1. The most abstract level of research is _____.

2. Know the difference between an operational definition and a nominal definition so that you can choose examples of either. Ex: An operational definition of spouse abuse is the number of cases of violent acts between husbands and wives that are shown in police reports. This is not a definition that includes all incidents of spouse abuse but it is a procedure that a researcher could use to count the amount of spouse abuse in an area. A nominal definition would be -- the deliberate attempt to do harm to one's live-in partner. A researcher would have a hard time following this definition when it comes to actually measuring spouse abuse.

3. Knowledge that's passed on from one generation to another is called traditional. Knowledge attributed to famous people is called "expert knowledge."

4. An example of research which followed from deductive reasoning is _______.

5. An example of inductive reasoning in which a more general principle is inferred from reviewing the facts is ______.

6. When researchers move from theorizing/conceptualizing to actually measuring a variable, they're using deductive reasoning.

7. Be able to pick out the elements or concepts in D. Harrison's theory of burnout. Elements are the basic building blocks of propositions, i.e. role ambiguity.

8. What does a positive relationship mean in research? How about a negative relationship?

9. Be able to pick out a good example of an hypothesis from a number of choices.