Final Sınavı - Research Methods

Soru 1:

Which of the following is incorrect about research misconduct?

A) Research misconduct is conceived as a deliberate deception of research participants. B) Research misconduct includes honest error or honest difference of opinion. C) Fabrication is making up data or results and recording or reporting them. D) Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person’s ideas without giving appropriate credit. E) Falsification is manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes.

Soru 2:

Which of the following is the last step to be followed to conduct a qualitative research?

A) Data analysis B) Reporting C) Identifying the research focus and problem D) Selecting participants E) Data collection

Soru 3:

According to Greene, Caracelli, and Graham (1989), which option is not one of the five major objectives or motivations for conducting MMR?

A) triangulation B) inclusive C) complementarity D) initiation E) expansion

Soru 4:

Exploration Description Explanation Prediction Influence Which ones of these objectives can be linked to mixed methods research?

A) II-IV-V B) I-III-IV C) II-III-IV D) I-III-V E) All of the above

Soru 5:

Which one of the following is not among quantitative data collection procedures?

A) Telephone call B) Discourse analysis C) Face to face interview D) Questionnaire in social media platforms E) Per mail

Soru 6:

What kind of surveys are generally data collected over the years that are in the interest of political scientists?

A) Cross-National Surveys B) National Time-Series C) Election Surveys D) Online Surveys E) Emprical Surveys

Soru 7:

Onwuegbuzie and Teddlie (2003) present a seven-stage conception of the mixed methods data analysis process within the MMR model. Which of the following is not one of these?

A) data display B) data transformation C) data correction D) data comparison E) data reduction

Soru 8:

What type of mixed methods research design begins the study with qualitative data collection and analyses, and then conducts the quantitative phase based on previous analyses?

A) Convergent design B) Embedded design C) Transformative design D) Exploratory design E) Multiphase design

Soru 9:

What is the name of the research design in which the dependent variable is subjected to pretest and post-test procedures prior to testing the independent variable experimentally?

A) Intervention analysis B) Randomized field experiments C) Repeated-measurement design D) Post-test design E) Quasi-experiments

Soru 10:

When paraphrasing, which of the following signal phrase can be used to mention that an author argues in favor of an idea?

A) Differs B) Proposes C) Determines D) Adds E) Refutes

Soru 11:

I. There is a need for hypotheses to develop research question(s) in a qualitative research study . II. The aim is to figure out variables and the relations among them. III. The overall aim is to comprehensively understand perceptions and processes. Which information above is true about qualitative research design?

A) III B) II and III C) I and II D) II E) I and III

Soru 12:

Which of the below is based on sharing experiences about an event or a chain of events with another or others through any channel of communication.

A) Case study B) Enhnography C) Narrative inquiry D) Phenomenology E) Grounded theory

Soru 13:

Which of the following is an ethical perspective that treats the character of researchers as the primary focus of ethical evaluation?

A) Utilitarian Ethics B) Principle-Based Ethics C) Situation-Based Ethics D) Relational Ethics E) Virtue ethics

Soru 14:

Which information below is not true about experimental research?

A) It is not so common in political research. B) The nature of it demands manipulating of the independent variable. C) It attempts to influence a particular variable. D) It is not used to test hypothesis related to cause and effect relationships. E) Ethics is of utmost importance.

Soru 15:

Which of the following ethical dilemmas in qualitative research includes the questions of access, power, harm, deception, secrecy, confidentiality, and/or issues related to overt/covert research, etc .?

A) Informed consent B) Data dissemination C) Research sponsorship D) Self-reflexivity E) Research relations

Soru 16:

Which of the following quantitative research type enables the researcher to identify how one or a set of variables are related to another or enables the researcher to make predictions?

A) Descriptive research B) Correlational research C) Casual-Comparative research D) Experimental research E) Survey research

Soru 17:

Which one of the following is not a strength of mixed methods research?

A) Researchers can get comprehensive evidence. B) It allows using numbers with words and narrative. C) Weaknesses of methods can be balanced. D) It helps answer research question better. E) It requires more than one researcher.

Soru 18:

What are the two principles that are required for protecting privacy?

A) Competence and participant sheet B) Anonymity and confidentiality C) Care and principle-based ethics D) Beneficence and non-maleficence E) Consent and ethical review

Soru 19:

Which of the following is not among the principles developed by Beauchamp and Childress who proposes a system of ethical reasoning in Principle-Based Ethics?

A) Respect for autonomy B) Beneficence C) Non-maleficence D) Justice E) Information

Soru 20:

National time series, cross-national, election and panel are the types of .......... research. Which is the best option for the gap above?

A) survey B) experimental C) descriptive D) associative E) correlational