What is the difference between exploratory and explanatory research?
What will be an ideal response?
Exploratory--researchers begin by observing and then develop an explanation; used when researchers are trying to observe what is happening; inductive research; explanatory--moving from theory to data to findings; used to explain a preexisting social phenomena; deductive research
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One of the criticisms levied against the media is that:
A. they play too large a role in determining the issues, events, and personalities that are in the public eye. B. they do not help to determine what people will talk and think about. C. they give no relative importance and give all stories equal priority. D. they play too large arole in supporting the democratic process. E. they fail to engage in agenda setting where they determine which issues are considered important by the public and by politicians.
Which of the following statements concerning power in Congress is NOT true?
a. The Speaker of the House has become more powerful in the past thirty years. b. Committee chairs have become weaker in the past thirty years. c. The Senate majority leader is much less powerful than the speaker of the House. d. The Speaker’s office gained power when the Republicans took control of the House in 1994. e. Increasing bipartisanship has weakened the power of committee chairs.