Research Methods

Both open- and closed-ended questions

• mixed method

• research design

• qualitative method

Which type of information is most likely to be collected by quantitative research methods?

• Attitudes and values

• Non-numerical data

• Descriptions and explanations

• Measurements and statistics

The best advice for knowing when you have collected enough sources for your literature review is to:

• Look for repetitive patterns in the materials you are finding and reading. 

• Search until you have exhausted your own institution's direct resources.

• Search until you have obtained at least 10 sources.

• Look for at least one source that supports each of your hypotheses.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the purpose of paraphrasing in a research paper?

• To record the ideas found from a source in one's own words

• To express specific opinions about each concrete detail

• To categorize research note cards

• To provide the bibliographic information for a source

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Choose all the first steps of the research project:

• Topic

• Literature Review

• Research Question

• Citation

• Hypothesis

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is usually the second step of a research project?

• Forming a research question

• Solving a problem

• Forming a hypothesis

• Looking for relevant sources

In an experimental design, what is the name of the group where the intervention or change is being observed?

• Control group

• Effect group

• Experimental group

• Core group

This research method explores cultural knowledges and beliefs.

• ethnographical research

• survey research

• phenomenological research

• grounded theory research

Which of the following is a primary characteristic of qualitative research methods?

• A) Numerical data

• B) Subjective analysis

• C) Statistical testing

• D) Hypothesis testing

In the context of research methods, what does 'triangulation' refer to?

• A) Using three different research questions

• B) Combining multiple research methods

• C) Focusing on three main variables

• D) Conducting three separate studies