Foundations Pretest {Questions and Answers]

Foundations Pretest {Questions and Answers] what is the purpose of evidence in research? support theories a team of educational researchers plan to conduct a local survey in the community in order to resolve a critical problem at hand. What variety of research does this represent? action research what is the name of the process where one determines the truth of a conclusion by determining the truth of the underlying premises? deductive reasoning which process represents the inductive method? the exploratory Arrow from the research wheel Sirius A and B provide explanations for variance in students academic performance. Both theories explain performance well semicolon however, Theory a is more concise and succinct. which approach for evaluating quality is applied to determine that theory a is preferred for explaining the phenomenon? the rule of parsimony what is the primary objective of Education research that studies a phenomenon about which little is known? to understand what does quantitative research attempt to test through the collection of numerical data? hypotheses which two views are consistent with the assumptions of quantitative research? human behavior is regular and predictable Behavior allows for a hypothesis development which type of Statistics allows quantitative researchers to draw conclusions about populations inferential what is a variable in educational research? a measurable characteristic