Exam 2: Research Alignment

If the research objective is to document a change in cultural competency and you only measure the employee demographics, your research is considered aligned.

The seven steps of the research process are considered an ______________ process.

In research, you should either have a research objective or a research question, but not both.

Clarifying both the research objective and question makes identifying what information needs to be collected easier.

When performing research, it is not acceptable to utilize existing sources of data.

Why is it important for a researcher to conduct a thorough literature review throughout the research process?

When data is collected from all participants prior to an intervention as well as post-intervention, it is a _________________ design.

One aspect of _________________ is discussing the implications of your research results.

Emily is planning to deliver the training in phases, where some employees go through the training while other employees have not, which means she will not have a control group.

Identify and briefly describe each of the seven components of research.

__________________ data is data that is represented numerically.

For Emily's research question, "does the training decrease workplace tension?" what is her unit of analysis?

The final step in the research process is to __________________.

In order to make the groups roughly equivalent, Emily will assign the participants to the groups ____________________.

____________________ is the step in the research process in which you evaluate your data in an attempt to answer your research question.

In all research, the research objective is designed to address a(n) ___________________.

In all research designs, the ethical implications should be considered throughout the process.

A survey is an example of a ___________________ instrument.