Research Methodology

What is qualitative data?

• Words, images from documents, observations and transcripts.

• Numbers from precise measurement.

• Words and numbers.

• None of the above.

Below are the quantitative strategies of inquiry, except:

• Survey

• Experiments

• Ethnography

• Correlation

A strategy of inquiry in which the researcher

derives a general, abstract theory of a process,

action, or interaction grounded in the views of

participants.

• Ethnography

• Grounded Theory

• Case Studies

• Phenomenological

  Research

What is dependent variable?

• The cause or

  experimental

  variable.

• Everything that

  remains the same or

  unchanged or

  constant throughout

  the experiment.

• The

  outcome or criterion

  variable.

• All of the above.

What is population?

• The abstract idea of a large group of many cases

  from which a researcher draws a sample and to

  which results from a sample are generalized.

• A smaller set of cases a researcher selects from a

  larger pool and generalizes to the population.

• The abstract idea of a large group of many cases

  from which a researcher draws a sample and to

  which results from a sample are individualized.

• A smaller set of cases a researcher selects from a

  larger pool and generalizes to the country.

Which one of the following is non-probability sampling?

• Simple Random Sampling

• Systematic Sampling

• Stratified Sampling

• Snowball Sampling

_______ allows researcher to collect relevant data related to a research problem, deigned for measuring their intended outcomes.

• Qualitative Research

• Population

• Instruments

• Research topic

Reliability and validity are both ideas that help to establish the truthfulness, credibility or believability of findings.

• True

• False

Reliability means (1) where as validity means (2).

• (1) Truthfulness; (2) Dependability or consistency.

• (1) Independence; (2) dependence.

• (1) Constructs; (2) measure.

• (1) Dependability or consistency; (2) Truthfulness.

What is quantitative data?

• Words, images from documents, observations and transcripts.

• Numbers from precise measurement.

• Words and numbers.

• None of the above.