Exam 13: Reading and Writing the Quantitative Research Report

Match the following terms and descriptions of sections of a quantitative research report. Some responses can be used more than once. -includes both the literature that supports and contradicts in the reseacher's position.

After reading the method section of a quantitative research report, the consumer should know:

In the results section, the minimum information needed to be presented for each hypothesis or questions is:

Match the following terms and descriptions of sections of a quantitative research report. Some responses can be used more than once. -conclusions presented in this section should be linked to the literature review.

Match the following terms and descriptions of sections of a quantitative research report. Some responses can be used more than once. -discribes how the research study was executied.

Explain why the literature review is the framework of the research investigation.

The reference list must be complete and without error because it is the mechanism by which readers track backward from the research report to find other research reports.

A good literature review goes beyond a simple description of previously published work to include analysis, synthesis, and a critique of this work.

Match the following terms and descriptions of sections of a quantitative research report. Some responses can be used more than once. -includes information about the sampling te3chmiques and sample size.

Match the following terms and descriptions of sections of a quantitative research report. Some responses can be used more than once. -the hypotheses and research questions are generally presented at the end of this section.

Researchers should draw readers' attention to those limitations that are most likely to influence the research results.

Describe the steps researchers should take if they find unexpected results.

The problem statement is the same as and can act as a substitute for hypotheses and research questions.

Explain why a study is not complete until the researcher writes the research report.

Match the following terms and descriptions of sections of a quantitative research report. Some responses can be used more than once. -reporting accuracy is crirical in this section.

The brief conclusion and description of statistical tests in the results section eliminates the need to interpret the results in the discussion section.

Explain the difference between assertions made in the literature review and conclusions reported in the results section.

Tables and graphs should be well identified and labeled. Description of the table or graph is not required in the text.

Match the following terms and descriptions of sections of a quantitative research report. Some responses can be used more than once. -conclusions of statstical tests are presented without interpretation.

Even when the results do support the researchers' expectations, the results must be reported.