COMM 211 Old Quiz 1 Stacks

In the reading from Stacks, he likened theory to which metaphor for exploring ideas?

• Theory is like a map

• Theory is like a pair of binoculars

• Theory is like building's foundation

• Theory is like the ocean

Stacks described "questions of definition" as important for...

• Defining the epistemological perspective of the researcher

• Defining the ontological perspective of the researcher

• Defining the terms/concepts used in your research (e.g. clarifying your terminology)

• Defining the methodologies that you intend to use.

Operationalization of your concepts means that you have turned them into variables that can be measured with numbers.

• True

• False

What is the cause-and-effect relationship between the two types of variables that Stacks described (independent and dependent variables)?

• There is little-to-no relationship between these two types of variables

• A dependent variable is the cause that has an effect on the independent variable

• I don't know because I didn't read the chapter

• An independent variable is the cause that has an effect on the dependent variable

The main focus of this chapter was understanding that good research requires...

• Defining the phenomena of study from a communication point of view

• Identifying the right kind of methodology

• Asking the right kind of "good questions"

• I don't know because I didn't read the chapter