A Research Strategy Is A

question 60

Multiple Choice

A research strategy is a:

• A)chart with which to track the amount of time spent in research.
• B)decision based on the demands of researching certain topics.
• C)journal that summarizes the academic readings you've done.
• D)plan for doing the various steps toward completing a speech.
• E)strategy for reducing the work and preparing more efficiently.

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Definitions:

Benefits

The advantages or positive outcomes gained from a particular situation, action, or policy.

Kitty Genovese

A case that became a symbol of urban apathy, surrounding the murder of a woman in New York in 1964, famously cited in discussions of the bystander effect.

Diffusion of Responsibility

The process wherein a bystander does not take action (e.g., in an emergency situation) because there are other bystanders who share the responsibility for intervening.

Experiment

A research method used to investigate cause-and-effect relations between one variable (the independent variable) and another (the dependent variable). In an experiment, the investigator manipulates the independent variable, randomly assigns participants to various levels of that variable, and measures the dependent variable.