SAMPLE QUIZ 1

These questions have been supplied by your classmates.  Use these as 
topic guides.   The same ideas are on the first quiz, although the 
questions will not be identical.

(BIG HINT:  In addition to definitions, think about applying the definitions
and creating your own examples)

1) Which of the following is not a method for gathering data?
	a) case studies
	b) experimental design
	c) credibility effect
	d) survey research

2) Cohen & Nagel claim that without science people rely on
	a) authority
]	b) tenacity
	c) intuition
	d) all of the above

3) "Good" scientific theory does not
	a) describe outcomes
	b) persuade outcomes
	c) predict outcomes
	d) control outcomes

4) Which method of collecting research data studies a population's 
opinions to make statements about a larger population?
	a) content analysis
	b) survey research
	c) experimental design
	d) case studies

5) Information anxiety is the result of 
	a) receiving too much meaningless information
	b) feeling insecure because you don't understand as much as you
 	think you should
	c) how people feel about the availability of mass media
	d) none of the above