ITEP 312 Module 1.1

When someone is engaged in being curious and seeking answers, which term encapsulates their activity?

• Exploring

• Comparing

• Investigating

• Discovering

When someone is actively seeking something, what phrase best describes their action?

• Looking for

• Looking into

• Searching around

• Scanning through

What does research involve in terms of information gathering?

• Selective omission

• Random guessing

• Speculation

• Collecting information about a particular subject

What is research primarily characterized by?

• Casual exploration

• Careful or diligent search

• Haphazard examination

What is the primary purpose of research?

• To create questions

• To gather information

• To solve problems

• To generate hypotheses

How does qualitative data differ from quantitative data in terms of asking questions?

• It asks "what"

• It asks "where"

• It asks "how many"

• It asks "why"

How is quantitative research primarily expressed?

• Through words and descriptions

• In numbers and graphs

• Through theories and assumptions

• In qualitative data

What is the primary focus of a researcher in a descriptive research design?

• Testing hypotheses

• Describing the situation or case under study

• Establishing generalizable facts

• Conducting experiments

What distinguishes experimental research design from other research designs?

• Its focus on describing situation

• Its causal nature and observation of cause and effect

• Its disregard for variables

• Its reliance on qualitative data

What is the primary objective of correlational research?

• To establish cause and effect

• To describe a situation or case

• To establish a relationship between closely connected variables

• To develop theories