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

Question

1. Falsifiability is a requirement of a theory.
2. In strictly inductive research, the researcher already knows what she has found when she starts theorizing.
3. Theory is rarely used to devise research questions.
4. A researcher is studying how age impacts the likelihood of committing crime. In this study, age is a variable.
5. A researcher examined the negative life events in a sample of female inmates. In this study, sex is a constant.
6. Deductive reasoning is commonly used in quantitative research
7. Inductive research begins with specific data and then develops general ideas or theories to explain patterns in the data.
8. In a hypothesis, if one variable decreases and the other variables also decrease, the direction of association is negative.
9. In the literature review, the researcher should use direct quotes sparingly
10. Cross-population generalizability is when findings from one population hold true for other populations
11. Authenticity is not a standard attainable in qualitative research.
12. A study has causal validity when a conclusion reached in the study is applicable to the population at large.
13. When conducting a literature search, a researcher should rely on newspaper and magazine articles more than refereed scholarly journals.
14. Causal validity is needed to ensure that A leads to B.
15. A research study that was funded by a group with a stake in the outcome is considered to have as much scholarly objectivity as a study from an independent party

Answer 1

1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. True
6. True
7. True
8. False
9. True
10. True
11. False
12. False
13. False
14. True
15. False