An individual who serves as a "gatekeeper" in qualitative research

Locates people and provides entrance to the site

Which of the following are the best writing strategies for the statement of problem section?

Use frequent literature references throughout the section

Which of the following sampling procedures illustrates non-probability sampling?

The probability of the sample in the population is low

Researchers usually use these resources to justify the importance of a research problem except

Talk with colleagues in the workplace

Why would qualitative researchers select only a few participants?

With each additional participant, less depth is possible

What is not an important reason for developing a literature map for a literature review?

Literature examines the same population you plan to study

For what reason would you be cautious about using papers posted to Web sites?

Papers may not be screened for high quality

The literature review in a qualitative study is used to

Justify the importance of the research problem

A research problem is

An issue or concern in education

Why would a qualitative researcher engage in sampling after a study begins?

The researcher asks participants to recommend others

Which of the following factors would make a research problem un-researchable?

You cannot obtain access to a population of study

If you decide to design your own instrument, you should know that

The instrument will be difficult to design

What is the reason qualitative researchers do not typically refer to "bias"?

The need to incorporate personal views in interpretation

The best way to locate literature for a literature review is

Run a search of a database, such as ERIC

As you examine a published research report, you will find the research problem located

in the introduction to the study

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An individual who serves as a "gatekeeper" in qualitative research
Needs to give permission to conduct the study
Locates people and provides entrance to the site
Maintains access to the research ethics board
Informs the researcher about the research site
2
Qualitative researchers use qualitative analysis computer programs to
Analyze the data for them
Validate the findings
Assign labels or codes to data
Transcribe interview recordings
3
Which of the following are the best writing strategies for the statement of problem section?
Begin with a specific topic and then move to the general
Use a quote to begin the study
Use frequent literature references throughout the section
Begin the section with your research questions
4
Which of the following sampling procedures illustrates non-probability sampling?
Students are sampled so that they represent the population
Students are sampled based on availability
Every nth student is selected from the population list
The probability of the sample in the population is low
5
A control variable is
Not directly measured through statistical procedures
All of the above
Used in experiments, correlational, and survey studies
A secondary interest IV that is neutralized using statistics
6
Qualitative research questions are
Interpretive
Process oriented
Descriptive
All of the above
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Researchers usually use these resources to justify the importance of a research problem except
Talk with colleagues in the workplace
Draw on personal experiences
Use results to develop an incomplete theory
Rely on the advice of experts
8
Why would qualitative researchers select only a few participants?
With each additional participant, less depth is possible
The number of people available is typically small
The individuals who can answer the questions are few
The researcher does not want to generalize findings
9
A dependent variable is
Affected by changes in an IV
What you are measuring
What you are manipulating
None of the above
10
An independent variable is
An attribute that stands between the DV and IV
All of the above
What you are manipulating
What you are measuring
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What is not an important reason for developing a literature map for a literature review?
Literature can be located in your academic library
Literature is in readily accessible form (online journal)
Literature focused on the same topic as your proposed study
Literature examines the same population you plan to study
12
What is the most rigorous sampling procedure that a quantitative researcher could use?
Randomized design sampling
Systematic cluster smapling
Selective study sampling
Simple random sampling
13
For what reason would you be cautious about using papers posted to Web sites?
Papers would take a long time to print out
Papers may be off-topic to the topic you plan to study
Papers may not be screened for high quality
Papers may be difficult to located with the search engine
14
The standard deviation tells us
The average value of the scores
The relative standing of a particular score
The skewness of the distribution
The dispersion of the scores
15
The literature review in a qualitative study is used to
Document the need for the research questions in the study
Justify the importance of the research problem
Minimize the importance of the literature review
Create a general understanding of the educational topic
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A research problem is
An issue or concern in education
The question being addressed in a study
An important passage that begins a study
A problem that needs to be researched
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Why would a qualitative researcher engage in sampling after a study begins?
The researcher decides to develop a theory
The qualitative research questions change
The researcher asks participants to recommend others
The study begins to lose participants who drop out
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Which of the following factors would make a research problem un-researchable?
You cannot add to practice through your study
You cannot obtain access to a population of study
You cannot conduct statistical tests
You do not know the literature about the problem
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If you decide to design your own instrument, you should know that
The instrument will likely modify an existing instrument
The instrument will be difficult to design
The instrument will reflect your biases
Your advisor will need to give approval
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When inspecting data in a quantitative study, we examine the database for scores that are
Outside of the median
Outside of the mean
Outside of the standard deviation
Outside of the accepted range
21
Quantitative research questions
Describe results of your variables
All of the above
Compare 2 or more groups on the IV in terms of the DV
Relate 2 or more variables
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Which of the following is the best example of a quantitative unit of analysis
Individual
Social interaction
Trust
Gender
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What is the reason qualitative researchers do not typically refer to "bias"?
The need to incorporate personal views in interpretation
The need to gain access to a site or participant
The need to find good code words in the analysis
The need to discuss limitations of a qualitative study
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The best way to locate literature for a literature review is
Conduct a broad internet search, such as Google
Ask faculty or students to recommend good articles
Examine a textbook related to the topic
Run a search of a database, such as ERIC
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As you examine a published research report, you will find the research problem located
in the problem section of a study
introduced throughout a study
in the first sentence to a study
in the introduction to the study

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