5. Match the words from the left column with the words from the right one to form as many word combinations as possible.

1.undertake	a) an instrument
2.to gather	b) sense
3.cautious	c) data
4.develop	d)research
5.draw	e)instruments
6. provide	f)scientists
7.common	g) samples
8.assign	h) an error
9.eliminate	i) numerical weight
10.subject to	j) progress
11.impede	k) test

6. Translate the following sentences from the text. Replace the underlined words with their synonyms from the box:

to last, to create, to construct, given, to make, putting, careful, to refuse to do smth.

1. A research project is designed to test the hypothesis.

2. In order to test a hypothesis a research plan must be developed.

3. The whole data collection process would likely take several months.

4. The computer can only sort the data according to instructions provided by the researcher.

5. The analysis of data involves the actual placing of the data in the various cells of a table that the researcher might construct.

6. Undergenerelization occurs when the researcher is too cautious and declines to generalize his results to any population other than that studied.

1. Complete the following sentences using the text.

1. A hypothesis is a kind of educated … about the relationship that may exist between two or more … .

2. To develop a research plan one should … the appropriate populations from whom the data are to be … .

3. The computer can only sort the data according to … provided by researcher .

4. The analysis of data involves … of various statistics to see whether the differences obtained are … differences.

5. Once the hypothesis has been … to test, the researcher must decide how firm and how broad a conclusion is … about the relation between the variables stated in the hypothesis.

6. He must also decide whether the findings may be … to other populations.

8. Compose as many meaningful words as possible using the table.

Noun	Verb	Adjective
	universalize
		knowledgeable
occurrence
		existential
	understand
selection
		explanatory
	conclude

9. Complete the verbs in the left column with the appropriate particles from the right one to form phrasal verbs. Particles can be used more than once. Use these phrasal verbs in sentences of your own.

1.to be involved	a) from
2.to be followed	b) in
3. to be based	c) to
4. to be due	d) with
5. to subject	e) at
6. to be faced	f) by
7. to guess	g) on / upon

10. Arrange the words with the opposite meanings into pairs of antonyms:

cautious, include, decline, impede, eliminate, break, careless, increase, facilitate, continuity.

11. Give the plural of the following nouns:

crisis, basis, diagnosis, datum, formula, thesis, axis, analysis, hypothesis.

12. Translate the following sentences into English .

1. Гипотеза – суждение, выдвигаемое для проверки или оценки обобщения о явлении.

2. Опросный лист – форма, содержащая вопросы и распространяемая среди респондентов с целью получения информации и фиксации мнения.

3. Переменная – характеристика, которую можно измерить, и которая может изменяться по континууму.

4. Верификация – процедура, связанная с установлением истинности суждения или гипотезы.

5. Теория вероятности предсказывает вероятное поведение случайных переменных и дает количественную оценку этому.

6. Классификация – попытка определить регулярно встречающиеся типы социальной структуры: общество, организации, отношения.

7. Цель классификации состоит в группировке всех отдельных случаев явления, чьи сходства и отличия от других типов явлений таковы, что оправдывают классификацию для определенных теоретических целей.