Week 1: Ungraded review questions

Can you explain your answer? Use your fingers to indicate your answer: 1=A, 2=B, 3=C, 4=D. After viewing the question, show me your answer in 15 seconds. Next, turn to your neighbor and you have one minute to convince him/her that you are right.

Real case: Mary found ten references from the library Real case: Mary found ten references from the library. In the entire paper she only made a direct quotation from each reference. Each original passage is put inside a pair of direct quotation marks. The professor turned down her paper, but Mary argued that she didn’t violate any academic honesty policy. Is she right? Yes, she followed all the citation protocols of APA. No, it is still plagiarism. It is not considered research misconduct. However, even though she cited the sources correctly, she didn’t write her own paper.

Real case: After the September 11 attack Professor Ward Churchill wrote an essay to declare that the 911 attack was an unavoidable consequence of unjust US foreign policies. He asserted that smallpox was intentionally spread to Native Americans as a tool of genocide. In 2005 the University of Colorado charged him of research misconduct (fabrication and falsification of history), and then fired him. Did U. of Colorado make the right decision? No, research misconduct is not about academic disagreement or debate. Yes, research misconduct represents a significant departure from the truth, including historical truth. It depends on whether the misrepresentation is intentional or unintentional. Too complicated to tell

Professor Weedon developed the research question and hypothesis, and decided that the proper way to answer the research question is an experiment based upon the within-subject comparison. This activity is an example of Research design Measurement Data analysis All of these

Professor Justin Case equates quantitative research with statistics Professor Justin Case equates quantitative research with statistics. But his research assistant Lorry Truck wants to argue against it. Which argument(s) should be used? A research project consists of design, measurement, and data analysis. Data analysis is not statistics only. Statistical analysis is based on probabilistic inferences in the long run (What would happen if the same study is repeated over and over?)But one can analyze the data patterns at hand. A & B Actually Professor Justin Case is right. He should fire Lorry Truck.

Traditionally, most Evangelicals and Republicans work hand in hand Traditionally, most Evangelicals and Republicans work hand in hand. Professor Trump would like to conduct a study to affirm that religious conservatism (independent variable) tend to push people to political conservatism (dependent variable). His research assistant Sarah said that this so-called causal study is problematic. What is/are the flaw(s)? Association: Even if two variables are statistically correlated, it may not be a causal relationship. Isolation: There are many other factors influencing political orientation, but Trump’s study does not take them into account. Direction: Is it possible that the causal link is reversed (political position  religious belief) or bidirectional (political position  religious belief). All of the above