Research Vocabulary Quiz 56 (25 MCQs)

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1. The thesis statement is .....
2. Fill in the blank: ..... is a list that shows all the places you got your information.
3. In English class a text is a ..... ?
4. Information literacy
5. 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.
6. The person or company that you work for is your
7. 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?
8. I found three different ..... including a book and two websites.
9. Mammals, birds, and reptiles are all classified as vertebrates.
10. 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?
11. ..... 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.
12. This creature has fur or hair. It also feeds milk to its young.
13. The action of mentioning or alluding to something.
14. Data that demand rebuttal or concession and refute or limit the claim.
15. This is the process of collecting, recording, analyzing, and presenting data related to marketing goods and services.
16. What is a "dependent variable" in psychological research?
17. What does it mean for a source to be credible?
18. A reference to a source that provides enough information to allow a reader to retrieve it
19. Translate the following word to Spanish:climate
20. Why is it important to use credible sources in research?
21. ..... means to quote a passage, book, author, etc; to refer to an example.
22. Which word means a visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information?
23. 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.
24. 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?
25. A group of words grouped in "quotation marks, " telling the database they must occur in the same order in all sources.