Test Bank for Introducing Communication Research Paths of Inquiry 3rd Edition Treadwell
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Introducing Communication Research, Third edition
By Donald TreadwellTest Bank
Chapter 4
TRUE / FALSE QUESTIONS
1. In searching the scholarly literature, “relevance” and “quality” mean the same thing.
a. True
*b. False Location: Reviewing the Literature
2. A search term and a search field are the same thing.
a. True
*b. False Location: Reviewing the Literature
3 A document object identifier (doi) is a permanent Internet identification for a document.
*a. True
b. False Location: Information You Must Record
4. You should do research without first seeing what other researchers have done in your field.
a. True
*b. False Location: Library Research
5 Scholarly publication articles are peer reviewed and use citations
*a. True
b. False Location: Scholarly, Popular, and Trade Publications
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 Location: Finding Relevance, Finding Quality
9. Finding relevant information in communication research is dependent on using appropriate search terms.
*a. True
b. False Location: Identifying Relevant Information
10 Using the search term “communication” is often useful in literature searches in communication research.
a. True
*b. False Location: Identifying Relevant Information
11. Peer-reviewed articles are likely to be high-quality studies.
*a. True
b. False Location: Identifying Quality 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
21. Books and journals published by a university press are unbiased.
a. True
*b. False Location: Stage One
22 It is useful to know the criteria by which a website accepts or rejects articles
*a. True
b. False Location: Stage Two
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
25. All literature reviews must be a minimum of 10 pages.
a. True
*b. False Location: The literature Review
26. Citation-management software can help keep a researcher organized by interfacing with library databases.
*a. True
b. False Location: Citation Management Software
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
36 Communication & Mass Media Complete is an example of a search engine.
a. True
*b. False Location: Databases
37 Google and Bing are examples of search engines.
*a. True
b. False Location: Search Engines
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
39 Popular articles are published without a peer-review process.
*a. True
b. False Location: How Will I know a scholarly article
40. Scholarly articles include citations at the end of the article.
*a. True
b. False
Location: How Will I know a scholarly article
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
41. In bibliographic research, the letters “doi” stand for
a. direct object identifier
*b. document object identifier
c. document object information
d. digital object identifier
e. digital object information
Location: Information You Must Record
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
45. A scholarly article is NOT
a. refereed
b. has citations
c. describes the research method used
d. *found in a newspaper
Location: How Will I Know A Scholarly Article
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
47 AND, OR, and NOT are called
a. logarithmic operators
b. Bodleian operators
*c. Boolean operators
d. numeric operators
e. telephone operators
Location: Mr. Boodle and the Three Bears
48. Which of the following are all Boolean operators?
a. and, or, then
b. and, or, when
*c. and, or, not
d. or, then, when
e. if, then, when
Location: Mr. Boodle and the Three Bears
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