WorksheetsBasic Communication Research
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins
A ______ is a subset of a _________.
Sample, population
Population, sample
Statistic, parameter
Parameter, statistic
When each member of a population has an equally likely chance of being selected, this is called:
A nonrandom sampling method
A quota sample
A snowball sample
A simple random sampling
Which of the following orders is recommended in the flowchart of the development of a research proposal?
Research topic, research problem, research objective, research question
Research topic, research objective, research problem, research question
Research topic, research objective, research question, research problem
Research topic, research problem, research question, research objective
Which of the following is not a form of nonrandom sampling?
Snowball sampling
Convenience sampling
Systematic random sampling
Purposive sampling
Which of these is not a method of data collection?
Questionnaires
Interviews
Experiments
Observations
Open-ended questions provide primarily ______ data.
Confirmatory data
Qualitative data
Predictive data
None of the above
Which of the following is not one of the six major methods of data collection that are used by educational researchers?
Observation
Interviews
Questionnaires
Checklists
A question during an interview such as “Why do you feel that way?” is known as a:
Probe
Filter question
Response
Pilot
The researcher has secretly placed him or herself (as a member) in the group that is being studied. This researcher may be which of the following?
A complete participant
An observer-as-participant
A participant-as-observer
None of the above
A variable that is presumed to cause a change in another variable is called a(n):
categorical variable
dependent variable
independent variable
intervening variable
The “tool” function of theory is to:
Suggest new theories
Summarize existing knowledge
Suggest new relationships and make new predictions
Summarize existing hypotheses
Sources of researchable problems can include:
Researchers’ own experiences as educators
Practical issues that require solutions
Theory and past research
All the above
A review of the literature prior to formulating research questions allows to do which of the following?
To become familiar with prior research on the phenomenon of interest
To identify potential methodological problems in the research area
To develop a list of pertinent problems relative to the phenomenon of interest
All of the above
The research participants are described in detail in which section of the research plan?
Introduction
Method
Data analysis
Findings
Which scale is the simplest form of measurement?
Nominal
Ordinal
Interval
Ratio
When evaluating tests and assessments, “reliability” refers to asking which of the following questions?
Does it measure what it is supposed to measure?
Are there ways to avoid subjective judgments when measuring something?
Does it give consistent results?
Does it measure multiple constructs?
An ordinal scale is:
The simplest form of measurement
A rank-order scale of measurement
A scale with equal intervals between adjacent numbers
A scale with an absolute zero point
The research objective in a research study should:
Identify the design of the study
Identify the intent or purpose of the study
Specify the type of people to be used in the study
Describe the study
Which of the following does not apply to qualitative research?
Data are often words and pictures
Uses the inductive scientific method
Ends with a statistical report
Involves direct and personal contact with participants
If we took the 500 people attending a school in Klang Valley, divided them by gender, and then took a random sample of the males and a random sampling of the females, the variable on which we would divide the population is called the _____.
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Stratification variable
Sampling variable
