Exam (elaborations) OTR 630

OTR 630 FINALS 100% CORRECT REVISED SOLUTIONS 2023//2024 A Quantitative approach ___________________ (a) follows an open, flexible and unstructured approach (b) emphasizes description, narration and feelings (c) believes in substantiation on the basis of a larger sample size (d) Communicates findings in a descriptive rather than analytical manner - ANSWER (c) believes in substantiation on the basis of a larger sample size What separates qualitative and quantitative research? (a) philosophy (b) formulating a research problem (c) writing a research proposal (d) writing a research report - ANSWER (a) philosophy What is a disadvantage of using information from books for a literature review? (a) Material is often not completely up to date (b) Material is not important (c) Material is of poor quality (d) material is difficult to find - ANSWER (a) Material is often not completely up to date Formulating a research problem depends on the researcher's knowledge of the subject area, understanding of the issue to be examined and the expertise and researcher's own orientation in terms of research ________ (a) methods (b) questions (c) methodology (d) problems - ANSWER (c) methodology When selecting a research problem/topic there are a number of considerations to keep in mind to ensure the study will be manageable. Which of the following is not one of them? (a) level of expertise (b) ethical issues (c) relevance (d) rivalry - ANSWER (d) rivalry