Research Design

Which approach helps a researcher to gain in-depth knowledge of a specific context or culture?

• Qualitative approach

• Quantitative approach

Which approach tests hypotheses about relationships between variables?

• Qualitative approach

• Quantitative approach

Fill in the missing gap. If you want to generate new ideas for online teaching strategies, a ........................ approach would make the most sense. You can use this type of research to explore exactly what teachers and students struggle with in remote classes.

• corpus

• quantitative

• qualitative

• discourse

Fill in the missing gap. If you want to test the effectiveness of an online teaching method, a ................... approach is most suitable. You can use this type of research to measure learning outcomes like grades and test scores.

• corpus

• quantitative

• qualitative

• discourse

Which types of quantitative research helps you test cause-effect relationships?

• Grounded theory and Phenomenology

• Ethnography and case study

• Correlational and Descriptive

• Experimental and quasi-experimental

Which approach is used to describe characteristics, averages, trends? Variables are measured without influencing them.

• Experimental

• Correlational

• Quasi-experimental

• Descriptive

Surveys allow you to collect data about opinions, behaviours, experiences, and characteristics by asking people directly. What are two main survey methods?

• Primary and secondary sources

• Questionnaires and interviews

• Quantitative and qualitative approaches

• Observation and writing reports

Fill in the missing gap. ............................... means your results can be consistently reproduced.

• Reliability

• Validity

• Research

• Observation

Fill in the missing gap. ................... tells you how accurately a method measures something.

• Reliability

• Validity

• Survey

• Questionnaire

Fill in the missing gap.

A .......................... is a strategy for answering your research question. It defines your overall approach and determines how you will collect and analyze data.

• discussion

• learner's profile

• research design

• literature review