A) research intended to enhance basic knowledge and theoretical reasoning about the world. B) large-scale research performed under contract with a governmental agency. C) informal research conducted by a small staff with a small budget,designed to shed light on a problem of local interest. D) research that informs human decision making about immediate,practical problems. A) research intended to enhance basic knowledge and theoretical reasoning about the world. B) large-scale research performed under contract with a governmental agency. C) informal research conducted by a small staff with a small budget,designed to shed light on a problem of local interest. D) research that informs human decision making about immediate,practical problems.

A) research intended to enhance basic knowledge about the physical,biological,psychological,or social world or to shed light on historical,cultural,or aesthetic phenomena. B) large scale research performed under contract with a governmental agency such as the National Science Foundation (NSF),National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH),etc. C) informal research conducted locally by a small staff with a small budget,the purpose of which is to pave the way for larger research initiatives. D) research intended to address issues that have immediate relevance to current practices,procedures,and policies. A) research intended to enhance basic knowledge about the physical,biological,psychological,or social world or to shed light on historical,cultural,or aesthetic phenomena. B) large scale research performed under contract with a governmental agency such as the National Science Foundation (NSF),National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH),etc. C) informal research conducted locally by a small staff with a small budget,the purpose of which is to pave the way for larger research initiatives. D) research intended to address issues that have immediate relevance to current practices,procedures,and policies.

Exam 2: The Problem: the Heart of the Research Process

Anneka ends her research proposal by introducing several variables that she does NOT plan to study,along with an explanation of why she's not studying them.When she presents her proposal to her research committee,her primary advisor is most likely to say:

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Marcos's study suggested that elementary students who watch TV more than three hours a day are more likely to be overweight than students who watch less TV.In this study,students' weight is

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"Among social workers in selected U.S.urban areas,are the personality characteristics of Need for Structure or In-Group Preference related to prejudicial social judgments about African Americans,Latino Americans,or Asian Americans?" Which of the following is a well-stated subproblem that follows from this research problem?

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Which of the following represents a well-written basic research problem?

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Why is it important that the researcher articulate,as clearly as possible,all assumptions that affect the research problem?

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Three of the following are characteristics of a well-written research problem.Which one is NOT?

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Applied research is:

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"What do underemployed U.S.workers (i.e.,those workers who are employed,but not in positions for which they have specialized training or expertise)identify as the primary reason for their inability to find suitable employment?" The chief weakness of this research problem is that:

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Which of the following represents a research hypothesis?

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"What is the correlation between an index of civic-mindedness and years of involvement in local organizations and charities among members of city councils of selected midsized cities in the northeastern United States?" The chief weakness of this research problem is that:

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Research suggests that children who eat hot breakfast at home perform better at school.Many argue that not only hot breakfast but also parental care of children before they go to school has an impact on children's performance.In this case,parental care is

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Imani analyzed data and found that explicitly teaching reading strategies improves students' performance on standardized tests.In this study,explicit teaching of reading strategies is

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Which of the following represents a null hypothesis?

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Basic research is:

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Question 14

Daphne has been a member of a research team studying interpersonal aggression among preschoolers for more than a year.In that time,her team has repeatedly employed a consistent set of techniques and procedures to study preschoolers as they interact in a number of settings.The procedures revolve around volunteer mothers bringing their children to the university child development lab for a "play session" that is the basis of the formal observations.Settings they have studied so far include: the university pre-school,affluent local day-care centers,and a pre-kindergarten program being offered in the neighborhood school district.All of these settings were fairly racially homogenous. Daphne has just learned that a friend of a friend can help her gain research access,in the near future,to preschoolers in an unusually racially diverse though impoverished preschool setting.Daphne decides she has no time to prepare a formal research proposal before embarking on the study."Besides," she thinks,"this study should go just like all the others we've done." Is Daphne leaving herself open to problems in this situation,or is she safe moving ahead with no formal proposal,given how familiar she is with the study techniques and procedures?

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Three of the following questions lend themselves well to research.Which one does NOT?

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"What proportion of workers hired by selected factories in the state of Oklahoma between 1995 and 2000 held four-year college degrees?" The chief weakness of this research problem is that:

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Lucy examined relationships between middle-school students' self-esteem and their performance in Mathematics.Her data analysis indicated that students with higher self-esteem perform better than those with lower self-esteem.Her investigation further revealed that students with higher self-esteem are more willing to invest effort in solving Math problems.In this case,the amount of effort is

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Which of the following represents a well-written applied research problem?

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Anneka ends her research proposal by introducing several variables that she does NOT plan to study,along with an explanation of why she's not studying them.When she presents her proposal to her research committee,her primary advisor is most likely to say:

Marcos's study suggested that elementary students who watch TV more than three hours a day are more likely to be overweight than students who watch less TV.In this study,students' weight is

Which of the following represents a well-written basic research problem?

Why is it important that the researcher articulate,as clearly as possible,all assumptions that affect the research problem?

Three of the following are characteristics of a well-written research problem.Which one is NOT?

Applied research is:

"What do underemployed U.S.workers (i.e.,those workers who are employed,but not in positions for which they have specialized training or expertise)identify as the primary reason for their inability to find suitable employment?" The chief weakness of this research problem is that:

Which of the following represents a research hypothesis?

"What is the correlation between an index of civic-mindedness and years of involvement in local organizations and charities among members of city councils of selected midsized cities in the northeastern United States?" The chief weakness of this research problem is that:

Research suggests that children who eat hot breakfast at home perform better at school.Many argue that not only hot breakfast but also parental care of children before they go to school has an impact on children's performance.In this case,parental care is

Imani analyzed data and found that explicitly teaching reading strategies improves students' performance on standardized tests.In this study,explicit teaching of reading strategies is

Which of the following represents a null hypothesis?

Basic research is:

Three of the following questions lend themselves well to research.Which one does NOT?

"What proportion of workers hired by selected factories in the state of Oklahoma between 1995 and 2000 held four-year college degrees?" The chief weakness of this research problem is that:

Which of the following represents a well-written applied research problem?

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Review of the Related Literature

Planning Your Research Project

Writing the Research Proposal

Descriptive Research

Experimental, quasi-Experimental, and Ex Post Facto Designs

Analyzing Quantitative Data

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Analyzing Qualitative Data

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