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PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
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1) Research Literature - answer the set of published research studies on a
particular topic
2) Abstract - answer a brief summary of what is included in the article.
*provide a concise breakdown of article goals, methods, and tentative
results.
3) Understanding - answer attempting to learn about and generate ideas
about specific and unique phenomena.
*important in early stages of research
*little previously known
*without preconceived notions
*"discover" important factors
4) Metacognition - answer thinking about thinking
1.assess the task
2.evaluate strengths and weaknesses
3.plan an approach
4. apply strategies and monitor your performance
5. reflect and adjust as needed
, Repeat the steps as a cycle.
5) Description - answer an attempt to describe the characteristics of a
phenomenon.
*describing a phenomenon?
*documenting characteristics of phenomenon?
6) Decriptive Research - answer provide an accurate description or
picture of the status or characteristics of a situation or phenomenon
*deeper level than description
1. randomly selected from defined population
2.determine the sample characteristics
3.infer the characteristics of the population based on the sample
7) Explanation - answer researchers attempt to show how and why a
phenomenon operates as it does.
1.develop a theory about how and why the phenomenon operates as it
does
2.identify the cause and effect relationships
8) explanatory research - answer testing hypotheses and theories that
explain the functions of a phenomenon in detail
*strongest form of explanatory research for providing evidence of cause
and effect
9) Prediction - answer forecast a phenomenon, wherin there is an
association made between two points in a time
*can be made from research studies
10) predictive research - answer predict the future status of one or
more dependent (or criterion) variables on the basis of one or more
independent (or predictor) variables
, 11) influence - answer attempting to apply research to make certain
outcomes occur
*an objective which refers to the application of research knowledge to
control various aspects of the world.
1.make something useful happen
2.checking a demonstration program to see if it works.
12) sampling - answer the process of drawing a sample from a
population
*we study the characteristics of a subset (the sample) selected from a
larger group (the population) in order to understand the characteristics of
the larger group (population).*
13) equal probability of selection method (EPSEM) - answer each
individual in the population has an equal chance of being included in the
sample
*a representative sample resembles the population that it came from on
all characteristics (proportions of male/female, teachers/non-teachers,
young/old, etc.) except in total size.*
14) Biased Samples - answer nonrandom sample that are almost
always systematically different from the population on certain
characteristics
15) Six most common methods of data collection - answer 1. tests
2. questionnaires
3. interviews
4. focus groups
5. observation
6. constructed and secondary or existing data