BASIC OF RESEARCH

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

Which form of reasoning is the process of drawing a specific conclusion from a set of premises?

• Objective reasoning

• Positivistic reasoning

• Inductive reasoning

• Deductive reasoning

Which research method is a bottom-up approach to research?

• Deductive method

• Explanatory method

• Inductive method

• Exploratory method

Which research paradigm is most concerned about generalizing its findings?

• Quantitative research

• Qualitative research

• Mixed-methods research

• All of the above

What do we call data that are used for a new study but which were collected by an earlier researcher for a different set of research questions?

• Secondary data

• Fieldnotes

• Qualitative data

• Primary data

The ‘reliability’ of a measure refers to the researcher asking:

• Does it give consistent results?

• Does it measure what it is supposed to measure?

• Can the results be generalized?

• Does it have face reliability?

Research hypotheses are:

• Formulated prior to a review of the literature

• Statements of predicted relationships between variables

• B but not A

• Both A and B

A variable that is presumed to cause a change in another variable is called:

• An intervening variable

• An independent variable

• A dependent variable

• numerical variable

Which of the following types of quantitative research requires there to be a control group and an experimental group?

• Experimental design

• Surveys

• Pilot study

• Pre-Existing data

The factor being tested in an experiment is called

• Variable

• hypothesis

• control

• research