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Review questions

Assess your understanding of this learning pathway by selecting the correct answer for each of the following questions:

  • Scientific hypotheses are ________ and falsifiable.
    • observable
      • Incorrect.
    • original
      • Incorrect.
    • provable
      • Incorrect.
    • testable
      • Correct.
  • Scientific knowledge is ________.
    • intuitive
      • Incorrect.
    • empirical
      • Correct.
    • permanent
      • Incorrect.
    • subjective
      • Incorrect.
  • Scientific knowledge is ________.
    • intuitive
      • Incorrect.
    • empirical
      • Correct.
    • permanent
      • Incorrect.
    • subjective
      • Incorrect.
  • The major limitation of case studies is ________.
    • the superficial nature of the information collected in this approach
      • Incorrect.
    • the lack of control that the researcher has in this approach
      • Incorrect.
    • the absence of inter-rater reliability
      • Incorrect.
    • the inability to generalize the findings from this approach to the larger population
      • Correct.
  • The benefit of naturalistic observation studies is ________.
    • the honesty of the data that is collected in a realistic setting
      • Correct.
    • how quick and easy these studies are to perform
      • Incorrect.
    • the researcher’s capacity to make sure that data is collected as efficiently as possible
      • Incorrect.
    • the ability to determine cause and effect in this particular approach
      • Incorrect.
  • Longitudinal research is complicated by high rates of ________.
    • deception
      • Incorrect.
    • observation
      • Incorrect.
    • attrition
      • Correct.
    • generalization
      • Incorrect.

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