CH. 1

What kind of research involves asking open-ended questions?

• Quantitative

• Experimental

• Qualitative

• Descriptive

What kind of research involves analyzing old documents to better understand present conditions?

• Experimental

• Qualitative

• Historical

• Applied

What are the steps in a research project?

• Hypothesis, experiment, conclusion, evaluation

• Introduction, methods, analysis, results

• Intro to problem, review of literature, methods, results, discussions, limitations

• Problem statement, research design, data collection, interpretation

What kind of research involves stable conditions (normally in a lab) with an initial assessment, a treatment, and a post assessment?

• Historical research

• Qualitative research

• Experimental research

• Descriptive research

What kind of a relationship between variables does basic experimental research seek?

• Correlational

• Uncontrolled

• Controlled

• Independent

What kind of research involves less stable conditions (normally in the real world) with an initial assessment, a treatment, and a post assessment?

• Historical research

• Applied experimental research

• Descriptive research

• Qualitative research

What is a factor that could change the results of a study?

• Control group knows about other groups

• All testers are the same

• No rewards given

• Testers are different, rewards given

What is research that seeks to determine the current value or status of a phenomenon?

• Experimental research

• Descriptive research

• Analytical research

• Theoretical research

What are three types of descriptive research?

• Questionnaires, interviews, normative standards

• Observations, analysis, predictions

• Surveys, case studies, experiments

• Hypotheses, theories, laws

What kind of instrument is normally used to quantify peoples’ opinions so they can be analyzed statistically?

• Interviews

• Observations

• Questionnaires

• Case studies