WGU Research Foundations Pre-Assessment

Front

What is the purpose of evidence in research?

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Support theories

Front

What variety of research does a team of educational researchers conduct in the community to resolve a critical problem?

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Action

Front

What is the name of the process where one determines the truth of a conclusion by determining the truth of the underlying premises?

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Deductive reasoning

Front

Which arrow represents the inductive method in a research wheel?

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The Exploratory arrow

Front

Which approach for evaluating quality is applied to determine that Theory A is preferred for explaining the phenomenon?

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The rule of parsimony

Front

What is the primary objective of education research that studies a phenomenon about which little is known?

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To understand

Front

What does quantitative research attempt to test through the collection of numerical data?

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Hypotheses

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What type of statistics allows quantitative researchers to draw conclusions about populations?

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Inferential

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What is a variable in educational research?

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A measurable characteristic

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Assuming the effects of extraneous variables have been accounted for, a cause-and-effect relationship between variables is present when what occurs?

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Changes in the independent variable cause changes in the dependent variable.