CECE Exam: Research and Program
Evaluation UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Research - CORRECT ANSWER - the systematic process of collecting and analyzing data
for some purpose such as investigating a problem or answering a question
Evidence based inquiry - CORRECT ANSWER - the search for knowledge using
empirical data which
has been gathered systematically
Quantitative - CORRECT ANSWER - Assumes social facts have a single
objective reality
Tends to study samples or populations
Researchers try not to influence
collection of data (instruments)
Statistical methods comparing and
contrasting groups occurs
Researchers examine for causes and
relationships
Qualitative - CORRECT ANSWER - Assumes multiple realities socially
constructed by individuals and groups
, Tends to study individual units -
person, family, community - in
naturalistic setting
Researchers may be primary
instrument for collecting data through
observation
Researchers impressions, judgments,
and feelings may be used
Goal is to describe the nature of
things
Inductive research - CORRECT ANSWER - begins at the real world, practical level.
It tends to be descriptive, correlational, or historical and leads to the building of a theory
Deductive research - CORRECT ANSWER - springs from theory which is already
established. Tries to
determine what the relationships u between elements of the theory and may be experimental in
nature
Surveys (quantitative and non-experimental design) - CORRECT ANSWER -
questionnaires, interviews; used to measure attitudes and perceptions
Descriptive (quantitative and non-experimental design) - CORRECT ANSWER -
describes an existing state of events
Evaluation UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Research - CORRECT ANSWER - the systematic process of collecting and analyzing data
for some purpose such as investigating a problem or answering a question
Evidence based inquiry - CORRECT ANSWER - the search for knowledge using
empirical data which
has been gathered systematically
Quantitative - CORRECT ANSWER - Assumes social facts have a single
objective reality
Tends to study samples or populations
Researchers try not to influence
collection of data (instruments)
Statistical methods comparing and
contrasting groups occurs
Researchers examine for causes and
relationships
Qualitative - CORRECT ANSWER - Assumes multiple realities socially
constructed by individuals and groups
, Tends to study individual units -
person, family, community - in
naturalistic setting
Researchers may be primary
instrument for collecting data through
observation
Researchers impressions, judgments,
and feelings may be used
Goal is to describe the nature of
things
Inductive research - CORRECT ANSWER - begins at the real world, practical level.
It tends to be descriptive, correlational, or historical and leads to the building of a theory
Deductive research - CORRECT ANSWER - springs from theory which is already
established. Tries to
determine what the relationships u between elements of the theory and may be experimental in
nature
Surveys (quantitative and non-experimental design) - CORRECT ANSWER -
questionnaires, interviews; used to measure attitudes and perceptions
Descriptive (quantitative and non-experimental design) - CORRECT ANSWER -
describes an existing state of events
