Exam 1: Introduction to Educational Research

One difference between qualitative and quantitative research is that:

Action research is used to

Max is a trainer with the "Information Technology Consulting Firm." The CEO of a large business hired Max's firm to do a long-term training for her company. Max wants to gain a sense of how the training is going so he can make any necessary changes over the next few months. Max is illustrating which of the following?

Which of the following is a typical characteristic of a qualitative research study?

Which of the following is an example of a causal-comparative question?

Katelin is interested in examining the relationship between years of gymnastics classes taken as a child and osteoporosis as an adult. She is concerned only with females because more girls take gymnastics than do boys and more women have osteoporosis than do men. Katelin addressing this concern and then developing research questions and hypotheses involves which step of the research process?

A publishing company is interested in determining if there is a need for a new reading curriculum. The research they will conduct is best categorized as

Experimental research differs from causal-comparative research in that

The main purpose of research and development efforts in education is to

Which of the following illustrates anonymity?

Which of the following, by law, is a required characteristic of Institutional Review Board (IRB) membership composition?

Won is interested in academic procrastination. She provides her participants a number of instruments on academic procrastination and then examines the relationships among the answers they provide. Of the following, which type of research does Won's study represent?

Marge is conducting a study that addresses the effects of a funded program that recently concluded. Marge is likely conducting

Paula is a materials scientist. She does research on the effects of environmental toxins on various materials samples. She carefully designs these studies and collects data in order to derive theory about how toxins affect these materials. Of the following, Paula's research could best be described as

The first step of the scientific method is to

Correlational research is concerned with

Developing generalizations from a limited number of related observations or experiences is referred to as

Bruce studies the effects of class size on standardized test scores. He recently approached a school district about conducting a study in their school. The school personnel were really excited to work with Bruce so they provided hard copies of students' individual standardized test results. Although the school district was being helpful this illustrates a violation of

A research study lead to the following finding, "Students in the treatment condition indicated significantly better achievement on the recognition assessment than those in the control condition." What type of research was likely conducted?

Michele wants to conduct a study in a local charter school. Which of the following is likely a 'first step'?