Introducing Communication Research Paths of Inquiry 3Rd Edition Treadwell Test Bank Full Chapter PDF
Introducing Communication Research Paths of Inquiry 3Rd Edition Treadwell Test Bank Full Chapter PDF
Test Bank
Chapter 4
1. In searching the scholarly literature, “relevance” and “quality” mean the same thing.
a. True
*b. False
Location: Reviewing the Literature
4. You should do research without first seeing what other researchers have done in your
field.
a. True
*b. False
Location: Library Research
6. A good literature review will assist you in choosing a method that is appropriate for
your study.
*a. True
b. False
Location: Methods
7. A good literature review can help ensure your research study is ethical.
*a. True
b. False
Location: Ethics
8. Relevance and quality are two goals of a literature search for your study.
*a. True
b. False
10. Using the search term “communication” is often useful in literature searches in
communication research.
a. True
*b. False
Location: Identifying Relevant Information
12. Peer review and refereeing journal articles are the same thing.
*a. True
b. False
Location: Identifying Quality Information
13. One advantage of search engines is the unmanageable number of results, some of
which are poor quality.
a. True
*b. False
Location: Search Engines
14. Research results from database searches are generally highly credible.
*a. True
b. False
Location: Databases
15. Scholarly databases have more sophisticated interfaces than search engines do.
*a. True
b. False
Location: Databases
16. Since databases are specialized by content, you can often focus your literature search
by which database you choose.
*a. True
b. False
Location: Databases
17. The impact factors of a journal measure the number of times those articles are cited
by other researchers.
*a. True
b. False
Location: Assessing Scholarly Articles
18. Journals with a low impact factor are seen as influential in their field.
a. True
*b. False
Location: Assessing Scholarly Journals
19. Catalogs, dictionaries, and handbooks can be useful resources as you search the
literature.
*a. True
b. False
Location: Other Resources
20. A good way to determine credibility of website is to treat it like a book or journal
article: know who wrote it, their credentials, and who published it.
*a. True
b. False
Location: Stage One
23. It is not necessary to record the complete bibliographic information when doing a
literature search.
a. True
*b. False
Location: Information you must record
24. A good literature review includes summary, synthesis, analysis, and critique.
*a. True
b. False
Location: The Literature Review
27. One way to review literature includes treating it like journalism—asking questions of
who, what, where, when, why, and how.
*a. True
b. False
Location: The literature review
28. A literature review is just a summary of relevant, quality literature in your research
area.
a. True
*b. False
Location: The literature review
29. A pro–con argument is useful for structuring the literature when academics don’t
agree about the topic.
*a. True
b. False
Location: Structuring the Literature Review
30. Chicago style is the most common citation style in the social sciences.
a. True
*b. False
Location: Questions of Style
31. The American Psychological Association (APA) style is the most common citation
style in the social sciences.
*a. True
b. False
Location: Questions of Style
32. Government agencies and businesses often have useful research data on human
communication.
*a. True
b. False
Location: Ethics panel
33. A good literature search can help you identify acceptable research methods for your
study.
*a. True
b. False
Location: Methods
34. Reading research will assist you in developing your research writing skills.
*a. True
b. False
Location: Language and Style
35. One useful way to find a “breakthrough” paper that clarifies concepts is to do a
thorough, systematic search.
*a. True
b. False
Location: Inspiration
38. The impact factor of a journal is more important than the relevance of the article to
your study.
a. True
*b. False
Location: Assessing Scholarly Journals
42. A thorough review of the communication research literature will give you help with
everything EXCEPT
a. methods
b. ethics
c. language and style
*d. other methods of citation
Location: Reviewing the Literature
43. Which of the following will NOT help you decide whether a research report has
scholarly credibility?
a. author’s credentials
b. author’s affiliation
c. publisher
d. title
*e. citation style
Location: Identifying Quality Information
44. Which of the following will NOT help you decide if a website is publishing scholarly
credible information?
a. the URL or web address
b. information about how page content is accepted or rejected
c. presence or absence of contact information
d. verifiability of information on the website
*e. the web page color
Location: Stage Two: Additional Questions for Websites
46. Researchers should be familiar with Library of Congress (LOC) Subject Headings
because
a. it is a federal requirement for research
b. the headings provide official spelling for search terms
c. the LOC shows the most popular search terms
*d. the headings give you a variety of different search terms for the same topic
e. the headings show you how to format a paper
Location: How Can the Library of Congress Help My Research
49. Which of the following details comes first in a citation of a journal article in your
scholarly writing?
a. *author names
b. date of publication, and volume and issue number of the journal
c. page numbers
d. title of journal article
Location: Information You Must Record
50. APA, the style used in writing up much communication research, stands for
a. always punctuate accurately
b. American Publishers Association
c. American Philosophical Association
*d. American Psychological Association
e. Academic Publishing Association
Location: Questions of Style
51. Styles commonly used for formatting communication research papers include
a. APA, MLA, and ALA
b. APA, MLA, and New York
*c. APA, MLA, and Chicago
d. APA, MBA, and New York
e. APA, MBA, and Chicago
Location: Questions of Style
ESSAY / PARAGRAPH
52. Explain, with examples, the difference between primary and secondary sources.
Location: Primary versus secondary sources
53. Identify one example of a database and one example of a search engine and explain
the differences between them.
Location: Scholarly Databases versus search engines
54. Explain the differences among scholarly, popular, and trade publications. As a
research professional, which of these are you most likely to want to read and why?
Location: Scholarly, Popular, and Trade Publications
55. Explain the difference between the concepts of “relevant information” and “quality
information.”
Location: Finding Relevance, Finding Quality
56. What questions you would ask to determine if a book or journal was written to
scholarly standards? Why would asking these questions be important?
Location: How To Be Skeptical About Information
57. What questions would you ask to determine if a website was publishing credible
scholarly information? Why would asking these questions be important?
Location: How To Be Skeptical About Information
58. What are advantages to reading others’ research before beginning your own?
Location: Language and Style
59. How do you determine what qualifies as quality information in your literature search?
Location: Identifying Quality
60. Is there a best way to find relevant information? Why or why not?
Location: Identifying Relevant Information
61. Why is it useful to record the method and results of the literature you find?
Location: Information You Should Record
62. Explain the difference between a search term and a search field.
Location: Search Term and Search Field
63. Why is it important to accurately cite articles and resources you use in your literature
review?
Location: Questions of Style
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United States,
not including
cost of past
wars 76,295,220 152,068,100
100,000 1,520.00 1.99 80,034,335
1.04 233,102,435 3.03
United States,
including cost
of past wars 76,295,220 306,762,392
100,000 3,067.00 4.02 80,056,135
1.04 380,818,527 5.06
Congressional Record,
February 15, 1901, pages 2707-2709.
NET
ESTIMATES.
1901-1002.
1900-1901.
I. NUMBERS.
Total
Total
Numbers.
Numbers.
Number of men on the Home
and Colonial Establishments
of the Army, exclusive of
those serving 111 India. 450,000
430,000
£ £
For War Services:
South Africa 56,070,000 61,286,700
China 2,160,000 3,450,000
(a) Estimated.
(b) Available men liable to military service.
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(f) Approximately.
(g) No standing army.
£ £
Tons.
Great Britain
(United Kingdom) 26,145,599 119,839,905
9,164,342
(1898-99) (Year ended
31st March,
1900)
Germany 6,672,788
76,309,000 1,639,552
(1899-1900)
(1898)
Netherlands 1,133,664
10,416,000 302,224
(1899-1900)
(1898)
France 13,796,033
142,021,000 957,756
Portugal 749,226
11,474,000 129,522
(Year ended
(1898)
30th June, 1900)
Spain 1,133,664
34,633,000 637,924
(Year ended (1898-99)
(1897)
30th June, 1900)
Italy. 4,617,034
70,181,000 815,162
(Year ended (Year
ended (1898)
30th June, 1900) 30th June,
1899)
Austria-Hungary 1,403,441
Austria.
66,171,000 164,506
(1898)
(1898)
Hungary.
42,903,000 66,072
United States
(year ended
30th June) 9,840,912
127,288,000 848,246 (b).
(1900)
Japan 5,076,294
22,017,000 (a) 648,324
(1899-1900)
(1898)
NOTE.
(a) Includes the Chinese indemnity.
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WELLMAN, Walter:
Second Arctic Expedition.
WELSH CHURCH:
Failure of Disestablishment Bill.
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"g. The best immediate remedy for the state of things which we
have shown to exist would be the abandonment of the bounty
system by continental nations. This change would in all
probability enable a large portion of the sugar-cane
cultivation to be carried on successfully, and would certainly
reduce the rate at which it will diminish. Looking, however,
to what appears to be the policy of the United States of
America, to the great cheapening of the cost of production of
beet sugar, and the fact that many countries appear to have
singled out the sugar industry as one which ought to be
artificially stimulated in various ways, it is not clear that,
even if the bounties were abolished, another crisis of a similar
character might not arise in the West Indies at a future day.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
WHEATON, General:
Military operations in the Philippine Islands.
WILDMAN, Rounseville:
Report of proposals from Philippine insurgents in 1897.
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