Research purposes/Quiz

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1.A social psychology researcher is curious to investigate the research question: "What do street children do during school hours?" and is planning to pilot a qualitative study involving tape recorded interviews with 'street children'. What do you think would be the most likely purpose of such a study?

• Exploratory
• Descriptive
• Explanatory
• Predictive

2.Classify the most likely purpose of an online, survey-based study entitled "A human resources survey of the working conditions of registered psychologists":

• Exploratory
• Descriptive
• Explanatory
• Predictive

3.Classify the most likely purpose of a psychological study entitled "An investigation of the relationship between perfectionism and emotional symptoms in adolescents".

• Exploratory
• Descriptive
• Explanatory
• Predictive

4.Classify the most likely purpose of this research question: "What is the likelihood of a case of bird flu being detected in Australia in the next 12 months?"

• Exploratory
• Descriptive
• Explanatory
• predictive