Correct Answers.
How is research systematic? - Answer Intense focus, minimizing errors on data collection,
planning how to collect data
How is research disciplined? - Answer Avoids bias, objective, asks new questions
Control - Answer Requires the use of two or more groups, different interventions are tried for
each group
Descriptive - Answer Describes the situation but does not provide guidance about what to do
Predictive - Answer Allows us to predict but not make casual claims
control - Answer allows us to determine causality
empirical perspective - Answer Reality and truth exist independently of our perceptions
postmodern perspectives - Answer There is no truth or reality apart from our perceptions
Rationale perspective - Answer Truth or reality is a combination of the facts we learn through
observation and how our beliefs shape those beliefs
Limited, specific research - Answer Valuable within schools and classrooms for improving
processes
Broad scope - Answer Addresses outcomes and focuses on general overarching decisions
Description data collection - Answer One variable
Prediction data collection - Answer Two variables