Research 3rd Dec 2019

Publications used in a literature review should be...

• readable

• reputable

• researchable

• recognisable

Which is a reliable source?

• Ben's Blog

• Jodie's Journal

• Daire's Daily News

• None of the above

When deciding if a source is reliable what do you ask yourself?

• Where does the information come from?

• Has the source of the funding for the research influenced the findings?

• Is it peer reviewed?

• Is the information consistent with other research?

• All of the above

Generalisations are...

• never acceptable

• the sample is huge and representative

• The sample is random

• always acceptable

Sources should be contemporary, which means the research has taken place during the...

• last 5 years

• last 10 years

• last 3 years

• it doesn't matter

A reference section

• lists all the sources that have been cited in a text

• lists everything you have read about the topic

• lists everything you have cited and read about the topic

• lists everything you have read about the topic

Which of the following should not be a criterion for a good research project?

• Demonstrates the abilities of the researcher

• Is dependent on the completion of other projects

• Demonstrates the integration of different fields of knowledge

• Develops the skills of the researcher

How much confidence should you place in a single research study?

• You should trust research findings after different researchers have replicated the findings

• You should completely trust a single research study

• Neither a nor b

• Both a and b

Which of the following is a good research question?

• To produce a report on student job searching behaviours

• To identify the relationship between self-efficacy and student job searching behaviours

• Students with higher levels of self-efficacy will demonstrate more active job searching behaviours

• Do students with high levels of self-efficacy demonstrate more active job searching behaviours?

A review of the literature prior to formulating research questions allows the researcher to :

• Provide an up-to-date understanding of the subject, its significance, and structure

• Guide the development of research questions

• Present the kinds of research methodologies used in previous studies

• All of the above