Exam 1: Introduction to Research Methods

What three important concepts form the basis of modern ethics review?

At colleges and universities, who must receive approval through the ethics review process?

If a researcher wanted to measure second graders each week for a year on their reading capabilities, this would most likely be:

Programs are usually based on nonexperimental research in which researchers attempt to understand what is required by those who the program will serve. This is called:

Researchers must plan to match their approach with their research question, in part because research ideas are translated into:

Those who participate in research must know about the risks and the benefits they may get from their participation. This is called:

This type of research allows researchers to collect information about attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of a population.

At the end of evaluating a program, an evaluator will collect the information and compare it against the ultimate goals of the program in a:

One of the basic concepts on which modern ethics reviews are based is the idea that participants are protected from physical and psychological harm. This is referred to as:

What makes scientific knowledge different from other types of knowledge?

Knowledge that is acquired based on observation, direct or indirect, or in other words, on experience, is called:

Almost all researchers agree that participants have which of these rights? (pick one)

When researchers observe and describe a current condition and look to the past to try to identify the possible causes of the condition, it is called a(n) ____________ study.

When research is used to test hypotheses derived from theories it is called:

Qualitative researchers often approach their research planning with an exploratory approach, which uses _______________ logic.

A researcher who wishes to see if existing theories are relevant to a current set of circumstances might be best suited to a ________________ approach.

Although it can take many forms and use many approaches, the purpose of ______________ research is to assess the outcomes of a program.

When observations are used to formulate a theory, it is called:

Another principle in research ethics: Treating all subjects equitably and all burdens or benefits related to the research are shared fairly. This is referred to as the principle of:

When researchers are interested in the degree of relationship among two or more quantitative variables, the appropriate design is: