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窗体顶端 Assessment sheet (Chapter 4) Question 1. Exploratory studies are done for all except which one of the following purposes? a. to sort out the ethical implications of a study b. to test the feasibility of undertaking a more extensive study c. to develop the methods to be used in any subsequent study d. to satisfy the researchers curiosity and desire for better understanding Question 2. Exploration is the purpose of research that involves describing situations and events. a. False b. True Question 3. A goal in social research, in which the researcher describes situations and events, is known as description Question 4. Desiree did a study on the causes of juvenile delinquency. Specifically, she examined if living in a city as opposed to the suburbs caused adolescents to become more delinquent. Which purpose of research did she pursue? a. exploration b. explanation c. cross-sectional d. longitudinal Question 5. With the ? _________________ ? type of explanation, we try to find a few factors that can account for many of the variations in a given phenomenon. Question 6. Cindy established that gender came before voting in her study of adults in her city, so the time order was clear. She also ruled out the effects of age, religiosity, and other third variables. Which criterion for causality remains for her to establish? a. that the unit of analysis is appropriate b. that no serious ethical violations have occurred c. that no serious political violations have occurred d. that a relationship exists Question 7. Spurious relationships are relevant for which criterion for establishing nomothetic causality? a. the effect cannot be explained in terms of some third variable b. exceptional cases c. time order d. correlation Question 8. Brunelle concluded from her study on gender and delinquency that it is not just probabilistic that men commit more delinquency, but that gender is the only relevant factor in the finding that high levels of delinquency are always committe