the tornado touch down first-hand, so I guess you could call her a ..... source
6. What is the last step or stage of the writing process; the copy of the paper you turn in?
7. Information that can be trusted and backed up with evidence
8. The Works Cited is .....
9. One of the school ..... is having a good language laboratory
10. Imagine you're on a treasure hunt in the vast library of knowledge with Elijah, Kai, and Zoe. You stumble upon a golden piece of information. What does it mean to "Cite" this source?
11. A taxi company in Atlanta puts a new type of tire with a special tread on a random sample of 50 cars, and the regular type of tire on another random sample of 50 cars. What is the independent (explanatory) variable in this experimental research study?
12. What is "naturalistic observation" ?
13. The writer of a book, article, or report
14. The reason the author wrote the passage (persuade, inform, or entertain)
15. URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
16. The person, book, or document that provides information is ..... ?
17. A reference to a source that provides enough information to allow a reader to retrieve the source
18. What is a dropped or floating quote?
19. The use of diagrams in calculation and design
20. Course, line, methodology, procedure, and program have the nearest meaning with .....
21. A statement that is for or against something.
22. The ..... is the most important point the author makes.
23. ..... Is a process to make our product become valid and appropriate to be applied in the field
24. What is the purpose of a category chart?
25. Which of the following is an example of an alternative hypothesis?