SFL 290 Final Exam ACTUAL UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Primary Sources - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅original study report. Contains ALL of the
details necessary to duplicate the study. Has been peer reviewed.
Ex: Journal articles of original research report (no commentary, no from study, in between),
professional conference proceedings, scholarly books (like edited volumes with chapters that
report on different original research studies)
Secondary Sources - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅provides information "once removed" (the
author summarizes info about the original study). Has been through some type of peer review
process.
Ex: Books on specific subjects, textbooks, review articles in journals(has commentary in
between), edited books (like our textbook)
General Sources - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅gives an overview of a certain topic and can
lead us to where we can find more information. It is NOT peer reviewed.
Ex: Daily newspaper, magazines, Wikipedia, trade books, google search
Basic Research - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅- no specific purpose or application
- simply extends knowledge base
Applied Research - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Specifically focused at addressing a problem
Quantitative - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅- typically larger, random samples
- results are reported with NUMBERS
- analyzed with statistics
- DEDUCTIVE
, Qualitative - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅- typically smaller, nonrandom samples
- results reported with quotes and stories
- analyzed through themes
- INDUCTIVE
Induction - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅(Specific → General) practice to theory
Ex: You have specific data from a study (specific), now you look for themes in your data to
make a theory (general)
Start with data and then create a hypothesis → Induction (qualitative research)
Deduction - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅(General→Specific) theory to practice
Ex: You want to test a theory (general), so go out and collect specific data (specific)
Start with a Hypothesis and then go get data? → Deduction (quantitative research)
General Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Offer explanations for a broad range of events
and can be applied to various circumstances as needed
ie . systems theory can be used to explain parent child relationships, sibling relationships, in
law relationships
Middle Range Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Offer info regarding a specific subject
area (generally have a researchers name in front of it)
Ie gottman's theory of marital conflict
Parts of a theory - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Assumptions, concepts, hypotheses,
theoretical model
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Primary Sources - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅original study report. Contains ALL of the
details necessary to duplicate the study. Has been peer reviewed.
Ex: Journal articles of original research report (no commentary, no from study, in between),
professional conference proceedings, scholarly books (like edited volumes with chapters that
report on different original research studies)
Secondary Sources - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅provides information "once removed" (the
author summarizes info about the original study). Has been through some type of peer review
process.
Ex: Books on specific subjects, textbooks, review articles in journals(has commentary in
between), edited books (like our textbook)
General Sources - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅gives an overview of a certain topic and can
lead us to where we can find more information. It is NOT peer reviewed.
Ex: Daily newspaper, magazines, Wikipedia, trade books, google search
Basic Research - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅- no specific purpose or application
- simply extends knowledge base
Applied Research - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Specifically focused at addressing a problem
Quantitative - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅- typically larger, random samples
- results are reported with NUMBERS
- analyzed with statistics
- DEDUCTIVE
, Qualitative - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅- typically smaller, nonrandom samples
- results reported with quotes and stories
- analyzed through themes
- INDUCTIVE
Induction - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅(Specific → General) practice to theory
Ex: You have specific data from a study (specific), now you look for themes in your data to
make a theory (general)
Start with data and then create a hypothesis → Induction (qualitative research)
Deduction - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅(General→Specific) theory to practice
Ex: You want to test a theory (general), so go out and collect specific data (specific)
Start with a Hypothesis and then go get data? → Deduction (quantitative research)
General Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Offer explanations for a broad range of events
and can be applied to various circumstances as needed
ie . systems theory can be used to explain parent child relationships, sibling relationships, in
law relationships
Middle Range Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Offer info regarding a specific subject
area (generally have a researchers name in front of it)
Ie gottman's theory of marital conflict
Parts of a theory - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Assumptions, concepts, hypotheses,
theoretical model
