Exam 7: Where Do Principles and Practice Meet in Research Study Design

A study design is a framework for collecting and analysing the data needed to answer a research question.

In experimental research, the dependent variable is manipulated to determine its influence on the independent variable.

Festinger et al's study of a doomsday cult is an example of a critical case study.

Describe two research designs for studying attitudes towards the Black Lives Matter Movement using a cross-sectional design and a panel study. Describe the approach to each, as well as a strength and weakness of each method.

Your campus leadership wants to better understand underage drinking on campus. What research design would you propose using to study this issue? What are the strengths and weaknesses to this approach?

Explain the difference between cross-sectional and longitudinal research designs. Cite examples of each from the chapter.

Which is not a type of data collection utilized by Rivera and Tilcsik?

Outline the basic components of an experimental design. What are the advantages of this approach? Disadvantages?

A challenge of experimental research is that many dependent variables cannot be manipulated.

According to Yin, a case study where a researcher considers a phenomenon not previously studied is called a(n)

Despite all the fictious applicants graduating from selective law schools, which group was most advantaged in Rivera and Tilcsik's study?

Dr. Ryder collects data on a group of school-aged children at the beginning and the end of their third-grade year. What type of research design is she using?

In Sweet's qualitative cross-sectional research, she found that advocates and providers use what term to explain women's vulnerability to violence?

When a researcher collects data on at least two separate occasions, they are using a ___________________.

Which of the following is not reflected in the study design?

Trend studies research the same people from the same population on at least two different occasions.

In which type of study design is it difficult to determine causal ordering?

Qualitative research is ill-suited for cross-sectional research designs.

Participatory Action Research (PAR) involves a researcher alone studying a particular group in order to advocate for social change.

Suyemoto and her team evaluated the impact of a social justice program on how a group of Asian American youth viewed social justice and their own racial/ethnic identity.