5 Written Questions

1. the variable thought to influence changes in another variable
2. assigned numerical values to indicate how much of the concept is present, age, weight, temperature, income
3. solving real world problems and socially relevant communication problems, seeks to demonstrate the relevance of communication knowledge to a particular event or challenge of everyday life, start with a communication problem in a specific context and conduct a study to lessen its intensity and or prevalence
4. a variable mediates to the extent that it accounts for the relationship between the predictor and the criterion. explains the relationship between IV and DV
5. emphasize that which is made common, they are concerned with how our experiences of reality are a product of communicative activity (the transmission of message from place to place; the languages in which things are framed, the patterns of action in which they occur; the things that people acutually do and say to each other)

5 Matching Questions

1. other names for independent variable
2. purpose of basic research
3. non-directional hypothesis
4. communication
5. quantitative research methods

1. a input variable, explanatory variable, in nonexperimental research, a predictor variable
2. b process by which verbal and nonverbal messages are used to create shared meaning, both meaning base, creative process as well as a tool to exchange information. communication research is a process by which we answer questions and try to draw conclusions from information gathered about message related behavior
3. c content analysis, surveys, and experiments
4. d to increase our knowledge about a communication phenomena by testing refining and elaborating theory
5. e does not predict direction of relationship, simply predicts that there is a relationship between two variable (aka two-tailed hypothesis)

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. first step, the novel idea researchers consider worth studying and hope to understand better, compare and contrast what others have learned
   1. basic research
   2. research topic
   3. theory
   4. research question
2. theoretical scope, validity, parsimony, prediction, control, heuristic
   1. basic research
   2. moderating variable
   3. mediating variable
   4. ways a theory can be evaluated
3. focus on making things common, concerned with how communication can be used as a tool to transfer information from one person or place to another (shared meanings, cultural symbols traditions, common ground, understanding)
   1. moderating variable
   2. nominal variable
   3. constitutive perspective
   4. information exchange perspective
4. research designed to solve a practical problem
   1. basic research
   2. ordered variable
   3. purpose of applied research
   4. applied research
5. variable that affects the direction and or strength of the relationship between and independent variable and a dependent variable. influences the strength of the relationship between IV and DV
   1. moderating variable
   2. nominal variable
   3. ordered variable
   4. mediating variable

5 True/False Questions

1. dependent variable → the variable thought to influence changes in another variable

   True        False

2. theory → a systematic explanation for observations about a particular aspect of social life

   True        False

3. research question → first step, the novel idea researchers consider worth studying and hope to understand better, compare and contrast what others have learned

   True        False

4. other names for dependent variable → input variable, explanatory variable, in nonexperimental research, a predictor variable

   True        False

5. when to use a research question instead of a hypothesis → does not predict direction of relationship, simply predicts that there is a relationship between two variable (aka two-tailed hypothesis)

   True        False