Deck 24: Action Research

Question 1

Essential features of a good action research study are:

A) local focus and community-wide involvement
B) participant initiation and plan of action
C) local focus and plan of action
D) wide generalizability and participant initiation

Answer 1

local focus and plan of action

Question 2

Which is not an assumption of action research?

A) Participants are capable of identifying problems.
B) Participants are serious about change.
C) Participants have research training.
D) Participants have the authority to implement conclusions.

Answer 2

Participants have research training.

Question 3

"Participatory action research differs from "practical action research in its:

A) purpose
B) methods
C) feasibility
D) all of the above

Answer 3

purpose

Question 4

"Participation can vary from:

A) providing information to reviewing findings
B) collecting data to designing the study
C) providing information to initiating the study
D) collecting data to interpreting data

Question 5

"Stakeholders in action research are those who:

A) have necessary information
B) are influential in the research setting
C) are affected by the problem
D) can help clarify the problem

Question 6

Which is not a criticism of participatory action research?

A) It can exploit community members.
B) It can be poorly conducted.
C) It can be subverted to political ends.
D) It cannot provide useful knowledge.

Question 7

Which method is appropriate for action research?

A) Experimental
B) Correlational
C) Grounded theory
D) All of the above

Question 8

Action research and "formal research differ in:

A) validity of data
B) threats to internal validity
C) generalizability
D) instrumentation

Question 9

In action research compared to "formal research, the role of values is:

A) much less
B) somewhat less
C) somewhat greater
D) much greater

Question 10

The role of the trained researcher in action research may be:

A) initiator
B) consultant
C) equal partner
D) all of the above

Question 11

Extensive involvement of participants is often justified by their:

A) rights
B) knowledge
C) investment in the problem
D) all of the above

Question 12

Participatory action research differs from all other forms of research in its:

A) emphasis on empowerment
B) use of many methods
C) means of data collection
D) attention to ethics

Question 13

Practical action research is:

A) focused on a specific problem
B) limited by ethical issues
C) intended to create social change
D) limited to school settings

Question 14

Which is not an advantage of action research?

A) It can improve practice in the short term.
B) It requires little time.
C) It can create new alternatives.
D) It can improve group morale.

Question 15

Generalization in action research is best accomplished by:

A) simple random sampling
B) argumentation
C) two-stage random sampling
D) replication

Question 16

Action research and "formal research are similar in:

A) methodology
B) sampling
C) role of trained researcher
D) scope of problem

Question 17

Practical action research attempts to bring about social change.

Question 18

In action research, data collector bias is a major threat to internal validity.

Question 19

In action research, trained researchers are prohibited from initiating the research.

Question 20

Participatory action resear