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Chapter 1: Evaluating Numerical Information
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Multiple fChoice

1. Science fjournals foften frequire fresearchers fto .
a. guarantee fsignificant fresults
b. provide fnames fof fparticipants
c. identify fpossible fconflicts fof finterest
d. subscribe fto fthe fjournal
fAns: fC

Cognitive fDomain: fKnowledge
Answer fLocation: f1.3.1 fSelf-Interest for fBiasfDifficulty
fLevel: fMedium




2. Communicator fself-interest fcan fproduce fconcerns fabout .
a. cost fof fthe fproduct
b. credibility fof fthe fmessage
c. future fresearch
d. methodology
fAns: fB

Cognitive fDomain: fKnowledge
Answer fLocation: f1.3.1 fSelf-Interest for fBiasfDifficulty
fLevel: fMedium




3. Confirmation fbias fis finformally fknown fas .
a. cherry fpicking
b. natural fselection
c. favoritism
d. preferential ftreatment
fAns: fA

Cognitive fDomain: fKnowledge
Answer fLocation: f1.3.2 fBias fand f“Cherry fPicking”
fDifficulty fLevel: fEasy




4. Research fwritten fby fthe fperson fwith ffirst-hand fknowledge fof fthe fevents fof fthe fstudy fis
fknown fas .
a. a fliterature freview
b. questionable
c. a fsecondary fsource
d. a fprimary fsource
fAns: fD

,Cognitive fDomain: fKnowledge
Answer fLocation: f1.3.3 fPrimary, fSecondary, fand fThird fParty fSources
fDifficulty fLevel: fEasy




5. Much fof fthe fcontent fon fwebsites ffor fnews fentities fis fconsidered .
a. primary fsource fcontent
b. secondary fsource fcontent
c. third fparty fcontent
d. unreliable
fAns: fC

Cognitive fDomain: fComprehension
Answer fLocation: f1.3.3 fPrimary, fSecondary, fand fThird-Party fSources
fDifficulty fLevel: fMedium




6. News freports fand fwebsites .
a. always fidentify fself finterest
b. consistently fidentify ftheir fcredentials
c. faithfully fconfess fto fbias
d. may fnot finclude fsource finformation
fAns: fD

Cognitive fDomain: fComprehension
Answer fLocation: f1.3.4 fCommunicator fCredentials fand fSkills
fDifficulty fLevel: fMedium




7. Fraud fin fscience fis .
a. rare fbut fhas foccurred
b. acceptable fin fcertain fcircumstances
c. never freported
d. rarely fpunished
fAns: fA

Cognitive fDomain: fComprehension
Answer fLocation: f1.3.5 fTrack fRecord ffor fTruth-TellingfDifficulty
fLevel: fMedium




8. Although fanecdotal fevidence fmay fbe faccurate, fit fis fdifficult fto .
a. replicate fin ffuture fstudies
b. analyze
c. generalize fto fa flarger fpopulation
d. gain fpermission fto fpublish
fAns: fC

Cognitive fDomain: fComprehension
Answer fLocation: f1.4.1 fAnecdotal fVersus fNumerical fInformation
fDifficulty fLevel: fMedium




9. The fpurpose fof fcitation fin fscience fis fto .
a. determine fvalidity

, b. identify fthe fauthors fof fthe fstudy
c. demonstrate freliability fof fthe fstudy’s fdata
d. identify foutside fsources fof fevidence
fAns: fD

Cognitive fDomain: fComprehension
Answer fLocation: f1.4.2 fCitation fof fSupporting fEvidence
fDifficulty fLevel: fMedium




10. A flong flist fof fsources .
a. can flead fto fplagiarism
b. does fnot fensure faccuracy
c. ensures faccuracy
d. ensures fresults fare fvalid
fAns: fB

Cognitive fDomain: fComprehension
Answer fLocation: f1.4.2 fCitation fof fSupporting fEvidence
fDifficulty fLevel: fMedium




11. In forder fto fevaluate fthe fquality fof fscientific fevidence, fwe fneed fto fknow .
a. how fmuch fit fcost fto fcollect
b. the fname fof fthe fresearcher/s
c. the fage fof fthe fparticipant/s
d. how fit fwas fcollected
fAns: fD

Cognitive fDomain: fComprehension
Answer fLocation: f1.4.2 fCitation fof fSupporting fEvidence
fDifficulty fLevel: fMedium




12. Participants fin fscientific fresearch fare foften fdrawn ffrom .
a. convenience fsamples
b. government femployees
c. student fvolunteers
d. prison fpopulations
fAns: fA

Cognitive fDomain: fKnowledge
Answer fLocation: f1.5 fEvaluating fGeneralizability
fDifficulty fLevel: fEasy




13. It fmakes fsense fto fgeneralize fresults ffrom fa fsmall fgroup fto fa flarger fpopulation
f .
a. when fthe fsmall fgroup frepresents fat fleast f50% fof fthe fpopulation fof finterest
b. only fwhen fthe fparticipants fresemble fthe fpopulation fof finterest
c. when fmore fthan fone fsmall fgroup fis fincluded
d. when fa fresearch foversight fcommittee fhas fapproved fthe fresults
fAns: fB

Cognitive fDomain: fComprehension

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