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Educational Research: Competencies for
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Analysis and Applications
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Geoffrey Mills, Southern Oregon University
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Lorraine Gay, Late of Florida International University
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, Table #xtof #xtContents
Test #xtItems:
Chapter # x t 1 # x t Introduction #xtto #xtEducational #xtResearch .............................................. 1
Chapter # x t 2 # x t Ethics #xtin #xtEducational #xtResearch ...................................................... 11
Chapter # x t 3 # x t Selecting #xtand #xtDefining #xta #xtResearch #xtTopic ................................... 14
Chapter # x t 4 # x t Reviewing #xtthe #xtLiterature ................................................................. 21
Chapter # x t 5 # x t Preparing #xtand #xtEvaluating #xta #xtResearch #xtPlan .................................. 26
Chapter # x t 6 # x t Selecting #xta #xtSample .......................................................................... 31
Chapter # x t 7 # x t Selecting #xtMeasurement #xtInstruments ................................................ 39
Chapter # x t 8 # x t Survey #xtResearch ............................................................................... 50
Chapter # x t 9 # x t Correlational #xtResearch ...................................................................... 57
Chapter # x t 10 #xtCausal-Comparative #xtResearch ................................................................ 66
Chapter #xt11 # x t Experimental #xtResearch ........................................................................... 75
Chapter #xt12 # x t Single-Subject #xtExperimental #xtResearch ................................................. 87
Chapter #xt13 # x t Narrative #xtResearch ................................................................................. 94
Chapter #xt14 # x t Ethnographic #xtResearch ......................................................................... 101
Chapter #xt15 # x t Case #xtStudy #xtResearch .......................................................................... 110
Chapter #xt16 # x t Mixed #xtMethods #xtResearch ................................................................... 115
Chapter #xt17 # x t Action #xtResearch ................................................................................... 122
Chapter #xt18 # x t Descriptive #xtStatistics ............................................................................ 130
Chapter #xt19 # x t Inferential #xtStatistics .............................................................................. 142
Chapter #xt20 # x t Qualitative #xtData #xtCollection................................................................. 151
Chapter #xt21 # x t Qualitative #xtData #xtAnalysis #xtand #xtInterpretation ................................... 160
Chapter #xt22 # x t Preparing #xta #xtResearch #xtReport ............................................................. 166
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, Chapter #xt23 # x t Evaluating #xta #xtResearch #xtReport ........................................................... 173
Answer #xtKey ................................................................................................................... 183
Chapter #xt1 #xtTest #xtItems
1. Of #xtthe #xtfollowing, #xtwhich #xtis #xta #xttype #xtof #xtqualitative #xtresearch?
a. Correlational
b. Causal-comparative
c. Ethnographic
d. Experimental
2. Of #xtthe #xtfollowing, #xtwhich #xtis #xta #xttype #xtof #xtqualitative #xtresearch?
a. Experimental
b. Survey
c. Prediction
d. Case #xtstudy
3. After #xtreviewing #xtthe #xtliterature, #xtthe #xtqualitative #xtresearcher #xtwill #xtselect
#xtparticipants. #xtThe #xtparticipants #xtin #xta #xtqualitative #xtstudy #xtdiffer #xtfrom #xtthose #xtin
#xta #xtquantitative #xtstudy #xtin #xtthat
a. the #xtnumber #xtof #xtparticipants #xtare #xtusually #xtlarger #xtin #xtqualitative #xtstudies.
b. the #xtparticipants #xtare #xtpurposefully #xtselected.
c. the #xtparticipants #xtprovide #xtno #xtpersonally #xtidentifiable #xtinformation.
d. the #xttime #xtcommitment #xtfor #xtparticipants #xtis #xtgenerally #xtshorter.
4. The #xtfirst #xtstep #xtof #xtthe #xtscientific #xtmethod #xtis #xtto
a. recognize #xtand #xtdefine #xta #xtproblem.
b. describe #xtand #xtexecute #xtresearch #xtprocedures.
c. analyze #xtthe #xtcollected #xtdata.
d. formulate #xthypotheses.
5. Developing #xtgeneralizations #xtfrom #xta #xtlimited #xtnumber #xtof #xtrelated #xtobservations #xtor
#xtexperiences #xtis #xtreferred #xtto #xtas
a. deductive #xtreasoning.
b. inductive #xtreasoning.
c. scientific #xtmethod.
d. reliance #xton #xttradition.
6. Which #xtof #xtthe #xtfollowing #xtis #xtindicative #xtof #xtmost #xtsurvey #xtresearch?
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