Types of Quantitative Research

This is a the type of research that uses a scientific approach towards manipulating one or more control variables and measuring their defect on the dependent variables

• Experimental

• Non-Experimental

In a non-experimental design, no conclusions about causal relationships between variables in the study can be drawn.

• True

• False

The conclusions drawn from non-experimental research are primarily descriptive in nature.

• True

• False

What is the appropriate research design to use for the research question "How accurate are people’s first impressions of online learning in LSGH?"

• experimental

• non-experimental

What research design is appropriate to be used for the research question "Does damage to a person’s hippocampus impair the formation of long-term memory traces?"

• experimental

• non-experimental

This research design is most likely to be conducted in field settings in which random assignment is difficult or impossible.

• true experiment,

• quasi-experiment

A true experimental research must have the following criteria that must be met except:

• independent variable

• Random assignment

• Extraneous Variable

• Control group

This non-experimental research implies that the research in question is intended to explain, rather than simply to describe, the phenomena studied.

• Descriptive

• Correlational

• Explanatory

This research aims to accurately and systematically describe a population, situation or phenomenon. It can answer what, when, where, when and how questions, but not why questions.

• Descriptive

• Correlational

• Explanatory

This study repeats the same questions in each round of survey which allows researchers to look at how society as a whole has changed over time. But because the questions are asked of a new sample every time, these studies can only reveal change at an aggregate level – they can shed little light on who has changed, or how or why.

• Cross-sectional

• Longitudinal