Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Social research questions may emerge from your own experience.
2. A good social research question should not have to be refined or revised.
3. Social importance is a relative concept when deciding on a research question.
4. Measurement validity exists when a measure measures what we think it measures.
5. Because of the more rigorous review process, research published in social science journals must be consulted for a literature review.


1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. True

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A. There is substantial evidence that corporations that own media significantly influence reporting. B. The owners of media outlets air information that could be damaging to their advertisers if they earn profits. C. If only one or two companies own a city's newspaper and its TV stations, these outlets present a diversity of opinion. D. The ownersof media outlets are unlikely to publicize views that they disagree with politically. E. Concentrated ownership may be a more serious problem at the national level than at the local level.

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Which of the following is a criticism of No Child Left Behind (NCLB)?

a. NCLB mandates changes but does not sufficiently fund these changes. b. The federal government spends more on public education than do the states, yet has little control over the implementation of NCLB. c. The schools that get higher test scores should also receive more money. d. Local school districts are exempt from the mandates of NCLB.

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In most countries, the actual formulation of legislation occurs

A. in the assembly. B. in the executive branch and appropriate bureaucracies. C. through the work of political party representatives. D. through the work of conferences between all involved.

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How is the identity principle distinguished from the dominance and reciprocity principles?

A) The identity principle relies on mutually beneficial arrangements, whereas the dominance and reciprocity principles rely on members to sacrifice their own interests to benefit others. B) Contributions to development assistance or UN peacekeeping missions are better explained by the dominance and reciprocity principles than the identity principle. C) The identity principle plays no role in preventing nuclear proliferation, whereas the dominance and reciprocity principles do play a role. D) The identity principle does not rely on self-interest, whereas the dominance and reciprocity principles rely on achieving individual self-interest.

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