ES 270 STUDY FINAL

Research is considered reliable when..

• It produces results that reflect the way things actually are

• It can be performed again and produce similar results

• it doesn't contain bias in its results

• the methodology can be easily explained

When performing research, we often don’t know the ‘actual’ value we are trying to assess. This makes it difficult to establish ___.

• Reliability

• Data

• Validity

• Participants

A hypothesis ___.

• is proven or disproven through research

• uses data from research to describe a larger phenomenon

• is the first stage of the research process

• is a statement suggesting a relationship between different variables

Deductive research ___.

• tests a general theory by collecting specific data

• is valid, but not reliable

• almost always produces absolute certainty

• uses specific data to construct a general theory

Inductive research ___.

• focuses on minimizing the probability that other explanations are true

• almost always produces absolute certainty

• begins with a theory, develops a hypothesis, and evaluates it with data

• focuses on maximizing the probability that the emergent theory is true

Which type of research seeks to identify causes and effects and to predict how one phenomenon will change in response to variation in another phenomenon?

• Exploratory Research

• Descriptive Research

• Explanatory Research

• Evaluation Research

In which type of research is phenomena defined and described by collecting data and making empirical generalizations about that data?

• Exploratory Research

• Descriptive Research

• Explanatory Research

• Evaluation Research

Which type of research describes or identifies the impact of a change, policy, or program?

• Exploratory Research

• Descriptive Research

• Explanatory Research

• Evaluation Research

Which type of research seeks to find out how people get along in the setting under question, what meanings they give to their actions, and what issues concern them?

• Exploratory Research

• Descriptive Research

• Explanatory Research

• Evaluation Research

Which statement about quantitative and qualitative methods is true?

• Quantitative research is fully objective, while qualitative research is fully subjective.

• Quantitative research generally evaluates a large amount of data from a small sample in great detail.

• Qualitative survey variables like name or gender are usually analyzed with quantitative methods.

• Qualitative research usually has an explanatory research purpose.