Applied Research Methods
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Applied Research Methods introduces students to the fundamental principles and practices of conducting research in real-world contexts. The course covers the design, implementation, and evaluation of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research, emphasizing the application of research techniques to solve practical problems in various fields. Students will learn how to formulate research questions, collect and analyze data, interpret results, and present findings. Through hands-on assignments and case studies, the course equips students with the skills necessary to critically assess research literature and undertake independent research projects.
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Exploring Research 8th Edition by Neil J. Salkind
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Chapter 1: The Role and Importance of Research
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Q1) 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?
A) historical
B) descriptive
C) longitudinal
D) quasi-experimental
Answer: D
Q2) What is another term for basic research?
A) real research
B) pure research
C) applied research
D) baseline research
Answer: B
Q3) Nonexperimental research methods consist of which of the following?
A) test causal relationships between variables
B) only describe characteristics of existing phenomenon
C) can be descriptive, historical, or correlational
D) examine factors that are not related
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Research Process: Coming to Terms
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Q1) A research hypothesis ________________.
A) represents an equality
B) is represented by Roman symbols
C) is tested indirectly
D) is implicit
Answer: B
Q2) Dr. Flemming found a statistically significant relationship between gender and aggressive playground activity. Dr. Flemming can conclude which of the following?
A) The effect of gender on aggressive playground activity is likely due to chance.
B) The relationship is probably coincidence.
C) The effect of gender on aggressive playground activity is likely not due to chance.
D) Gender causes aggressive playground activity.
Answer: C
Q3) Research hypotheses are statements of inequality.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: A: Selecting a Problem and Reviewing the Research
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Q1) What statement best defines the term meta-search engine?
A) a list of search engines
B) a tool which uses algorithms to find information
C) a search engine that provides results of exploring many each engines all at once
D) a collection of research institutes and their studies
Answer: C
Q2) How would you define the Internet?
A) network of networks
B) collection of computers
C) communication computer program.
D) e-mail from one location to another
Answer: A
Q3) Peer review means that of a journal submission usually requires a minimum of how many reviewers?
A) 1
B) 3
C) 6
D) 9
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: B: Ethics: the Basic Principles
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT considered a basic principle of ethical behavior in research?
A) protection from harm
B) refraining from coercion
C) informed consent
D) a well-stated hypothesis
Q2) What is the role of professional organizations in promoting ethical standards in human research studies?
Q3) The Tuskegee Syphilis Study is often used as an example of:
A) a groundbreaking study using Facebook
B) a study that did not take into account ethical considerations
C) a study guided by the ethical guidelines of the American Medical Association AMA)
D) a study that breached confidentiality of participants
Q4) Because the usefulness of the information is so great, it is considered ethical to secretly record conversations between therapists and their clients.
A) True
B) False
Q5) Discuss two of the general issues in ethical research behavior.
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Chapter 4: Sampling and Generalizability
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Q1) When might you need a larger sample to represent the population?
A) the amount of variability within groups is high
B) the amount of variability within groups is small
C) the difference between the two groups is great
D) both a and c
Q2) Which sampling technique should be used when the population's members differ from one another on several important characteristics?
A) quota sampling
B) simple random sampling
C) systematic sampling
D) stratified random sampling
Q3) Sally selects classrooms of first graders to study the effects of teaching styles on math achievement. This is an example of ________________________.
A) stratified random sampling
B) cluster sampling
C) proportional sampling
D) sampling error
Q4) Why does increasing the number of people in a sample decrease the sampling error?
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Chapter 5: Measurement, Reliability, and Validity
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Q1) What is one way to obtain a criterion validity estimate?
A) ask an expert for his or her opinion
B) assess the underlying construct on which the test is based and correlate these scores with the test scores
C) select a criterion and correlate scores on the test with scores on the criterion
D) obtain a Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficient for two different forms of the test given at different times
Q2) Which is considered the most precise level of measurement?
A) ordinal
B) nominal
C) ratio
D) interval
Q3) What is the difference between continuous and discrete variables?
Q4) The interval level of measurement would include which of the following?
A) number of words spelled incorrectly
B) hair color
C) IQ score
D) height
Q5) What is the difference between reliability and validity?
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Chapter 6: Methods of Measuring Behavior
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Q1) Which assessment technique is used in field work?
A) Likert scaling
B) Thurstone scaling
C) observation
D) item analysis
Q2) In which of the following instances are tests used as dependent variables?
A) to assist in selection to a graduate program
B) to help in placing a child into an appropriate program based on reading level
C) to screen for a possible learning disability
D) to determine the effectiveness of a specific type of instruction
Q3) What is an advantage of using multiple choice questions?
A) There is no chance to practice writing.
B) It is difficult to fake a correct answer.
C) They limit the type of content that can be assessed.
D) Some people do not like them.
Q4) Which one of the following is a disadvantage of multiple choice tests?
A) can be used to assess almost anyone
B) limits the kind of content assessed
C) are relatively easy to score
D) poor writers are not penalized
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Chapter 7: Data Collection and Descriptive Statistics
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Q1) Which measure of central tendency is most often used when the data has extreme scores?
A) median
B) mean
C) midpoint
D) mode
Q2) You are interviewing classmates to find out their political party affiliation. When you chose the measure of central tendency to use in presenting your results, which should you choose?
A) range
B) mode
C) median
D) mean
Q3) When you have ordinal data such as class rank), which is the best measure of central tendency to use?
A) range
B) mode
C) median
D) mean
Q4) What are some characteristics of a normal curve?
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Chapter 8: Introducing Inferential Statistics
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Q1) Explain what t<sub>120 </sub>= 2.00, p < .05 means.
Q2) When examining the significance of the relationship between two variables, what test should you use?
A) t-test for dependent means
B) t-test for independent means
C) t-test for the correlation coefficient
D) analysis of variance
Q3) If the two groups you are comparing are related to each other, what test should you use?
A) factor analysis
B) MANOVA
C) t-test for independent means
D) t-test for dependent means
Q4) What is the statistical test for examining the significant difference between two means from two unrelated groups?
A) t-test for dependent means
B) MANOVA
C) t-test for independent means
D) factor analysis
Q5) What are the steps involved in testing a hypothesis?
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Chapter 9: Nonexperimental Research: Descriptive and Correlational Methods
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Q1) Which of the following examples shows a positive or direct correlation?
A) A study showing the correlation between reading scores and physical education scores is -.63.
B) A study showing the correlation between ice cream sales and heat is +.78.
C) The scattergram of pipe smoking and eye color.
D) The coefficient of determination.
Q2) What is the second step in developing an interview?
A) state the purpose of the interview
B) select an appropriate sample
C) develop questions
D) train the interviewers
Q3) What is the best way to begin an interview?
A) Be direct.
B) Use a tape-recorder.
C) Warm-up with some general conversation.
D) Make the interviewee feel like an important part of the project.
Q4) What is the difference between a closed-ended and open-ended question?
Q5) What are some advantages of survey research?
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Q6) What is the difference between the coefficient of determination and the coefficient of alienation?
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Chapter 10: Nonexperimental Research: Qualitative Methods
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Q1) External criticism, as applied to historical data, is concerned with the _______________ of the data.
A) carbon dating
B) accuracy
C) authenticity
D) ethnography
Q2) Which would NOT be considered a source of information for qualitative research?
A) tests
B) records
C) observation
D) interviews
Q3) What is another term for "authenticity"?
A) accuracy
B) validity
C) reliability
D) generalizability
Q4) Why is it important to understand the history of a phenomenon?
Q5) What are the differences between primary and secondary sources?
Q6) Describe the difference between direct and participant observation.
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Chapter 11: Pre- and True Experimental Research Methods
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Q1) In an experimental research study, which group does NOT receive treatment?
A) control group
B) experimental group
C) research group
D) participants groups
Q2) Which of the following is NOT one of the general categories of experimental design?
A) pseudo-experimental
B) pre-experimental
C) true experimental
D) quasi-experimental
Q3) To what does the term internal validity refer?
A) the degree to which results of a study can be generalized from one sample to another
B) the process of subject selection
C) the development of a treatment
D) the degree to which the results of a study can be attributed to the manipulation of the independent variable
Q4) What is the Hawthorne effect?
Q5) What are the steps involved in using the pretest posttest control group design?
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Chapter 12: Quasi-Experimental Research: a Close Cousin to Experimental Research
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Q1) Dr. Goldstein studied the sleep patterns of five groups of subjects aged 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 to determine if there were any differences in pattern following adolescence. How would this type of study be classified?
A) longitudinal
B) cross-sectional
C) multiple baseline
D) historical
Q2) What type of research method assesses changes in behavior in one group of subjects at more than one point in time?
A) longitudinal
B) historical
C) cross-sectional
D) qualitative
Q3) Which allows for in-depth examination of specific behaviors?
A) nonequivalent control group design
B) static group comparison
C) single-subject design
D) one-group pretest posttest design
Q4) Discuss differences between longitudinal and cross sectional methods.
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Chapter 13: Writing a Research Proposal
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Q1) In a research proposal, what should follow the implications and limitations section?
A) appendices
B) literature review
C) implications and limitations
D) method
Q2) When selecting a dependent variable, you should consider all of the following EXCEPT:
A) the measure has been used before.
B) the validity of the measure has been established.
C) the measure comes with testing forms.
D) norms are available, when applicable.
Q3) In a research proposal, which comes last?
A) introduction
B) literature review
C) implications and limitations
D) method
Q4) What should you look for when evaluating the hypothesis of a research paper?
Q5) Name some things you should remember when selecting your dependent variable.
Q6) What should you consider when selecting a sample for your research study?
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Chapter 14: Writing a Research Manuscript
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Q1) In a manuscript, how many spaces should there be following a period?
A) none
B) 1 space
C) 2 spaces
D) 3 spaces
Q2) What is a likely negative consequence of NOT titling your manuscript in a way that clearly reflects its content?
A) Your manuscript may be rejected.
B) It may be indexed incorrectly and others searching for a particular subject may miss it.
C) You may send it to the wrong type of journal.
D) There are no likely negative consequences.
Q3) Which section of a manuscript discusses the reliability of any tests that were used?
A) introduction
B) methods
C) results
D) discussion
Q4) What are the differences between the results and discussion sections?
Q5) List the parts of a prepared manuscript, in order.
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