Research methods quiz 303

What is a paradigm? Select all correct answers

• A parallel universe

• A way of thinking and being

• A world view

• A research method

Name one of the research paradigms we studied

What is qualitative research? Select all correct answers

• Qualitative research consists of a set of interpretive, material practices that make the world visible

• Qualitative research uses either primary or secondary data

• Qualitative research creates numeric data from methods such as surveys

• Qualitative research turns the world into a series of representations, including field notes, interviews, conversations, photographs, and recordings

What is quantitative research? Select all correct answers

• Quantitative research consists of a set of interpretive, material practices that make the world visible

• Quantitative research uses either primary or secondary data

• Quantitative research creates numeric data from methods such as surveys

• Quantitative research turns the world into a series of representations, including field notes, interviews, conversations, photographs, and recordings

What is another name for the positivist paradigm?

Select all the qualitative research approaches listed

• Case study

• Randomised control trial

• Ethnography

• Survey

Descriptive statistics are...

• Qualitative research

• Quantitative research

• Both

Select all the qualitative research methods

• Policy analysis

• Experimental research

• Focus groups

• Action research

Select all the quantitative research methods

• Digital data analysis

• Randomised control trials

• Survey

• Experimental design

How is research different from opinion (select all correct answers)

• Research is systematic and based on methods designed to gain deeper understandings of phenomenon

• Research requires funding

• Research is a rigorous process based on evidence and argument

• Researchers must work in Universities