TCU Research Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass

TCU Research Exam 1 Questions and
Answers 100% Pass


What is research? -

CORRECT ANSWER: An attempt to discover something




QUESTION: 4 types of research -

CORRECT ANSWER: Personal

Applied- uses existing knowledge, research for a specific purpose

Predictive

Academic




QUESTION: Positivism -

CORRECT ANSWER: do you believe that there is a "logically ordered,

objective reality that we can come to know?"

,QUESTION: The Interpretive Way -

CORRECT ANSWER: There is not one truth, but multiple truths.

It is relative to the context.

People are active.

Meaning is the key to discovery.




QUESTION: Deductive Approach -

CORRECT ANSWER: Start with a theory/model, test your

theory/model in a setting, then see if your expectations are supported by

your test




QUESTION: Inductive Approach -

CORRECT ANSWER: From a research perspective, you analyze

something without a former theory/model to guide efforts. You move

from concrete observations then to a general theory

,QUESTION: Steps of Qualitative Research -

CORRECT ANSWER: Curious

Conceptualize

Operationalize

Design & execute

Analyze & interpret




QUESTION: Quantitative Research purposes -

CORRECT ANSWER: counting, predicting, and analyzing

relationships ("how many?")




QUESTION: Qualitative research -

CORRECT ANSWER: "What is going on here and why?"




QUESTION: Types of Quantitative Research -

CORRECT ANSWER: Survey Research

, Content Analysis

Experimental Design

Communication audits

Social Media analysis




QUESTION: Steps in qualitative research -

CORRECT ANSWER: Define your purpose/RQs

Select your site and/or sample

See visual to right

Report results




QUESTION: Types of qualitative research -

CORRECT ANSWER: In-depth interviews

Focus groups

Participant observation

Ethnography