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Quiz #1

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	Which of the following would normally NOT normally be a method used to gather qualitative data?   Studying the papers written by officers of the Union and the Confederacy so as to describe the Civil War from their perspective. Giving drugs to several groups of rats before they run a maze in order to determine which drug results in the best performance. Spending Saturday morning at a mall asking passers-by their opinion of the economy. Joining an environmental group in order to study their reaction to new government regulations.

	A key characteristic of direct observation is that it is:   Invasive. Useful only to study human subjects. Unobtrusive. Dependent on historical documents.

	A researcher who wanted to research the Microsoft Corporation in as much detail as possible would probably conduct   A case history of the Microsoft corporation. An interview with Bill Gates, president and CEO of Microsoft. Interviews with Microsoft customers. A participant observation study by posing as a Microsoft salesperson.

	Margaret Mead was an anthropologist whose book, Coming of Age in Samoa, was based on her studies of adolescent behavior in Polynesia. Because she is supposed to have lived with the Samoan’s for much of the time while she was studying them, her approach is best described as a:   Naturalistic orientation. Experimental technique. Historical orientation. Case study.

	According to the author of the text, the main reason to conduct historical studies is   To support current political ideologies. To satisfy one’s curiosity. To understand the way a science develops. To gather data to test an experimental hypothesis.

	Suppose you are interested in studying how the Plague impacted people in Britain during the middle 1300s. Which of the following is a secondary source of data for this study?   The names and dates of death on the headstones of people who succumbed to Plague and were buried in 1349. A Spanish nobleman’s written report of his interview with a ship’s captain who had recently sailed from England. A parchment flyer, dated May 11, 1348, that informs people to burn the belongings and houses of anyone thought to have Plague. A monk’s description of confessions given by people who were about to die of plague.

	N6, NVibo, and Hyper-RESEARCH are all   Software packages that can help analyze qualitative data. Primary sources of historical data. Case studies conducted by PsiRes International. Tools used to authenticate secondary historical sources.

	Physical artifacts are purposefully left behind for others to find and interpret.    True  False

	When using direct observation, the researcher usually informs the people to be observed prior to beginning his/her observations.    True  False

	A good case study is designed to test a hypothesis.    True  False

	Participant observation and ethnographies use similar methodologies.    True  False

	Internal criticism of an historical document is concerned with whether or not the document is written in a consistent style.    True  False

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. Descriptive data about a company or an organization, such as promotion records or organization charts, are frequently stored as .

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. Suppose that an “end-of-the-world” cult had predicted that the world would end on Dec 31, 1999. A researcher interested in how the cult members reacted when the world didn’t come to an end would probably study the cult using .

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. Allowing people to participate in a(n) is a good way for a company to develop a new marketing strategy for a product that is not selling well.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. A major disadvantage of the case study is .

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. In typical experimental studies, a hypothesis is stated as a prediction, however, in historical research, the hypothesis is more often stated as a(n) .

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. Historical researchers typically evaluate their data for .

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