WGU C224 RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS OA
ACTUAL EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Correlation research method. Answer: non-experimantal research
method. A process to collect data to determine if a relationship exists
between two or more quantitative variables, and to what degree.
◉ Correlation Coefficient. Answer: Strength and direction of a
relationship between two variables. range of +1 to -1
◉ Positive Correlation. Answer: r=+1 (points follow along a line)
◉ Negative Correlation. Answer: r=-1 (no correlation is a 0 and looks
like a gun shot all over)
◉ Variable. Answer: a condition or characteristic that can take on
different values or categories (such as age, GPA, gender, etc.)
◉ Descriptive Statistics. Answer: Goal is to describe, summarize, or
make sense of a particular set of data.
,◉ Inferential Statistics. Answer: where researchers use the laws of
probability to make inferences about populations based on sample data.
◉ Strengths of Quantitative Research. Answer: -Testing and validating
already constructed theories
-Can generalize research findings when based on random samples
-Determining nomothetic consumption (general scientific casual
relationships)
-Quick and cheap
◉ Qualitative Research purpose. Answer: Collects text or imagery data
to gain a deeper understanding of existing phenomena, gain insight on
insider perspective. Exploration, discovery, understanding
◉ Quantitative Research Purpose. Answer: Collect numerical data.
Purpose is to describe, predict, control, or explain. Narrow lens approach
(top-down)
◉ Linguistic-relativity hypothesis. Answer: (assumptions of qualitative
research) Intuits' local languages might allow them to see distinctions
that you do not notice.
◉ Empathetic Understanding. Answer: (assumptions of qualitative
research) I can appreciate where you're coming from. I have an interest
in you
,◉ Ontology (Qualitative Assumption). Answer: (inherit understanding)
Take on personal, mental, subjective, personal, constructed
◉ Epistemology (Qualitative Assumption). Answer: (theory of
knowledge) Everything is relative, varying standards, individual/group
justification, social construction. Overall understanding of how
knowledge is created.
◉ Criterion Based aka Purposive Sampling. Answer: selecting
participants because they meet the criteria or purpose of the study.
◉ Phenomenology. Answer: Rich narrative allowing researcher to
vicariously experience the phenomenon through the eyes of the
participant.
Purpose: Describing the individuals experience of the phenomena.
◉ Ethnography. Answer: Extensive physical description of the physical
and social settings aimed at holistic understanding.
Purpose: Describing cultural characteristics of a group of people
◉ Narrative Inquiry. Answer: including patterns, connections, and
insights uncovered and carefully synthesized.
Purpose: Describing people's lives/stories to add to our understanding.
Chronological story
, ◉ Case Study. Answer: Rich, holistic narrative which triangulates data
and places the case into a meaningful context
Purpose: Addressing research questions through in-depth analysis.
Environment based on a set of circumstances.
◉ Grounded Theory. Answer: Contains methodological description, then
proposes and discusses the theory built during the research study.
Purpose: Inductively generating a theory describing a phenomenon.
Does this dynamic of people in this environment hold true to a theory
that's related to it? Not manipulating data.
◉ Triangulation. Answer: Observations --> Interviews -->
Questionnaires. Is everybody in sync with one another?
It validates the story
◉ Major characteristics of qualitative research analysis. Answer: Unique
Case Orientation,
Inductive Analysis & Creative Synthesis,
Holistic Perspective,
Context Sensitivity,
Voice Perspective & Reflectivity
ACTUAL EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Correlation research method. Answer: non-experimantal research
method. A process to collect data to determine if a relationship exists
between two or more quantitative variables, and to what degree.
◉ Correlation Coefficient. Answer: Strength and direction of a
relationship between two variables. range of +1 to -1
◉ Positive Correlation. Answer: r=+1 (points follow along a line)
◉ Negative Correlation. Answer: r=-1 (no correlation is a 0 and looks
like a gun shot all over)
◉ Variable. Answer: a condition or characteristic that can take on
different values or categories (such as age, GPA, gender, etc.)
◉ Descriptive Statistics. Answer: Goal is to describe, summarize, or
make sense of a particular set of data.
,◉ Inferential Statistics. Answer: where researchers use the laws of
probability to make inferences about populations based on sample data.
◉ Strengths of Quantitative Research. Answer: -Testing and validating
already constructed theories
-Can generalize research findings when based on random samples
-Determining nomothetic consumption (general scientific casual
relationships)
-Quick and cheap
◉ Qualitative Research purpose. Answer: Collects text or imagery data
to gain a deeper understanding of existing phenomena, gain insight on
insider perspective. Exploration, discovery, understanding
◉ Quantitative Research Purpose. Answer: Collect numerical data.
Purpose is to describe, predict, control, or explain. Narrow lens approach
(top-down)
◉ Linguistic-relativity hypothesis. Answer: (assumptions of qualitative
research) Intuits' local languages might allow them to see distinctions
that you do not notice.
◉ Empathetic Understanding. Answer: (assumptions of qualitative
research) I can appreciate where you're coming from. I have an interest
in you
,◉ Ontology (Qualitative Assumption). Answer: (inherit understanding)
Take on personal, mental, subjective, personal, constructed
◉ Epistemology (Qualitative Assumption). Answer: (theory of
knowledge) Everything is relative, varying standards, individual/group
justification, social construction. Overall understanding of how
knowledge is created.
◉ Criterion Based aka Purposive Sampling. Answer: selecting
participants because they meet the criteria or purpose of the study.
◉ Phenomenology. Answer: Rich narrative allowing researcher to
vicariously experience the phenomenon through the eyes of the
participant.
Purpose: Describing the individuals experience of the phenomena.
◉ Ethnography. Answer: Extensive physical description of the physical
and social settings aimed at holistic understanding.
Purpose: Describing cultural characteristics of a group of people
◉ Narrative Inquiry. Answer: including patterns, connections, and
insights uncovered and carefully synthesized.
Purpose: Describing people's lives/stories to add to our understanding.
Chronological story
, ◉ Case Study. Answer: Rich, holistic narrative which triangulates data
and places the case into a meaningful context
Purpose: Addressing research questions through in-depth analysis.
Environment based on a set of circumstances.
◉ Grounded Theory. Answer: Contains methodological description, then
proposes and discusses the theory built during the research study.
Purpose: Inductively generating a theory describing a phenomenon.
Does this dynamic of people in this environment hold true to a theory
that's related to it? Not manipulating data.
◉ Triangulation. Answer: Observations --> Interviews -->
Questionnaires. Is everybody in sync with one another?
It validates the story
◉ Major characteristics of qualitative research analysis. Answer: Unique
Case Orientation,
Inductive Analysis & Creative Synthesis,
Holistic Perspective,
Context Sensitivity,
Voice Perspective & Reflectivity
