RES 320 FINAL EXAM
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Questions | Correct Answer | Researchers who have strong opinions about the subject of a study are likely to do a better job of conducting the research. | 1. F | Research may be used as a diagnostic tool to provide information about what is happening in the environment. | 2. T | When a decision must be made about a specific real-life problem, we would conduct ____ research. | 3. Applied | Information that is not relevant to the decision at hand is called “incomplete.” | 4. F | A company’s private data network, which offers information that is available only inside that organization, is called: A. electronic data interchange (EDI). B. The World Wide Web. C. an Internet. D. an Intranet. E. electronic mail. | 5. D | A hypothesis is a proven proposition that asserts the probable answers to research questions. | 6. F | An ethical researcher would inform respondents of deceptions used in a research project after the project was completed. | 7. F | The right to privacy is absolute and cannot be waived by anyone under any circumstances. | 8. T | According to the textbook, which of the following is least likely to be considered unethical? A. A telemarketer selling carpeting begins the telephone sales call by saying he or she is conducting a survey about carpeting. B. A researcher does not tell his or her client that the sampling procedure in the proposal was considered too expensive, so an alternative sampling technique was used. C. Researchers do not tell respondents to a survey sponsoring the survey; that is they maintain a discreet silence about the sponsor of a survey by avoiding the issue. D. The researcher who identifies the most likely prospects for a new photocopying machine passes the names of these people to the sales manager. | 9. A | Which of the following