COM 316 / COM316 EXAM 2 LATEST GENDER AND
COMMUNICATION QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Research is:A)the process of asking questions and finding answers.B)only conducted
by scientists.C)always commissioned by individuals or organizations.D)not used by
consumers. - ANSWER: the process of asking questions and finding answers.
Scholarly research:A)relies on informal, scientific, and systematic methods.B)is
intended for a private audience.C)is reviewed by other experts in the field.D)uses
prediction of communication behavior as its goal. - ANSWER: is reviewed by other
experts in the field.
Research and theory are related because:A)research drives theory.B)research is built
on the results of previous researchers and provides a foundation for subsequent
researchers, which contributes to theory development and theory testing.C)research
formulates, tests, and verifies theory in one step. - ANSWER: research is built on the
results of previous researchers and provides a foundation for subsequent
researchers, which contributes to theory development and theory testing.
Science is heuristic. This means that:A)findings should be able to be extended to
similar situations or to similar people.B)scientific research must be based on
evidence.C)research findings should lead to more questions.D)research results are
replicable or repeatable.E)research must be part of the public record. - ANSWER:
research findings should lead to more questions.
Communication as a social science:A)relies on quantitative methods only.B)relies on
qualitative methods only.C)relies on rhetorical or humanistic methods.D)uses both
quantitative methods and qualitative methods. - ANSWER: uses both quantitative
methods and qualitative methods.
Criteria for evaluating the questions researchers ask are:A)quantitative methods,
qualitative methods, and social science methodsB)methodological extremes, and law
of the hammerC)personal interest, social importance, and theoretical
significanceD)testable, generalizability, and heuristicE)describe behavior, determine
causes of behavior, predict behavior, and explain behavior - ANSWER: personal
interest, social importance, and theoretical significance
The research practice, if approached systematically, can result in:Need a Hint?
A)describing behavior.B)predicting behavior.C)determining behavior.D)all of the
above. - ANSWER: all of the above.
The social sciences:A)are no different than the natural sciences.B)do not use a
systematic scientific approach.C)focus on the study of human
behavior.D)participants' subjective experiences.E)abstract and often unobservable
communication phenomena. - ANSWER: focus on the study of human behavior.
, Questions of cause and effect:A)examine if, how, and the degree to which
phenomena are related.B)establish definitions for phenomena.C)are used to
recommend a course of action.D)ask and answer if one or more variables is the
cause of one or more outcome variables. - ANSWER: ask and answer if one or more
variables is the cause of one or more outcome variables.
Quantitative research methods, generally speaking, rely on:A)participant observation
in naturally occurring contexts.B)numerical measurement.C)participants' subjective
experiences.D)abstract and often unobservable communication phenomena. -
ANSWER: numerical measurement.
Both the deductive and inductive research modelsA)are linear.B)start with
identifying the research problem.C)move from the known position supported by
theory to the data.D)move from the data to development of the theory. - ANSWER:
start with identifying the research problem.
In the deductive research model, the research process:A)is complete after the data
are interpreted.B)is complete after the data are gathered.C)begins when the
researcher formulates the research questions or hypotheses.D)is not necessarily
complete, even when the researcher has answered the initial questions. - ANSWER:
is not necessarily complete, even when the researcher has answered the initial
questions.
In the inductive research model:A)theory is developed at the beginning of the
research process.B)theory is developed before data is collected.C)theory is
developed near the end and new questions are identified to start the process
again.D)the researcher need not worry about designing research methods or
procedures. - ANSWER: theory is developed near the end and new questions are
identified to start the process again.
Once your preliminary research question is developed, you should:A)evaluate your
question for its communication orientation.B)check to see if the question is clearly
stated.C)check to see if the question is phrased in such a way that it is not biased
toward a particular answer.D)determine if there is a way to observe or measure the
communication phenomenon of interest.E)all of the above. - ANSWER: all of the
above.
To conduct a basic library search, you should searchA)communication
journals.B)your university's catalog holdings.C)with keywords.D)online
databases.E)all of the above. - ANSWER: all of the above.
In reading academic journals or scholarly books, conclusions based on the data
collected are found in:A)the title.B)the abstract.C)the literature review.D)the
methods section.E)the discussion section. - ANSWER: the discussion section.
COMMUNICATION QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Research is:A)the process of asking questions and finding answers.B)only conducted
by scientists.C)always commissioned by individuals or organizations.D)not used by
consumers. - ANSWER: the process of asking questions and finding answers.
Scholarly research:A)relies on informal, scientific, and systematic methods.B)is
intended for a private audience.C)is reviewed by other experts in the field.D)uses
prediction of communication behavior as its goal. - ANSWER: is reviewed by other
experts in the field.
Research and theory are related because:A)research drives theory.B)research is built
on the results of previous researchers and provides a foundation for subsequent
researchers, which contributes to theory development and theory testing.C)research
formulates, tests, and verifies theory in one step. - ANSWER: research is built on the
results of previous researchers and provides a foundation for subsequent
researchers, which contributes to theory development and theory testing.
Science is heuristic. This means that:A)findings should be able to be extended to
similar situations or to similar people.B)scientific research must be based on
evidence.C)research findings should lead to more questions.D)research results are
replicable or repeatable.E)research must be part of the public record. - ANSWER:
research findings should lead to more questions.
Communication as a social science:A)relies on quantitative methods only.B)relies on
qualitative methods only.C)relies on rhetorical or humanistic methods.D)uses both
quantitative methods and qualitative methods. - ANSWER: uses both quantitative
methods and qualitative methods.
Criteria for evaluating the questions researchers ask are:A)quantitative methods,
qualitative methods, and social science methodsB)methodological extremes, and law
of the hammerC)personal interest, social importance, and theoretical
significanceD)testable, generalizability, and heuristicE)describe behavior, determine
causes of behavior, predict behavior, and explain behavior - ANSWER: personal
interest, social importance, and theoretical significance
The research practice, if approached systematically, can result in:Need a Hint?
A)describing behavior.B)predicting behavior.C)determining behavior.D)all of the
above. - ANSWER: all of the above.
The social sciences:A)are no different than the natural sciences.B)do not use a
systematic scientific approach.C)focus on the study of human
behavior.D)participants' subjective experiences.E)abstract and often unobservable
communication phenomena. - ANSWER: focus on the study of human behavior.
, Questions of cause and effect:A)examine if, how, and the degree to which
phenomena are related.B)establish definitions for phenomena.C)are used to
recommend a course of action.D)ask and answer if one or more variables is the
cause of one or more outcome variables. - ANSWER: ask and answer if one or more
variables is the cause of one or more outcome variables.
Quantitative research methods, generally speaking, rely on:A)participant observation
in naturally occurring contexts.B)numerical measurement.C)participants' subjective
experiences.D)abstract and often unobservable communication phenomena. -
ANSWER: numerical measurement.
Both the deductive and inductive research modelsA)are linear.B)start with
identifying the research problem.C)move from the known position supported by
theory to the data.D)move from the data to development of the theory. - ANSWER:
start with identifying the research problem.
In the deductive research model, the research process:A)is complete after the data
are interpreted.B)is complete after the data are gathered.C)begins when the
researcher formulates the research questions or hypotheses.D)is not necessarily
complete, even when the researcher has answered the initial questions. - ANSWER:
is not necessarily complete, even when the researcher has answered the initial
questions.
In the inductive research model:A)theory is developed at the beginning of the
research process.B)theory is developed before data is collected.C)theory is
developed near the end and new questions are identified to start the process
again.D)the researcher need not worry about designing research methods or
procedures. - ANSWER: theory is developed near the end and new questions are
identified to start the process again.
Once your preliminary research question is developed, you should:A)evaluate your
question for its communication orientation.B)check to see if the question is clearly
stated.C)check to see if the question is phrased in such a way that it is not biased
toward a particular answer.D)determine if there is a way to observe or measure the
communication phenomenon of interest.E)all of the above. - ANSWER: all of the
above.
To conduct a basic library search, you should searchA)communication
journals.B)your university's catalog holdings.C)with keywords.D)online
databases.E)all of the above. - ANSWER: all of the above.
In reading academic journals or scholarly books, conclusions based on the data
collected are found in:A)the title.B)the abstract.C)the literature review.D)the
methods section.E)the discussion section. - ANSWER: the discussion section.
