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The ability to use existing facts to derive new information is known as |
| | A) | sensory experience. |
| | B) | expert opinion. |
| | C) | logic. |
| | D) | scientific method. |
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A defining characteristic of studies that use the scientific method is |
| | A) | that the research procedures and outcomes must be public. |
| | B) | the acceptance of expert opinion when results are inconclusive. |
| | C) | results that lead to cause-and-effect conclusions. |
| | D) | that stated hypotheses are proven true. |
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A characteristic of the scientific method is that |
| | A) | any researcher can replicate the study. |
| | B) | the methods used can be understood only by experts. |
| | C) | conclusions are tentative and subject to change. |
| | D) | findings frequently contradict personal experience. |
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Which of the following research studies is most likely to be an experiment? |
| | A) | A study of the leadership characteristics of successful high school principals |
| | B) | A study that compares the cholesterol levels of vegetarians and meat eaters |
| | C) | A study to determine if parents give more sociable teachers higher ratings |
| | D) | A study to find out if using concept maps can increase achievement |
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The difference between correlational and causal-comparative research is that |
| | A) | one type is a descriptive study and the other is an associational study. |
| | B) | one type is a study with one group and the other type compares two or more groups. |
| | C) | one type can be used to verify cause and effect, while the other type cannot. |
| | D) | one type involves an intervention, while the other type is purely an observational study. |
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Single-subject research is classified under the general research type of |
| | A) | descriptive research. |
| | B) | associational research. |
| | C) | intervention research. |
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Suppose that a researcher spends six months living with a Native American tribe to learn all that she can about the tribe. The researcher interviews many members of the tribe, participates as much as possible in ceremonies, and documents the activities of daily living. This researcher is conducting |
| | A) | survey research. |
| | B) | a content analysis. |
| | C) | an ethnographic study. |
| | D) | historical research. |
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This type of research is intended to be carried out by any professional, in any type of school, to investigate a problem. The findings are limited in their generalizability. |
| | A) | historical research |
| | B) | survey research |
| | C) | ethnographic study |
| | D) | action research |
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This type of research is intended to determine the cause for or the consequences of differences between groups of people. |
| | A) | action research |
| | B) | ethnographic study |
| | C) | causal-comparative |
| | D) | content analysis |
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When a researcher is interested in knowing more than just how well or how accurately something is done and they want to obtain a more holistic picture of what is happening in a specific setting or situation, what form of research is called for? |
| | A) | experimental research |
| | B) | content analysis research |
| | C) | survey research |
| | D) | qualitative research |
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According to the authors, the various research methodologies described in this chapter fall into which three general research categories? |
| | A) | descriptive, historical, associational |
| | B) | descriptive, associational, intervention-type |
| | C) | associational, survey, content analysis |
| | D) | intervention-type, qualitative, survey |
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Quantitative researchers usually base their work on the belief that |
| | A) | facts and feelings cannot be separated. |
| | B) | facts and feelings can be separated and the world is made up of multiple realities. |
| | C) | facts and feelings can be separated and that the world is made up of facts that can be discovered. |
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Qualitative researchers usually base their work on the assumption that |
| | A) | facts and feelings can be separated and that the world is made up of facts that can be discovered. |
| | B) | the world is made up of multiple realities, socially constructed by different individual views of the same situation. |
| | C) | facts and feelings can be separated, and the world is made up of multiple realities. |
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Critical analysis of research typically raises which major questions? |
| | A) | question of reality, question of communication, question of unstated assumptions, question of societal consequences |
| | B) | question of reality, question of communication, question of values, question of societal consequences |
| | C) | question of reality, question of unstated assumptions, question of societal consequences |
| | D) | question of reality, question of communication, question of values, question of unstated assumptions, question of societal consequences |
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Almost all research plans include the following components: |
| | A) | a problem statement, a hypothesis, definitions, a literature review, a sample of subjects, tests or other measuring instruments, a description of procedures, and data analysis. |
| | B) | a problem statement, a hypothesis, definitions, a literature review, a sample of subjects, tests or other measuring instruments, a description of procedures, data analysis, and statement of variables |
| | C) | a problem statement, a hypothesis, a literature review, a sample of subjects, tests or other measuring instruments, a description of procedures, and data analysis. |
| | D) | a problem statement, a hypothesis, definitions, a literature review, a sample of subjects, tests or other measuring instruments, and a description of procedures |
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A combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches is known as |
| | A) | descriptive research |
| | B) | explanatory research |
| | C) | causal comparative research |
| | D) | mixed methods research |
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Critical researchers are primarily concerned with |
| | A) | ethical violations in methodology |
| | B) | what researchers take for granted |
| | C) | misuse of statistics |
| | D) | how research is funded |
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