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WGU C224 Research Foundations Objective Assessment
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1. What is the purpose of evidence in research?
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gANS Support Theories
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2. What is the primary objective of education research that studies a phenom-
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enon of which little is known?
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g ANS To understand
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3. What is a variable in educational research?
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g ANS A measurable characteristic
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4. Which type of qualitative data analysis places a high priority on being true to,
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respecting, and capturing the details of individual situations?
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g ANS Unique CaseOrientation
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5. On which principle do mixed methods researchers base their design and re
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search?
g ANS Pragmatism
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6. When designing a mixed methods study, which two factors must a re-
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, searcher consider when combining qualitative and quantitative approaches?-
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g ANS Sample Relationship and Time Order
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7. What belief did John Dewey hold that influenced action researchers?
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g ANS Whatworks in one school will automatically work in another.
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8. Which two types of calculations are descriptive statistics designed to inter-
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g ANS Averages and Measures of Spread
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9. How does a statement of purpose differ from a research question in a qu
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g ANS The purpose statement describes the type of relationship between variables wh
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e the research question asks if a specific relationship existsbetween variables.
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10. What is the name of the process where one determines the truth of a co
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nclusion by determining the truth of the underlying premises?
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g ANS DeductiveReasoning
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11. What type of statistics allows quantitative researchers to draw conclusions
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about populations? g




g ANS Inferential
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12. To obtain results that are defensible and trustworthy, what should action r
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esearchers do? g

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