Exam 1: The Role and Importance of Research

Emily's school has implemented an early intervention program for at-risk students. In order to monitor its effectiveness on student performance, she would use which research method?

Michael hands out a survey to find out the average age and schooling level of his class. What type of research is this?

How are research questions most often described?

Which of the following best describes a hypothesis?

Experimental methods can typically be described by which of the following?

What can always be a result of a well-run study?

Ann divides her classes into two groups - a treatment group and a non-treatment group - to test whether her new method of teaching subtraction is better than her old method. This is an example of what type of research?

Matthew thinks that there is a relationship between parenting style and self-esteem in children. Which research method should he use?

Nonexperimental research methods consist of which of the following?

What is the difference between nonexperimental and experimental research?

What are the steps of scientific inquiry?

Qualitative research can be defined by which of the following?

What type of research do you use to determine the causal relationship between variables?

Jacob is interested to see if there is a relationship between student absentee rate and national test scores. Which would be the appropriate research method to use?

In general, when selecting factors for a study, you want to be sure of which of these?

Correlational research provides information about which of the following?

In true experimental designs, what does research attempt to isolate and control?

How do researchers who do historical research collect information?

What is a theory?

What is the difference between applied and basic research?