Objectivity means that
A. The researcher is indifferent to the findings.
B. The researcher's work is value-free in the choice of topic.
C. The statement of findings is not influenced by the researcher's feelings.
D. Observers with different views of a situation can agree on a statement about the situation.
E. C and D.
E
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. James Lind’s 1747 scurvy experiment featured six different treatment groups. This number is far below today’s common practices. 2. Charles Peirce used playing cards to randomly assign weights in an 1885 experiment. 3. Fisher’s Latin Squares orders treatments to compensate for systematic error. 4. Skinner preferred larger sample sizes in order to draw more statistical analysis from the experiment. 5. A naïve subject is not aware of the study’s purpose before agreeing to do an experiment.
According to Robert Merton, an innovator is an individual who has
A. abandoned the goal of material success and become compulsively committed to the institutional means. B. withdrawn from the goals and means of society. C. accepted the goals of society, but pursues them with means regarded as improper. D. None of these answers is correct.
In ancient Rome, extramarital relationships were
(a) long lasting. (b) sanctioned by the state. (c) brief encounters with no commitment. (d) nonexistent.
__________ is the most extensively used illegal drug in the United States
a. Tobacco b. Marijuana c. Heroin d. Alcohol