Which of the following would be effective search terms

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QUESTION 1

  1. Assume that the following is your research topic:
    the correlation between childhood obesity and academic performance in elementary school children
    Which of the following would be effective search terms? Pick ALL that apply. a.Elementary school childrenb.Obesityc.Childhoodd.Correlatione.Academic performance

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QUESTION 2

  1. It is a good idea to think of as many synonyms for your search terms as possible due to the fact different resources may use words to categorize things that may not at first occur to you. True
    False

1 points  

QUESTION 3

  1. What would you see in your returns if you entered the following search terms into a database:
    obesity AND depressiona.You would get returns in which the word obesity appears but the word depression does not and vice versab.You would only get results in which both obesity and depression appearc.It’s impossible to say; the world is an incredibly random placed.The words obesity and depression would appear right next to each other in all of your results

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QUESTION 4

  1. What would you see in your returns if you entered the following search terms into a database:
    obesity OR overweight

    a.You would get returns in which the word obesity appears but the word overweight does not and vice versab.You would only get results in which both obesity and overweight appear

    c.It’s impossible to say; the world is a highly random place

    d.The words obesity and overweight would appear right next to each other in all of your results

1 points  

QUESTION 5

  1. Many databases allow field searching. What does this mean?a.It means your search will only pull returns when your keywords appear in the fields you set (for example, only the author’s name)b.It means you will get significantly more returns in your searches c.It means you will only get returns if the library has full-text access to an article d.It means your search will pull returns if your keywords appear anywhere in an article

1 points  

QUESTION 6

  1. If I enter the search term child* into a database I will get returns in which any of the following words appear: child, childs, children, and childhood. True
    False

1 points  

QUESTION 7

  1. If your research topic changes over the course of your research projects it means you are doing something wrong. True
    False

1 points  

QUESTION 8

  1. Reading the literature on your topic is a good way to begin to narrow your research topic. True
    False