Educational Research Planning Conducting and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research 5th Revised Edition by John Creswell Test Bank

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Educational Research: Planning,
Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative
and Qualitative Research
Fifth Edition
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John W. Creswell
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, CONTENTS


ChapterA1 TheAProcessAofAConductingAResearchAUsingAQuantitativeAandAQualitativ 1
eAApproaches
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ChapterA2 IdentifyingAaAResearchAProblem
ChapterA3 ReviewingAtheALiterature 1
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ChapterA4 SpecifyingAaAPurposeAandAResearchAQuestionsAorAHypotheses 1
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ChapterA5 CollectingAQuantitativeAData 2
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ChapterA6 AnalyzingAandAInterpretingAQuantitativeAData 3
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ChapterA7 CollectingAQualitativeAData 3
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ChapterA8 4
AnalyzingAandAInterpretingAQualitativeAData
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ChapterA9 ReportingAandAEvaluatingAResearch 4
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ChapterA1 ExperimentalADesigns 5
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ChapterA1 CorrelationalADesigns 5
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ChapterA1 SurveyADesigns 6
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ChapterA1 GroundedATheoryADesigns 6
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ChapterA1 EthnographicADesigns 7
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ChapterA1
NarrativeAResearchADesigns 7
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ChapterA1 MixedAMethodsADesigns 8
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ChapterA1
ActionAResearchADesigns 8
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, Chapter 1. The Process of Conducting Research Using Quantitative and Quali
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ForAeachAquestionAbelow,AcircleAtheAcorrectAorAbestAanswer.

1.AA WhichAoneAofAtheAreasonsAbelowAisAtheAbestAargumentAforAwhyAresearchAisAimportant?

a.AAItAisAtheAprimaryAworkAofAfacultyAmembersAinAuniversities.
b.AAItAinformsApolicyAmakersAaboutAimportantAissues.
c.AAItAisAusefulAinAdevelopingAyourAresearchAskills.
d.AAItAhelpsAtheAresearcherAproveAtheirAideas.AA

2. ToAapplyAresearchAinAyourApracticalAeducationalAsetting,AyouAmight

a.AAexamineAwhatAotherApractitionersAareAdoingAinAtheirAsettings.
b.AAfindAoutAwhatAresearchAhasAtoAsayAbyAexaminingAresearchAstudies.
c.AAlookAtoAresearchAmethodsAprofessorsAinAyourAcourses.
d.AAgoAtoAtheAeducationalAlibraryAandAbeginAtoAlocateAtopics.

3.
WhileAstudyingAeducationalAresearch,AyouAareAlikelyAtoAdevelopAtheAfollowingAskil
lsAexcept

a.AAtheAabilityAtoAnegotiateAtopicsAwithAfaculty.
b.AAtheAabilityAtoAorganizeAlargeAamountsAofAinformation.
c.AAtheAabilityAtoAwriteAforAanAaudience.
d.AAtheAabilityAtoAeffectivelyAuseAlibraryAresources.

4. WhichAofAtheAfollowingAisAtheAbestAexampleAofAaAresearchAproblem?

a.AATheAneedAtoAconductAadditionalAresearchAonAchildren
b.AATheAneedAtoAaddressAproblemsAofAteenageApregnancies
c.AATheAneedAtoAlearnAaboutAhowAclassroomsAwork
d.AATheAneedAtoAaddressAproblemsAinAschools

5.
AAstakeholderAwithAanAinterestAinAyourAstudyAasksAyouAtoAhighlightAtheApositiveAre
sultsAandAleaveAoutAtheAnegativeAresults.AAWhatAtypeAofAethicalAissueAhaveAyouAbreachedAif
AyouAfollowAtheArequest?




a.AATheArightAtoAprivacy
b.AATheAneedAtoAactivelyAlookAforAwaysAtoA“giveAback”
c.AATheArightAtoAavoidAfromApersonalAdisclosure
d.AATheAhonestAreportingAofAresearchA




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