AP Research Methods

An interpretive researcher would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements:

• You must have a representative sample of your population

• You should include a control group in experiments.

• You must define your hypothesis before beginning your data analysis.

• You should have a personal connection to your participants.

Which method is a positivistic researcher least likely to use?

• Longitudinal Surveys

• Ethnography

• Experiments

• Interview

Which of the following fields is most likely to assume that research should try to identify general laws describing behavior?

• Psychology

• Sociology

• Anthropology

• History

Which scientific approach is most common in the hard sciences?

• Positivism

• Constructivism

• Interpretive Research

• Applied Research

Which category of research focuses on turning data into numbers for analysis?

• Qualitative Research

• Quantitative Research

• Mixed Methods

Which of the following (alone) is not considered a method for AP Research?

• Survey

• Interview

• Case Study

• Experiment

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What is an advantage of experiments compared to other methods?

Why is literature review not a research method?

Llama or Alpaca?

• Llama

• Alpaca