WGU C208 FULL STUDY SHEET QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COLLECTION
●● AERA
Answer: American Educational Research Association - largest and most
prestigious research association in the field of education
●● abstract
Answer: a brief summary of what is included in the article.
provides a concise breakdown of article goals, methods, and tentative
results researchers choose to include
●● understanding
Answer: (type of research objective)
attempting to learn about and generate ideas about specific and unique
phenomena
●● How to determine if understanding was the objective of a research
study
Answer: ask yourself these questions:
,1. were the researchers studying a phenomenon or some aspect of a
phenomenon about WHICH LITTLE WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN?
2. Did the researchers choose to study a phenomenon WITHOUT ANY
PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS?
3. Were the researchers trying to "DISCOVER" IMPORTANT
FACTORS or "generate" new ideas for further research?
●● description
Answer: (type of research objective)
an attempt to describe the characteristics of a phenomenon.
one of the most basic activities in research.
ex. observing a phenomenon and recording what one sees
●● descriptive research
Answer: (type of research objective)
provide an accurate description or picture of the status or characteristics
of a situation or phenomenon.
,**focus is not specifically on searching out cause-and-effect
relationships, but rather on relating the variables that exist in a given
situation and any relevant relationships that exist among them.
●● Steps in Descriptive Research
Answer: 1. randomly select a sample from a defined population.
2. determine the sample characteristics
3. infer the characteristics of the population based on the sample
●● explanation
Answer: (type of research objective)
how and why a phenomenon operates as it does
**the objective of the majority of educational research is explanation**
●● How to determine if Explanation is the primary objective of a
research study
Answer: ask yourself these questions:
, 1. Were the researchers trying to DEVELOP A THEORY about a
phenomenon to explain how and why it operates as it does?
2. Were the researchers trying to explain how phenomena operate by
IDENTIFYING CAUSE-AND-EFFECT relationships?
●● explanatory research
Answer: testing hypotheses and theories that explain the functions of a
phenomenon in detail
**researcher is focused on establishing clear and defensible evidence for
cause-and-effect relationships.
***experimental research is the strongest form of explanatory research
for providing evidence of cause and effect.
●● prediction
Answer: (type of research objective)
forecast a phenomenon, wherein there is an association made between
two points in time.
**when researchers determine cause-and-effect operations, they can use
this information to form predictions
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COLLECTION
●● AERA
Answer: American Educational Research Association - largest and most
prestigious research association in the field of education
●● abstract
Answer: a brief summary of what is included in the article.
provides a concise breakdown of article goals, methods, and tentative
results researchers choose to include
●● understanding
Answer: (type of research objective)
attempting to learn about and generate ideas about specific and unique
phenomena
●● How to determine if understanding was the objective of a research
study
Answer: ask yourself these questions:
,1. were the researchers studying a phenomenon or some aspect of a
phenomenon about WHICH LITTLE WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN?
2. Did the researchers choose to study a phenomenon WITHOUT ANY
PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS?
3. Were the researchers trying to "DISCOVER" IMPORTANT
FACTORS or "generate" new ideas for further research?
●● description
Answer: (type of research objective)
an attempt to describe the characteristics of a phenomenon.
one of the most basic activities in research.
ex. observing a phenomenon and recording what one sees
●● descriptive research
Answer: (type of research objective)
provide an accurate description or picture of the status or characteristics
of a situation or phenomenon.
,**focus is not specifically on searching out cause-and-effect
relationships, but rather on relating the variables that exist in a given
situation and any relevant relationships that exist among them.
●● Steps in Descriptive Research
Answer: 1. randomly select a sample from a defined population.
2. determine the sample characteristics
3. infer the characteristics of the population based on the sample
●● explanation
Answer: (type of research objective)
how and why a phenomenon operates as it does
**the objective of the majority of educational research is explanation**
●● How to determine if Explanation is the primary objective of a
research study
Answer: ask yourself these questions:
, 1. Were the researchers trying to DEVELOP A THEORY about a
phenomenon to explain how and why it operates as it does?
2. Were the researchers trying to explain how phenomena operate by
IDENTIFYING CAUSE-AND-EFFECT relationships?
●● explanatory research
Answer: testing hypotheses and theories that explain the functions of a
phenomenon in detail
**researcher is focused on establishing clear and defensible evidence for
cause-and-effect relationships.
***experimental research is the strongest form of explanatory research
for providing evidence of cause and effect.
●● prediction
Answer: (type of research objective)
forecast a phenomenon, wherein there is an association made between
two points in time.
**when researchers determine cause-and-effect operations, they can use
this information to form predictions
