Understanding the research process

Which of the following sets of examples all represent qualitative research?

• Questionnaire, semi-structured interview and a case study

• Systematic literature review, an experiment and focus group interviews

• Observation, video capture and structured interviews

• Survey, ethnographic research, experiment

Quantitative research methods are concerned with ..

• Gaining an in-depth understanding of human behaviour

• Investigating the how and why of human behaviours

• Using a flexible and open approach to data collection

• Are typically statistical and mathematical

Which of the following is not a reason to establish research aims?

• Helps the researcher to stay focused on what is important in the research process

• Provides direction and structure to the research process

• Allows the researcher to explore areas they might not have identified initially

• Provides a framework for carrying out a literature review

Which of the following best describes a literature review

• A summary of the existing literature that relates to the research

• A summary of results from previous studies that highlights the similarities and differences in the findings and suggest reasons for these differences.

• A process that explores some key themes from different studies

• A collection of quotes that are used to provide evidence for conclusions that are made.

A literature review (indicate all that apply)

• provides a theoretical background to your study and to explore links between your study and what has already been studied before

• Improves your research methodology

• enables you to compare the findings from your study to the findings from other studies and to understand the reasons for the differences.

• is usually one of the last things you do when undertaking research.

Which of the following sources of academic literature would be considered to be the most credible?

• Newspaper articles

• Wikipedia

• Journal article

• Blog

When you are searching for literature, which of the following best helps locate relevant articles?

• Identifying key words and using these to undertake a search

• Using sentences to locate material that is online

• Use google to type in your research question

• Using google scholar to type in your research question

Which of the following represents the best sequence of steps to use when undertaking a literature review?

• Search and locate information, summarise findings, develop a theoretical framework, review the literature

• Search and locate information, review the literature, summarise the findings, develop a theoretical framework

• develop a theoretical framework, search and locate information, review the literature, summarise the information

• Summarise information, develop a theoretical framework, search and locate relevant information, review the literature

When undertaking research, ethical principles must always be followed. Ethical research refers to

• Making sure the questions that are asked are worded correctly

• The correct methodology being selected

• The research tool being used is trialed before using

• The research having merit and integrity and when undertaken it does no harm to participants or the researcher.

Which of the following represent the pillars of ethical research?

Select all that apply

• Beneficence

• Respect

• Justice

• Secrecy