What Is Research? Answers

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Collecting research data is the final step in the scientific method.

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When researchers replicate a study, they are seeking to __________.

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prove that the hypothesis upon which the study was founded is untestable
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develop a new hypothesis
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change the study to provide new results
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support or reject the hypothesis upon which the study was founded
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Descriptive research attempts to explore cause-and-effect relationships by manipulating data.

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Which of the following statements is a prediction?

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Aggressive chimpanzees should be monitored during meal times or fed separately from other chimpanzees.
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Chimpanzees will behave aggressively when they feel threatened by other individuals.
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A chimpanzee associates food stealing with aggression due to evolutionary pressure.
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Giving better supplies of food to chimpanzees will decrease their aggressive behavior.
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All of the following should be considered when designing a study except __________.

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the type of research method to use
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how to interpret collected data
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who the participants will be
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the type of measurement to use
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An explanation for behavior must be __________ and __________ to be considered a scientific theory.

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repeated . . . recorded
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proven . . . recorded
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testable . . . supported
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testable . . . proven
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Researching known information is an important process of developing a research question.

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A research study that proposed to describe the behaviors of high school teachers would be __________.

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experimental
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representative
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propositional
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descriptive
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__________ research is a type of research that describes various types of data collected through observational research methods.

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Descriptive
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Behavioral
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Experimental
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Predictable

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