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Research Methods (9th edition)

Chapter 13 True/False Questions
A Second Look at Field Research:
Field Experiments, Program Evaluation,
and Survey Research

Challenge yourself with these true/false questions. Click on your choice to see if you are correct.

  1. Research in natural settings is sometimes referred to as field research. (True/ False)

  2. Naturalistic research should be used when one has a question about causal relationships. (True/False)

  3. It is generally impossible to conduct experimental research outside of the laboratory. (True/False)

  4. Conducting research in a field setting will increase the external validity of the research. (True/False)

  5. Because of their complexity, large scale social programs cannot be evaluated with experimental techniques. (True/False)

  6. Internal validity is easier to obtain in field research than in laboratory research. (True/False)

  7. The highest degree of control is obtained with experiments, which allow us to draw causal inferences. (True/False)

  8. Quasi-experiments have the essential form of experiments, but do not have as much control as an experiment. (True/False)

  9. The primary similarity between naturalistic research and quasi-experiments is that both attempt to answer causal questions. (True/False)

  10. The nonequivalent control-group design and the interrupted time-series design are both examples of quasi-experiments. (True/False)

  11. An experiment becomes a nonequivalent control-group design when random assignment is used, thus allowing the possibility that the groups are unequal. (True/False)

  12. If the groups being compared in a study are different prior to the beginning of the study, no conclusions can be drawn from the study. (True/False)

  13. In a nonequivalent control-group design, the only confounding variable of interest is the difference between the groups on the dependent variable prior to the beginning of the study. (True/False)

  14. Perhaps the most ambiguous finding that one might attain from a nonequivalent control-group design is a finding that includes a crossover effect. (True/False)

  15. The interrupted times-series design is a logical extension of the simple pretest-posttest design. (True/False)

  16. The simple pretest-posttest design is one of the most effective designs in ruling out the confounding variable of regression to the mean. (True/False)

  17. Two confounding variables that are not particularly well controlled by a time-series design are history and instrumentation. (True/False)

  18. The addition of a comparison group in an interrupted time-series design will strengthen control over potential confounding variables. (True/False)

  19. The research designs used in program evaluation are variations of research designs discussed throughout this text. (True/False)

  20. The most serious practical problem of conducting program evaluation research is the selection of the appropriate research design. (True/False)

  21. The best strategy in program evaluation is to utilize more than one dependent measure to measure as many of the effects of the program as possible. (True/False)

  22. The randomized control-group design is one of the best that could be used in a program evaluation. (True/False)

  23. Survey research can give us information about people's opinions, but does not allow us to discover relationships between variables. (True/False)

  24. Status surveys are conceptually and practically more complex to conduct than survey research. (True/False)

  25. The development of a survey instrument can sometimes be the most time consuming step in survey research. (True/False)

  26. With surveys, the issue of sampling is critical if we are to interpret the findings with confidence. (True/False)

  27. Random sampling and stratified random sampling are two examples of probability sampling methods. (True/False)

  28. The cross-sectional survey design is most effective when we want to assess changes within participants over time. (True/False)

  29. There is no place in good research for hunches. (True/False)