WGU C224 Study Set |363 questions| with correct answers

research literature CORRECT ANSWER is the set of published research studies on a particular topic various studies with the same result = CONFIDENCE **Don't trust a single research study as the final word on a topic! ** AERA CORRECT ANSWER American Educational Research Association - largest and most prestigious research association in the field of education abstract CORRECT 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 CORRECT 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 CORRECT 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 CORRECT ANSWER (type of research objective) an attempt to describe the characteristics of a phenomenon. one of the most basic activities in research.