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,Question 1
Action research is used to
Correct Answer
find and solve educators' problems.
Question 2
Katelin is interested in examining the relationship between years of gymnastics classes taken as a child and
osteoporosis as an adult. She is concerned only with females because more girls take gymnastics than do boys and
more women have osteoporosis than do men. What type of research method is Katelin employing?
Correct Answer
Correlational
Question 3
Ken is interested in determining if there are differences between men's occurrence of obesity and prior football team
experience. He compares three different groups of men. In one group he has men that played football in jr. high, but
not high school or post-high school. Those in the second group played in jr. high and high school but not post-high
school. Those in the third group played all three. As part of the study he weighs the men to calculate obesity. What
type of research method is Ken employing?
Correct Answer
Causal-comparative
Question 4
Of the following, which is a type of quantitative research?
Correct Answer
Correlational
Question 5
Correlational research is concerned with
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examining relationships among variables.
Question 6
Of the following, which is an example of a type of qualitative research?
Correct Answer
Historical
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, Question 7
Given the following portion of a research manuscript, "Three-hundred and sixty students were asked about their
attitudes toward school. Findings indicate positive attitudes in the lower grades and more negative attitudes as
learners' age." What type of study does this suggest was conducted?
Correct Answer
Survey
Question 8
Of the following, which is most likely to be a descriptive study?
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What are the behaviors users display while they play violent video games?
Question 9
Which of the following is an example of a correlational study?
Correct Answer
Is there a relationship between amount of silent independent reading time allocated in a classroom and reading
standardized test scores?
Question 10
Which of the following illustrates Aaron, a qualitative researcher, collecting data for an ethnographic study on
alternative schooling.
Correct Answer
Aaron invites students from alternative schools to visit him and conducts interviews.
Question 11
Chris is interested in the role of attitudes about weight training. He developed a questionnaire and sent it out to a
sample of 30-59 year old males and females. Of the following, Chris's attitude study could best be described as
____________ research.
Correct Answer
Survey
Question 12
The first step of the scientific and disciplined inquiry approach is
Correct Answer
recognize and identify a topic to be studied.
Question 13
Basic researchers collect data primarily to
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develop theories.
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FINAL EXAM
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,Question 1
Action research is used to
Correct Answer
find and solve educators' problems.
Question 2
Katelin is interested in examining the relationship between years of gymnastics classes taken as a child and
osteoporosis as an adult. She is concerned only with females because more girls take gymnastics than do boys and
more women have osteoporosis than do men. What type of research method is Katelin employing?
Correct Answer
Correlational
Question 3
Ken is interested in determining if there are differences between men's occurrence of obesity and prior football team
experience. He compares three different groups of men. In one group he has men that played football in jr. high, but
not high school or post-high school. Those in the second group played in jr. high and high school but not post-high
school. Those in the third group played all three. As part of the study he weighs the men to calculate obesity. What
type of research method is Ken employing?
Correct Answer
Causal-comparative
Question 4
Of the following, which is a type of quantitative research?
Correct Answer
Correlational
Question 5
Correlational research is concerned with
Correct Answer
examining relationships among variables.
Question 6
Of the following, which is an example of a type of qualitative research?
Correct Answer
Historical
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, Question 7
Given the following portion of a research manuscript, "Three-hundred and sixty students were asked about their
attitudes toward school. Findings indicate positive attitudes in the lower grades and more negative attitudes as
learners' age." What type of study does this suggest was conducted?
Correct Answer
Survey
Question 8
Of the following, which is most likely to be a descriptive study?
Correct Answer
What are the behaviors users display while they play violent video games?
Question 9
Which of the following is an example of a correlational study?
Correct Answer
Is there a relationship between amount of silent independent reading time allocated in a classroom and reading
standardized test scores?
Question 10
Which of the following illustrates Aaron, a qualitative researcher, collecting data for an ethnographic study on
alternative schooling.
Correct Answer
Aaron invites students from alternative schools to visit him and conducts interviews.
Question 11
Chris is interested in the role of attitudes about weight training. He developed a questionnaire and sent it out to a
sample of 30-59 year old males and females. Of the following, Chris's attitude study could best be described as
____________ research.
Correct Answer
Survey
Question 12
The first step of the scientific and disciplined inquiry approach is
Correct Answer
recognize and identify a topic to be studied.
Question 13
Basic researchers collect data primarily to
Correct Answer
develop theories.
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