NCE: Research and Program Evaluation correctly answered graded A+

NCE: Research and Program EvaluationResearch - correct answer systematic process of collecting and analyzing data for some purpose such as investigating a problem or answering a question Evidence-based inquiry - correct answer search for knowledge using empirical data which has been gathered systematically Inductive Research - correct answer this research begins at the real world, practical level. It tends to be descriptive, correlational, or historical and leads to the building of theory. Deductive Research - correct answer this research springs from theory which is already established. This research tries to determine what the relationships are between elements of the theory and may be experimental in nature. Survey - correct answer this non-experimental design may occur through questionnaires, interviews, etc. and is used to measure attitudes, perceptions, etc. Descriptive - correct answer this research simply describes an existing state of events. Numbers may be used to characterize groups or individuals Comparative - correct answer this research method investigates whether there are differences between two or more groups. There is no manipulation of conditions experienced by each group Correlational - correct answer this research method uses the correlation coefficient to determine the degree of relationship between two or more variables or phenomena. Ex Post Facto - correct answer Also called causal-comparative, this research design studies possible causal relationships among variables after the fact