What is one strength of quantitative research?

Quantitative research can be used to test and validate existing theories.

Quantitative research is effective for exploring complex processes.

Quantitative research is sensitive to determining how participants interpret constructs.

Quantitative research tracks how participants interpret constructs.

Researchers who were studying stress found that teenagers with high stress also had some negative physical symptoms. Symptoms included a suppressed immune system and increased blood pressure. Which statement represents the relationship between these variables?

Stress is positively correlated with physical ailments.

Physical ailments are caused by high stress.

Immune suppression is positively correlated with blood pressure.

High blood pressure causes damage to the immune system.

A researcher wanted to know if students in rural areas had different study skills than students in urban areas. She gave a chapter about "life in the city" to 50 urban and 50 rural students and asked them to study it. A week later, she gave them all a test to see how much they had learned. What is a critical limitation of this quantitative study?

The researcher did not randomly assign students to groups.

The content of the chapter would be more familiar to one group than the other

The researcher conducted a correlational study instead of looking for causes

The size of the sample was too small to make any generalizations

Which method of data collection would qualitative researchers be likely to use?

Observations in natural environments

What is one strength of qualitative research?

The research can be conducted in a natural setting.

The procedures are easy to repeat

Results can often be applied to a large population

The research is free from subjective bias

What is one limitation of qualitative research?

This approach produces small-scale numerical outcomes that are difficult to generalize.

Researcher’s biases can easily influence results for this approach.

The knowledge produced using this approach may be too abstract.

This approach is used to test causal relationships.

Which goal indicates a developmental purpose for choosing a mixed-method design?

The researcher wants to describe a phenomenon in detail, then use the descriptions to construct a survey.

The researcher wants to use multiple methods to identify contradictions and discover new frameworks.

The researcher wants to gain confidence in a finding by using different methods to corroborate the results.

The researcher wants to examine a phenomenon using different methods to increase the breadth of inquiry.

What impact does the time orientation criterion have on the design of mixed methods research?

It involves the decision of whether to conduct the quantitative and qualitative components concurrently or sequentially.

It determines the duration of quantitative and qualitative study phases.

It determines whether quantitative data are converted to qualitative data over time.

It determines whether qualitative data are converted to quantitative data over time.

What is one reason for choosing a mixed-methods design over a qualitative or quantitative design?

Mixed-methods designs can produce more integrated knowledge.

Mixed-methods designs are less expensive and time-consuming.

Mixed-methods designs do not require as much research design knowledge.

Mixed-methods designs are easier for a single researcher to conduct.

Compared to the other major research approaches, the main strength of mixed methods research is

It generates results that are relat

It produces integrated knowledge th

It can be entirely conducted in a n

It empowers practitioners to contri

Which assumption characterizes action research?

Theory and research can be integrated with practice.

Research should produce results that generalize to different contexts.

Problems should be researched on a large scale.

Hypothesis testing should be done via controlled experiments.

A community organization that offers English language classes to non-native speakers wants to employ action research to determine whether adding multimedia learning options to its offerings would be beneficial. Which purpose of action research is served by reflecting on the students’ feedback on using multimedia learning options?

It enables the researchers to improve the learning experience based on the students’ first use of the multimedia options.

It provides the researchers evidence that their plan was successful so they can ask for a larger budget.

It enables the researchers to plan similar experiments in other classroom settings.

It represents the end of the action research cycle; the research experiment is now finished.

Match the following strengths with their corresponding characteristics of action research.

It can be conducted by local practitioners.

It provides a framework for participant observation.

It eliminates the issues of research bias.

It produces small-scale results.

A school superintendent wants to understand the popular viewpoint about recent changes in school policy. A qualitative research study is conducted using unstructured interview techniques to gather parental opinions. What makes a qualitative approach more appropriate to use in this scenario than a quantitative approach?

A qualitative approach can lead to the generation of new theories from unexpected findings

A qualitative approach is sufficient to create population-level summaries

A qualitative approach can be easy to perform, leading to time-savings

A qualitative approach categorizes responses to a set of predefined questions.

To obtain results that are defensible and trustworthy, what should action researchers do?

Gather and keep track of evidence of successful and effective interventions

Informally describe any observations made during the investigation

Verbally communicate observations to others in regular meetings

Keep repeating the action cycle until noticeable change occurs and then document it

Which research activity is occurring when a researcher assigns numerical scores to achievement tests by adding up the total number of correct answers?

Triangulation of qualitative research data

A teacher asks students to rate from 1-5 how much they like a particular playground activity. They respond from strongly dislike to strongly love. She then asks them how many days a week they do the activity, 0, 1-2, 2-3, 4-5, more than 5. Which statement describes the scales used?

An interval scale shows the equal distance between responses and a ratio scale shows the frequency of the responses

An interval scale shows the equal distance between responses and a nominal scale shows the frequency of the responses

A ratio scale shows the equal distance between responses and an interval scale shows the frequency of the responses

An ordinal scale shows the equal distance between responses and nominal scale shows the frequency of the responses

Which of the following is true about research validity concerns in action research?

Depending upon the nature of the work, different types of issues related to validity, legitimation, or trustworthiness will arise.

The validity concerns of quantitative research are essential to action researchers.

Action researchers typically design their studies with more stringent validity requirements in mind than other types of researchers.

Action researchers must sacrifice study validity in order to ensure local usefulness.

A researcher has decided to conduct a mixed methods study. Which of these factors would have led to this decision?

wanting to provide a complex explanation incorporating multiple perspectives

wanting to observe behaviors as they occur in natural settings

wanting to generate knowledge about a little-known phenomenon

wanting to determine the benefits of a new strategy in the researcher’s workplace

Once a mixed approach has been selected, what must researchers consider in constructing their research design?

Whether one paradigm will be given priority over the other

Whether they can introduce sufficient controls into their experiment

Whether mixed research is appropriate for the research question

Whether or not data analysis will be conducted

Pre-Assessment: Research Foundations (PCFK)

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A teacher has noticed that students in her math class are not performing well on her end of semester exam. She suspects that their lack of interest in math is affecting their ability to perform. She decides to integrate computerized math games into her curriculum and see if it has an impact on the end of semester exam scores. The objective of this research project is to (a)

To generate knowledge

To determine the effectiveness of u

To solve a local problem in her cla

To determine if male and female stu

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What outcome of educational research is used to support a theory or concept?

Proof

Replication

Bias

Evidence

A researcher hypothesizes that kindergarten students can increase vocabulary retention by drawing pictures of new words learned. (a) should be used to conduct this study.

Descriptive research

Basic research

Evaluation research

Orientational research

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A researcher hypothesizes that master’s prepared business administration graduates who are male get hired faster and are paid a higher salary than their female counterparts. Which research will be used to conduct this study?

Descriptive research

Basic research

Evaluation research

Orientational research

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Carefully aligned strategies were developed for a reading intervention program after analyzing data from a series of surveys and experiments. At the conclusion of the program, 64% of participants were reported reading at or above grade level. Which kind of research was implemented in this scenario?

Evaluation research

Basic research

Case study research

Correlational research

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of evidence in research?

Determine truths

Support theories

Prove practices

Improve thinking

What is the purpose of a hypothesis in a quantitative study?

It identifies the variables studied.

It provides an educated guess about the relationship between variables studied.

It offers a summary of a review of the literature on the topic studied.

It is a description of the broad topic area studied.

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Pre-Assessment: Research Foundations (PCFK)

What outcome of educational research is used to support a theory or concept?

A researcher hypothesizes that kindergarten students can increase vocabulary retention by drawing pictures of new words learned. (a) should be used to conduct this study.

A researcher hypothesizes that master’s prepared business administration graduates who are male get hired faster and are paid a higher salary than their female counterparts. Which research will be used to conduct this study?

Carefully aligned strategies were developed for a reading intervention program after analyzing data from a series of surveys and experiments. At the conclusion of the program, 64% of participants were reported reading at or above grade level. Which kind of research was implemented in this scenario?

What is the purpose of evidence in research?

What is the purpose of a hypothesis in a quantitative study?

Which major research approach is based on the assumption that objective truths exist in the world and can be discovered?

What are quantitative researchers primarily interested in examining?

What is one strength of quantitative research?

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