CPCE Exam Study Guide - Research well answered 2024/2025

CPCE Exam Study Guide - ResearchInductive - correct answer real world Deductive - correct answer hypothesis from theory Quantitative - correct answer non-experimental, survey, comparative Quantitative used to determine relationship - correct answer correlation coefficient Quantitative uses - correct answer numbers Qualitative - correct answer interactive - case study Qualitative uses - correct answer words Ex post facto - correct answer reporting something after it happens Mixed method - correct answer combination of qualitative and quantitative Meta-analysis - correct answer comparing findings across studies True experiment - correct answer use of experimental and control groups with random assignment Quasi-experiment - correct answer no control or comparison group is available Single-subject design - correct answer studies the effects of a program or treatment on an individual or group Action research - correct answer attempt to improve services or a program Pilot study - correct answer small-scale research Cross-sectional - correct answer different groups at the same time Internal validity - correct answer extraneous variables have been controlled Confounding variables - correct answer how are the subjects chosen - volunteer, paid Instrumentation - correct answer how are you gathering the information and its validity Maturation - correct answer age and length of time of the study Experimenter bias - correct answer subjects influence by researcher External Validity - correct answer results may be generalized to people and situations beyond the study Ecological validity - correct answer conditions or physical surroundings Subject reactions (Reactivity) - correct answer Hawthorne affect, demand characteristics Placebo - correct answer any control treatment