WGU C224 Study Set OF COMPLETE QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS SOLVED.
- CORRECT ANSWER✅✅
2 Types of Quantitative Research Methods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. experimental
research
2. non-experimental research
3 elements of quality criteria in quantitative research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1.
address whether we manipulated independent variables in a way such that we can draw
causal conclusions
2. we talk about the ability of the design to control for alternative explanations as the
study's internal validity.
3. we have to ask whether the measures of the dependent variable validly measure
what we are interested in measuring
4 main approaches/types of AR - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Participatory
Critical
Action Science
Appreciative Inquiry
4 major approaches to research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. quantitative
2. qualitative
3. mixed methods
4. action research
5 AREA (American Educational Research Association) Code of Ethics - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅1. Professional Competence: act only in the areas of competence and be
UP-TO-DATE in training
2. Integrity: always be honest, trustworthy, and NEVER JEOPARDIZE THE WELFARE
of others
3. Professional, Scientific, and Scholarly Responsibility: adhere to the AERA's 22
ETHICAL standards
4. Respect for People's Rights, Dignity, and Diversity: respect cultural and individual
difference and work to ELIMINATE BIAS and discrimination
,5. Social Responsibility: includes BENEFICENCE, or striving to act for the benefit of
others in our society and world
5 General TYPES of research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Basic
2. Evaluation
3. Action
4. Orientational
5. Applied
5 major designs of qualitative research methods (theoretical frameworks) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅1. phenomenology
2. ethnography
3. narrative inquiry
4. case study
5. grounded theory
**each has its own methods, analysis strategies, and implications for report writing
**each has a different CORE IDEA or EMPHASIS and each has its unique set of KEY
TERMS or JARGON
5 step process of developing a research idea - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. research
topic: the broad subject matter to be investigated
2. research problem: the educational issue/problem within broad topic area
3. research purpose: a statement of the intent/objective of the study
4. research question:
- quantitative research - asks a question about relation between two or more variables
- qualitative research - asks a question about some process, issue or phenomenon to
be explored
5. hypothesis: a prediction or best guess of relation that exists among variables being
investigated
5 varieties of evaluation - based on a fundamental evaluation questions - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅1. needs assessment - is there a need for this type of program?
2. theory assessment - is this program conceptualized in a way that it should work?
3. implementation assessment - was this program implemented properly and according
to the program plan?
4. impact assessment - did this program have an impact on its intended targets?
,5. efficiency assessment - is this program cost-effective?
5 Varieties of Evaluative Research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Needs assessment -
is there a need?
2. Theory assessment - is it conceptualized in a way that will work?
3. Implementation assessment - was it implemented properly?
4. Impact assessment - did it have an impact on the target audience?
5. Efficiency assessment - is it cost effective?
6 most common methods of data collection - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. tests - most
common method used in quantitative research // used to gather data on intellectual
processes, attitudes, personality, self-perceptions, aptitude, and other characteristics of
research participants. ***MOST COMMON TYPE IS STANDARDIZED TESTS***
(multiple choices, true-false, and matching)
2. questionnaires - research participant reads and records his or her own answers in the
spaces provided on the questionnaire
3. interviews - rarely used in quantitative research, but could be possible if handled
correctly (PRIMARILY FOR QUALITATIVE RESEARCHER) - if used in quantitative,
must STANDARDIZE what is being presented to respondents - expose each participant
to the same stimulus - use INTERVIEW PROTOCOL (data-collection instrument that
includes items, response categories, instructions and so forth) - ***interview protocol is
similar to questionnaire***
4. focus groups
5. observation - PRIMARILY FOR QUALITATIVE RESEARCHER - rarely used in
quantitative research but may be possible if handled correctly.
6. constructed and secondary or existing data
7 major sections in quantitative reports - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. title page
2. abstract
3. introduction
4. method
5. results (summarize data that were collected and their statistical treatment)
6. discussion (interpret and evaluate the study results, giving primary emphasis to
relationships between the results and the hypotheses of the study
7. references
, 8 mixed method sampling designs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. identical concurrent
2. identical sequential
3. parallel concurrent
4. parallel sequential
5. nested concurrent
6. nested sequential
7. multilevel concurrent
8. multilevel sequential
8 stages of the mixed research process - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅all research starts
with one or more research questions, the rest of the steps can vary in order
1. determine whether a mixed design is appropriate
2. determine the rationale for using a mixed design
3. select a mixed research design and mixed sampling design
4. collect the data
5. analyze the data
6. continually validate the data *ongoing process*
7. continually interpret the data and findings *ongoing process*
8. write the research report *some preliminary writing of some sections occurs before
the end of a research project
9 components of action research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. purpose
2. research questions
3. assumptions
4. sampling methods
5. data collection methods
6. research methods
7. quality criteria
8. data analysis
9. report writing
9 components of mixed method research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. purpose
2. research questions
3. assumptions
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS SOLVED.
- CORRECT ANSWER✅✅
2 Types of Quantitative Research Methods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. experimental
research
2. non-experimental research
3 elements of quality criteria in quantitative research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1.
address whether we manipulated independent variables in a way such that we can draw
causal conclusions
2. we talk about the ability of the design to control for alternative explanations as the
study's internal validity.
3. we have to ask whether the measures of the dependent variable validly measure
what we are interested in measuring
4 main approaches/types of AR - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Participatory
Critical
Action Science
Appreciative Inquiry
4 major approaches to research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. quantitative
2. qualitative
3. mixed methods
4. action research
5 AREA (American Educational Research Association) Code of Ethics - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅1. Professional Competence: act only in the areas of competence and be
UP-TO-DATE in training
2. Integrity: always be honest, trustworthy, and NEVER JEOPARDIZE THE WELFARE
of others
3. Professional, Scientific, and Scholarly Responsibility: adhere to the AERA's 22
ETHICAL standards
4. Respect for People's Rights, Dignity, and Diversity: respect cultural and individual
difference and work to ELIMINATE BIAS and discrimination
,5. Social Responsibility: includes BENEFICENCE, or striving to act for the benefit of
others in our society and world
5 General TYPES of research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Basic
2. Evaluation
3. Action
4. Orientational
5. Applied
5 major designs of qualitative research methods (theoretical frameworks) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅1. phenomenology
2. ethnography
3. narrative inquiry
4. case study
5. grounded theory
**each has its own methods, analysis strategies, and implications for report writing
**each has a different CORE IDEA or EMPHASIS and each has its unique set of KEY
TERMS or JARGON
5 step process of developing a research idea - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. research
topic: the broad subject matter to be investigated
2. research problem: the educational issue/problem within broad topic area
3. research purpose: a statement of the intent/objective of the study
4. research question:
- quantitative research - asks a question about relation between two or more variables
- qualitative research - asks a question about some process, issue or phenomenon to
be explored
5. hypothesis: a prediction or best guess of relation that exists among variables being
investigated
5 varieties of evaluation - based on a fundamental evaluation questions - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅1. needs assessment - is there a need for this type of program?
2. theory assessment - is this program conceptualized in a way that it should work?
3. implementation assessment - was this program implemented properly and according
to the program plan?
4. impact assessment - did this program have an impact on its intended targets?
,5. efficiency assessment - is this program cost-effective?
5 Varieties of Evaluative Research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Needs assessment -
is there a need?
2. Theory assessment - is it conceptualized in a way that will work?
3. Implementation assessment - was it implemented properly?
4. Impact assessment - did it have an impact on the target audience?
5. Efficiency assessment - is it cost effective?
6 most common methods of data collection - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. tests - most
common method used in quantitative research // used to gather data on intellectual
processes, attitudes, personality, self-perceptions, aptitude, and other characteristics of
research participants. ***MOST COMMON TYPE IS STANDARDIZED TESTS***
(multiple choices, true-false, and matching)
2. questionnaires - research participant reads and records his or her own answers in the
spaces provided on the questionnaire
3. interviews - rarely used in quantitative research, but could be possible if handled
correctly (PRIMARILY FOR QUALITATIVE RESEARCHER) - if used in quantitative,
must STANDARDIZE what is being presented to respondents - expose each participant
to the same stimulus - use INTERVIEW PROTOCOL (data-collection instrument that
includes items, response categories, instructions and so forth) - ***interview protocol is
similar to questionnaire***
4. focus groups
5. observation - PRIMARILY FOR QUALITATIVE RESEARCHER - rarely used in
quantitative research but may be possible if handled correctly.
6. constructed and secondary or existing data
7 major sections in quantitative reports - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. title page
2. abstract
3. introduction
4. method
5. results (summarize data that were collected and their statistical treatment)
6. discussion (interpret and evaluate the study results, giving primary emphasis to
relationships between the results and the hypotheses of the study
7. references
, 8 mixed method sampling designs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. identical concurrent
2. identical sequential
3. parallel concurrent
4. parallel sequential
5. nested concurrent
6. nested sequential
7. multilevel concurrent
8. multilevel sequential
8 stages of the mixed research process - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅all research starts
with one or more research questions, the rest of the steps can vary in order
1. determine whether a mixed design is appropriate
2. determine the rationale for using a mixed design
3. select a mixed research design and mixed sampling design
4. collect the data
5. analyze the data
6. continually validate the data *ongoing process*
7. continually interpret the data and findings *ongoing process*
8. write the research report *some preliminary writing of some sections occurs before
the end of a research project
9 components of action research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. purpose
2. research questions
3. assumptions
4. sampling methods
5. data collection methods
6. research methods
7. quality criteria
8. data analysis
9. report writing
9 components of mixed method research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. purpose
2. research questions
3. assumptions
