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WGU C224 Research Foundations
Pre-Assessment Exam
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1. Q1. What is the purpose of evidence in research?
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ANS Support theories
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2. Q2. A team of educational researchers plan to conduct a local study in the com
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munity in order to resolve a critical problem at hand.
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What variety of research does this represent?
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ANS Action
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3. Q3. What is the name of the process where one determines the truth of a conc
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lusion by determining the truth of the underlying premises?
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ANS Deductivereasoning
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4. Q4. On a research wheel, which arrow represents the inductive method?
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ANS -
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The Exploratory arrow
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,5. Q5. Theories A and B provide explanations for variance in students' acade-
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g mic performance. Both theories explain performance well; however, Theory A is
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more concise and succinct.
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Which approach for evaluating quality is applied to determine that Theory A is pr
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eferred for explaining the phenomenon?
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ANS The rule of parsimony
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6. Q6. What is the primary objective of education research that studies a phe
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nomenon about which little is known?
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ANS To understand
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7. Q7. What does quantitative research attempt to test through the collection of
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ANS Hypotheses
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8. Q8. Which two views are consistent with the assumptions of quantitative res
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earch?
ANS Human behavior is regular.
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Predictable behavior allows for hypothesis development.
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9. Q9. What type of statistics allows quantitative researchers to draw conclu-
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ANS Inferential
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, 10. Q10. What is a variable in educational research?
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