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Data collected in qualitative research are analyzed and interpreted and then written using a
__________ report style that is less formal and includes contextual description and direct
quotations. correct answers Narrative
Consumers of research can evaluate the strength of a study's evidence by using... correct answers
Critical Thinking
The ultimate goal of exploratory research is to provide what for researchers? correct answers
Understanding
What is NOT a primary objective of educational research? correct answers Action
What research type is best utilized at solving pressing local issues within educational
communities? correct answers Action Research
Applied research (e.g., action research) seeks to answer questions in what setting? correct
answers Real world setting
In deciding on whether a particular community program should be continued, what technique
should a policy maker employ? correct answers Summative Evaluation
Deductive Reasoning correct answers The process of drawing a conclusion that is essentially true
if the underlying premises are true
Ex:
Major premise: All schoolteachers are mortal.
Minor premise: John is a schoolteacher.
Conclusion: Therefore, John is mortal.
,Inductive Reasoning correct answers the foundational premises act as helpful but not decisive
reasons toward acceptance of a conclusion
Ex:
If a person gets up every morning to see evidence of the sun in the sky (either clearly in view or
behind clouds), that person is likely to conclude that the sun will appear in the sky in some
fashion the next morning
Psychological factors correct answers Examining characteristics of individuals and individual-
level phenomena (example: learning disabilities)
Sociological factors correct answers Examining how groups form and change
Confirmatory (Right Side down) correct answers Deductive
Exploratory (Left Side up) correct answers Inductive
What does the problem of induction explain about the future? correct answers It might not be
similar to the past
What source of knowledge asserts that "many truths are knowable independent of observation"?
correct answers Rationalism
What characterizes the diagram below, containing both exploratory and confirmatory research
methods? correct answers Cyclical
Which of the following is NOT an example of a sociological factor studied by educational
researchers? correct answers How groups and individuals affect one another
, When evaluating a particular theory, which question would not be suitable to ask? correct
answers Does it provide irrefutable assertions?
The phrase "This research study provides findings to support . . ." is reflective of what principle?
correct answers Evidence
Theories can have many characteristics. Which characteristic is not likely to be one of them?
correct answers Indisputable = not deniable
What purpose does reason serve, according to the philosophical idea of rationalism? correct
answers The source of knowledge
What does the problem of induction explain about the future? correct answers It might not be
similar to the past.
Which statement is reflective of a replication study? correct answers Conducting an instructional
intervention study of at-risk high school students using techniques shown to be effective in a
previous study, but adjusting to fit the new participants' state curriculum standards
Which research approach uses a "narrow-angle lens" focusing on only one or a few causal factors
at the same time correct answers Quantitative Research
Quantitative researchers most often follow which scientific method to test hypotheses? correct
answers Confirmatory
A researcher wants to know whether students who do well in high school algebra classes also do
well in college statistics classes. The researcher asks students to self-report their algebra grades
at the start of statistics class and then records their midterm and final exams.
The purpose of this quantitative study is to... correct answers Predict students academic
performance in statistics class
Data collected in qualitative research are analyzed and interpreted and then written using a
__________ report style that is less formal and includes contextual description and direct
quotations. correct answers Narrative
Consumers of research can evaluate the strength of a study's evidence by using... correct answers
Critical Thinking
The ultimate goal of exploratory research is to provide what for researchers? correct answers
Understanding
What is NOT a primary objective of educational research? correct answers Action
What research type is best utilized at solving pressing local issues within educational
communities? correct answers Action Research
Applied research (e.g., action research) seeks to answer questions in what setting? correct
answers Real world setting
In deciding on whether a particular community program should be continued, what technique
should a policy maker employ? correct answers Summative Evaluation
Deductive Reasoning correct answers The process of drawing a conclusion that is essentially true
if the underlying premises are true
Ex:
Major premise: All schoolteachers are mortal.
Minor premise: John is a schoolteacher.
Conclusion: Therefore, John is mortal.
,Inductive Reasoning correct answers the foundational premises act as helpful but not decisive
reasons toward acceptance of a conclusion
Ex:
If a person gets up every morning to see evidence of the sun in the sky (either clearly in view or
behind clouds), that person is likely to conclude that the sun will appear in the sky in some
fashion the next morning
Psychological factors correct answers Examining characteristics of individuals and individual-
level phenomena (example: learning disabilities)
Sociological factors correct answers Examining how groups form and change
Confirmatory (Right Side down) correct answers Deductive
Exploratory (Left Side up) correct answers Inductive
What does the problem of induction explain about the future? correct answers It might not be
similar to the past
What source of knowledge asserts that "many truths are knowable independent of observation"?
correct answers Rationalism
What characterizes the diagram below, containing both exploratory and confirmatory research
methods? correct answers Cyclical
Which of the following is NOT an example of a sociological factor studied by educational
researchers? correct answers How groups and individuals affect one another
, When evaluating a particular theory, which question would not be suitable to ask? correct
answers Does it provide irrefutable assertions?
The phrase "This research study provides findings to support . . ." is reflective of what principle?
correct answers Evidence
Theories can have many characteristics. Which characteristic is not likely to be one of them?
correct answers Indisputable = not deniable
What purpose does reason serve, according to the philosophical idea of rationalism? correct
answers The source of knowledge
What does the problem of induction explain about the future? correct answers It might not be
similar to the past.
Which statement is reflective of a replication study? correct answers Conducting an instructional
intervention study of at-risk high school students using techniques shown to be effective in a
previous study, but adjusting to fit the new participants' state curriculum standards
Which research approach uses a "narrow-angle lens" focusing on only one or a few causal factors
at the same time correct answers Quantitative Research
Quantitative researchers most often follow which scientific method to test hypotheses? correct
answers Confirmatory
A researcher wants to know whether students who do well in high school algebra classes also do
well in college statistics classes. The researcher asks students to self-report their algebra grades
at the start of statistics class and then records their midterm and final exams.
The purpose of this quantitative study is to... correct answers Predict students academic
performance in statistics class
