(A) Anything goes
(B) Principled relativism
(C) The end justifies the means
(D) No choice
Author:
There is a tendency for debates about ethics in social research to focus on the most extreme cases of ethical transgression. Why might this create a misleading impression?
(A) Because these studies did not actually take place
(B) Because it makes social researchers look like nasty, unscrupulous people
(C) Because this implies that ethical concerns do not pervade all social research
(D) Because most social research is in fact ethically sound and infallible
According to the Harvard referencing convention, which is the correct reference?
(A) Bryman, A. (2008, 3e) Social Research Methods, Oxford; Oxford University Press
(B) Bryman (2008, second edition), Oxford University Press
(C) Bryman, Alan, Social Research Methods (2008: OUP)
(D) Bryman, A. Social Research Methods (2008)
When accessing the internet, which of these steps is the most essential?
(A) Recording the full URL
(B) Noting the access dates
(C) Downloading material to be referenced
(D) They are all equally important
What is a narrative literature review?
(A) An historically-based review, starting with the earliest contributions to the field
(B) A review based exclusively on stories about companies, in book and case-study form
(C) A paraphrase style of reviewing which does not require referencing
(D) An initial impression of the topic which you will understand more fully as you conduct your research
What is meta-ethnography?
(A) A technique for reviewing literature based exclusively on ethnographic studies
(B) A technique for synthesizing interpretations drawn from a number of separate qualitative studies of the same phenomena
(C) A process used to make generalizations from a range of qualitative studies
(D) A process of surveying only that literature contained within a single library
What is meta-analysis?
(A) A technique of correcting for the errors in individual studies within a survey of a large number of studies, to demonstrate the effect of a particular variable
(B) A process of secondary-data gathering to assemble all the possibilities for a variable’s effects
(C) A substitute for original research, which is justified by constraints of time or money
(D) A specialized step in a computer software program (SPSS e.g.)
A systematic literature review is:
(A) One which starts in your own library, then goes to on-line databases and, finally, to the internet
(B) A replicable, scientific and transparent process
(C) One which gives equal attention to the principal contributors to the area
(D) A responsible, professional process of time-management for research