Chapter 01
The Nature of Research
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A major difficulty with knowledge based on personal sensory experience is that it:
A. is difficult to obtain
B. is incomplete
C. requires training
D. is always distorted
2. Knowledge arrived at by consensus or majority agreement:
A. is the most trustworthy of all types of knowledge
B. is to be avoided
C. takes too long to obtain
D. is often in error
3. Knowledge that is based on expert opinion:
A. cannot be trusted
B. is the best we can get
C. is limited by the expert's experience
D. is scientific
4. Knowledge based on logical reasoning:
A. has specific prerequisites
B. does not apply to educational problems
C. is too difficult to be useful
D. is infallible
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,5. The essential characteristic of the scientific method is:
A. the testing of hypotheses
B. the identification of a problem
C. its public nature
D. the design of experiments
6. An investigator wishes to determine how much coverage current high school history texts
give to the contributions of African Americans to our history. She should conduct:
A. historical research
B. case studies
C. content analysis
D. experimental research
7. Mixed-method research refers to use of both:
A. Experimental and correlational methods
B. Quantitative and qualitative methods
C. Description and intervention
D. Group and single subject designs
8. "Critical researchers" emphasize the importance of all of the following except:
A. Communication
B. Unstated assumptions
C. Weak methodology
D. Societal consequences
9. The difference between formative and summative evaluation is:
A. they use different instrumentation
B. they have different purposes
C. summative is more valid
D. they use different samples
,
The Nature of Research
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A major difficulty with knowledge based on personal sensory experience is that it:
A. is difficult to obtain
B. is incomplete
C. requires training
D. is always distorted
2. Knowledge arrived at by consensus or majority agreement:
A. is the most trustworthy of all types of knowledge
B. is to be avoided
C. takes too long to obtain
D. is often in error
3. Knowledge that is based on expert opinion:
A. cannot be trusted
B. is the best we can get
C. is limited by the expert's experience
D. is scientific
4. Knowledge based on logical reasoning:
A. has specific prerequisites
B. does not apply to educational problems
C. is too difficult to be useful
D. is infallible
,
,5. The essential characteristic of the scientific method is:
A. the testing of hypotheses
B. the identification of a problem
C. its public nature
D. the design of experiments
6. An investigator wishes to determine how much coverage current high school history texts
give to the contributions of African Americans to our history. She should conduct:
A. historical research
B. case studies
C. content analysis
D. experimental research
7. Mixed-method research refers to use of both:
A. Experimental and correlational methods
B. Quantitative and qualitative methods
C. Description and intervention
D. Group and single subject designs
8. "Critical researchers" emphasize the importance of all of the following except:
A. Communication
B. Unstated assumptions
C. Weak methodology
D. Societal consequences
9. The difference between formative and summative evaluation is:
A. they use different instrumentation
B. they have different purposes
C. summative is more valid
D. they use different samples
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