Qualitative Research in Education Final Exam
Course Introduction
Qualitative Research in Education explores methodologies and approaches used to investigate educational phenomena through non-numerical data. This course examines major qualitative research designs such as case studies, ethnography, grounded theory, narrative inquiry, and phenomenology. Students will learn techniques for conducting interviews, observations, and document analysis, as well as strategies for coding and interpreting qualitative data. Emphasis is placed on ethical considerations, reflexivity, and cultural sensitivity in educational settings. By the end of the course, students will be able to design and conduct qualitative research projects and critically evaluate qualitative studies in education.
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Educational Research
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Q1) Kai is a qualitative researcher. The topic of his study is the homework strategies used by middle school children in an after-school homework club. He has reviewed the literature on both homework strategies and after-school programs and he has selected five children to study over the next 3 months. Of the following, which is most likely the next step in Kai's study?
A) Random assignment of participants to condition
B) Reporting his results
C) Collecting data
D) Conducting statistical analyses
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following illustrates Aaron, a qualitative researcher, collecting data for an ethnographic study on alternative schooling.
A) Aaron sends out surveys to directors of alternative schools.
B) Aaron examines achievement measures of students enrolled in alternative schools.
C) Aaron invites students from alternative schools to visit him and conducts interviews.
D) Aaron goes to an alternative school and volunteers on the staff.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Selecting and Defining a Research Topic
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Q1) Of the following, which is a quantitative research problem?
A) The purpose of this study is to examine how teacher's should help students during office hours.
B) The purpose of the study is to explore the experiences of students who seek help from faculty during office hours.
C) The purpose of this study is to compare the grades of students who go to office hours and those who do not.
D) The purpose of this study is to suggest how many office hours faculty should hold each week.
Answer: C
Q2) Given the hypothesis statement: Those students enrolled in instrumental music programs experience less transition anxiety as they enter middle school in a large urban district than do those students not enrolled in instrumental music programs. The dependent variable in this study is:
A) Middle school students
B) Urban district
C) Transition anxiety
D) Instrumental music programs
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Reviewing the Literature
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Q1) The first step in conducting a literature search is
A) to identify the journals you will search.
B) to identify keywords related to the research.
C) to select the database you wish to search.
D) to specify a search strategy.
Answer: B
Q2) Rudo is interested in researching leadership styles of elementary principals in rural districts. Which of the following keywords would be best for him to use in a database search?
A) Rural schools
B) Principals' style
C) Elementary schools
D) Principals' leadership style
Answer: D
Q3) To evaluate a source the first step is to
A) determine the quality of the publication.
B) check the date of publication.
C) identify the source of publication.
D) determine whether it is relevant your research problem.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Preparing and Evaluating a Research Plan
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Q1) Allie is writing a title for her qualitative study of elementary student experiences with guided inquiry in science. According to the text, what is the importance of a good title?
A) It will persist through the study and any publications.
B) It provides a frame of reference for the researcher.
C) It conveys the analysis strategies used in the study.
D) It anticipates problems that may arise throughout the study.
Q2) Peggy is planning to conduct a study in a small rural school. She recognizes it is important to include the setting information in her study. Where should Peggy place this information?
A) Introduction
B) Method
C) Data Analysis
D) Discussion
Q3) Where in the method section of a research plan should a researcher place any assumptions and limitations of a study?
A) Participants
B) Materials
C) Procedure
D) Design
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Chapter 5: Selecting a Sample
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Q1) Francisco is studying young children's color preferences by age. He is interested in comparing three, four, and five-year old children's color preferences. He is reluctant to use simple random sampling because he wants to assure that he has comparable numbers of children at each age. Which quantitative sampling strategy is the approach for Francisco to use?
A) Cluster sampling
B) Convenience sampling
C) Stratified sampling
D) Systematic sampling
Q2) The group that the researcher would ideally like to generalize findings to is referred to as
A) a sample.
B) a population.
C) a target population.
D) an accessible population.
Q3) The type of random sampling that targets groups, not individuals is A) criteria.
B) cluster.
C) homogeneous.
D) simple random.
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Chapter 6: Selecting Measurement Instruments
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Q1) Given the following research question: "Are there differences in individual student achievement scores in advanced science classes between classes where students sit in the lecture style seating and those where students sit in cluster seating?" What type of variable does type of classroom represent?
A) Independent variable
B) Dependent variable
C) Extraneous variable
D) Affective variable
Q2) Standardized test scores are often given as percentile ranks. These data are considered ________________ level measurement.
A) nominal
B) ordinal
C) interval
D) ratio
Q3) In a semantic differential scale a neutral response is recorded as a
A) 0.
B) 3.
C) 5.
D) 50.
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Chapter 7: Survey Research
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Q1) A cross sectional survey design compared to cohort design differs in that cross sectional surveys collect data
A) more frequently than in a cohort design.
B) once compared to multiple times in a cohort.
C) from different groups compared to same group in a cohort.
D) twice as compared to once in a cohort.
Q2) Li sent out a survey and received an initial response rate of 44%. If her study follows typical response patterns from the literature, what can she expect her response rate to be after a second mailing?
A) 50%
B) 54%
C) 60%
D) 64%
Q3) According to your text which of the following should be included in the cover letter?
A) The human subjects protocol number
B) The purpose of the study if it is for your thesis or dissertation
C) The intended results of the study
D) The purpose of the study
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Chapter 8: Correlational Research
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Q1) George suspects that there is a curvilinear relationship in his data set. Which of the following correlation coefficient should George calculate?
A) Pearson
B) Eta
C) Kendall's tau
D) Spearman rho
Q2) Which of the following illustrates a correlational research topic?
A) Do weight and number of days per week of exercise predict life satisfaction?
B) Are there differences between men and women in life satisfaction?
C) What are is someone with a high life satisfaction score like?
D) Are there self-esteem differences in children from either families with or without high life satisfaction?
Q3) Correlational studies are used primarily to
A) examine relationships among quantifiable variables.
B) examine if differences between groups exist.
C) determine causal relationships.
D) determine if experimental treatments work.
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Chapter 9: Causal-Comparative Research
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Q1) Katlyn examined attitudes about a new portfolio assignment she included in her advanced graphics class. She felt this assignment might result in more positive attitudes in her male students than in her female students. She is concerned about extraneous variables and would like to control use ACT scores as a control Which of the following is the best control procedure?
A) Matching
B) T test analysis
C) Grouping variable analysis
D) Factorial analysis of variance
Q2) Of the following, which likely describes a causal-comparative study?
A) The hygiene procedures followed during a day in a high school alternative schooling environment
B) The differences between mathematics learning outcomes in traditional and alternative schooling
C) The relationship between alternative schooling and later youth criminal offenses in urban youth offenders
D) The qualifications or credentials of teachers in a typical alternative school located in the southwest United States
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Chapter 10: Experimental Research
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Q1) Molly's study examines the benefits of exercise on weight loss. In one group she advocates exercise as well as a new diet program. In the comparison group she only presents the diet program. Those in the comparison group find out that some of Molly's clients are in an exercise program too, so they form an exercise group. This is an example of
A) compensatory rivalry.
B) placebo effect.
C) treatment diffusion.
D) experimenter effects.
Q2) Consider the example of Roy, a researcher who studies the role of worked examples in engineering education. He measures students test performance and ratings of their instructors. He randomly assigns classes to condition. Roy argues that his research is experimental. However, you argue that it is quasi-experimental given the following reason.
A) He randomly assigned intact groups not individual students
B) Ratings of instructors are not measured in experiments.
C) He uses a correlational approach to the study.
D) There is no dependent variable in his research study.
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Chapter 11: Single-Subject Experimental Research
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Q1) Millie is using a behavior checklist strategy as well as a prompted praise strategy when working with her second grade student, Kent, who exhibits behavior disorders. She uses both strategies within the same study going back and forth randomly between the two approaches, while recording his on task behavior. Which of the following designs is Millie employing?
A) Multiple baseline
B) Alternating treatment
C) Time series
D) Treatment-withdrawal
Q2) Millie is using a behavior checklist strategy as well as a prompted praise strategy when working with her second grade behavior disordered student, Kent, who exhibits behavior disorders. She uses both strategies within the same study going back and forth randomly between the two approaches, while recording his on task behavior. The benefits of Millie's design include all of the following EXCEPT
A) no withdrawal is necessary.
B) no baseline is necessary.
C) more than one treatment is considered.
D) multiple-treatment interference is controlled.
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Chapter 12: Narrative Research
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT considered a type of narrative research?
A) Personal accounts
B) Autoethnography
C) Participant observations
D) Life writing
Q2) Regarding data collection, narrative researchers generally
A) rely primarily on empirical data.
B) rely on a single source of data.
C) rely on more than one participant.
D) use only methods accepted by quantitative researchers.
Q3) To address issues of trustworthiness, narrative researchers
A) use only valid instruments.
B) rely on inter-observer reliability.
C) triangulate their data.
D) rely on a single participant to assure validity.
Q4) Compared to quantitative research methods, narrative research is more A) objective.
B) valid.
C) interpretive.
D) generalizable.
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Chapter 13: Ethnographic Research
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Q1) Jill is an ethnographic researcher who is interested in the before school gymnasium club (BSGC) students. Students in the BSGC come to school early each day to play unstructured games in the middle school gym. Which of the following is a typical data collection scenario for her research?
A) Jill collects surveys from parents and teachers regarding the BSGC.
B) Jill considers the trends of number of students in the BSGC for an academic year.
C) Jill goes to BSGC and observes student behaviors for the academic year.
D) Jill surveys BSGC students' and non BSGC students' overall activity level and BMI.
Q2) According to your text, which of the following is NOT a form of ethnographic research?
A) Critical ethnography
B) Immersion ethnography
C) Ethnographic case study
D) Realist ethnography
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Chapter 14: Case Study Research
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Q1) The tool used in cross-site analysis designed to assist the researcher in seeing differences across cases is best described as a
A) site-ordered descriptive matrix.
B) cross-site analytic matrix
C) time-ordered matrix.
D) causal model matrix.
Q2) Which of the following describes the end result of a case study?
A) Brief
B) Narrative
C) Report
D) Case
Q3) Which of the following represents an appropriate application of a case study?
A) Jared wants to study how a school board weighs the options of a new bond proposal.
B) Jorge studies the relationship between interest in science and game playing time in multi-user computer games.
C) Janey wants to use a large extant database to study family relationships.
D) Jillian surveys how superintendents prioritize qualifications when making hiring decisions.
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Chapter 15: Mixed Methods Research
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Q1) Chris is studying computer lab culture in post-secondary schools. He goes to the local 24-hour lab and observes four times a week for an academic year. He occasionally seeks some information from those in the lab about what they are doing via informal interviews. Chris is best illustrating
A) qualitative research.
B) convergent parallel research.
C) exploratory sequential research.
D) explanatory sequential research.
Q2) Dalina, a mixed methods researcher, first identifies the purpose of the study she will conduct. Next she will
A) state the design of the study.
B) state the research questions.
C) determine which data will have more weight.
D) begin to collect initial data.
Q3) Of the following, which is a characteristic of quantitative research methods?
A) Quantitative researchers employ an inductive approach.
B) Quantitative researchers describe relationships.
C) Quantitative researchers focus on cause-effect relationships.
D) Quantitative researchers work with a "guiding hypothesis"
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Chapter 16: Action Research
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Q1) Naima is a speech and language specialist. She works with several students in a large elementary school. She uses mixed age groupings to work with children with specific needs. For example, she places all the students who are disfluent in one group. This year the age discrepancies in her groups seem particularly large and this has made her consider this as an area of focus for an action research study. Given the dialectic action research spiral, the next step for Naima is
A) collecting data
B) developing an action plan.
C) analyzing data.
D) interpreting data.
Q2) Nina is engaged in the action research process for a study that considers the role of oral reading during instruction. She is considering the educational values that she holds. In which phase of the action research process is Nina currently engaged?
A) Identifying an area of focus
B) Data collection
C) Data analysis and interpretation
D) Action planning
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Chapter 17: Descriptive Statistics
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Q1) Measures of relative position include A) means.
B) standard deviations.
C) percentile ranks.
D) frequency distributions.
Q2) Given a person who has a T score of 30 on a norm-referenced assessment, what can we conclude regarding his performance compared to the norm group? The student A) did well on the assessment.
B) performed average on the assessment.
C) performed within 1 standard deviation of the mean.
D) performed poorly on the assessment.
Q3) Claus received a raw score of 86. Given that the test had a mean of 88, and a standard deviation of 4. What is Claus's approximate T score?
A) 0
B) 45
C) 75
D) 90
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Q1) Saud examined differences in reading ability between those who were exposed to parent read aloud and those who were exposed to sibling read aloud. To calculate his t test to compare groups, Saud needed to determine his degrees of freedom. To do so he will need to know not only that he has two groups but also he will need to know which of the following pieces of information?
A) The number of children in the study.
B) The number of parents in the study.
C) The mean group performance.
D) The mean number of treatment sessions.
Q2) As standard error of the mean increases
A) population mean decreases.
B) sample mean increases.
C) sampling error increases.
D) sample mean decreases.
Q3) The first decision in selection of an appropriate test of significance is
A) to examine sample size.
B) to determine if a parametric or nonparametric test must be selected.
C) to consider the effect size you need.
D) to decide if your level of significance is appropriate.
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Chapter 19: Qualitative Data Collection
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Q1) Damir is a music educator interested in successful high school jazz programs. He goes to work as a 'new' teacher at a high school with a high-ranking jazz program. He works with the students and with the music educator at the school while exploring the jazz program. Given this scenario, which of the following research sites is likely MOST pertinent to Damir's study?
A) The teachers' lounge in the music wing of the building
B) The Jazz programs' concerts
C) The Jazz programs' practice sessions
D) Individual student lessons with the Jazz instructors
Q2) Luke is conducting an interview study with parents regarding separation anxiety in preschool children. He first starts by asking the parent if his or her child experiences separation anxiety. This first question on Luke's interview protocol is considered a(n)
A) nonverbal question.
B) closed question.
C) open-ended question.
D) a priori question.
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Chapter 20: Qualitative Data Analysis and Interpretation
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Q1) Of the following, which is a question qualitative researchers might ask themselves when conducint data analysis during data collection?
A) Do I have enough data?
B) Does the evidence proof my position?
C) Are my data objective enough for validity?
D) Is my research question still answerable?
Q2) Tamar is studying the inclusion of religion in secular schools. He has coded much of his notes, and has made copies of the originals. One problem he has faced, however, is that some of his notes are illegible. Tamar's problem is best categorized as a problem in data
A) interpretation.
B) coding.
C) organization.
D) classification.
Q3) Qualitative data analysis is a process of
A) deduction.
B) induction.
C) generalizability.
D) objectivity.
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Chapter 21: Preparing a Research Report
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Q1) The definition of important terms is found in the __________ section of a research report.
A) statement of problem
B) method
C) results
D) discussion
Q2) In a qualitative report, a description of the context in which the participants function is found in the ______________ section.
A) participants
B) procedures
C) design
D) discussion
Q3) A copy of the instrument used for data collection is often found in the _______________ of a thesis or dissertation.
A) material section
B) procedure section
C) appendix
D) introduction
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Chapter 22: Evaluating a Research Report
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Q1) LuAnn, a child development researcher, recently conducted a study in a hospital nursery to examine the feeding habits of newborn babies. She did not tell parents her identity or the purpose of her work when she asked them questions. This concern with LuAnn's study is most directly related to a concern with
A) external validity.
B) internal validity.
C) reliability.
D) ethics.
Q2) Amber recently read a research report that described a study that investigated the benefits of a mnemonic strategy for special education learners. She would like to replicate the study but there was little information about the mnemonic strategy Included. This lack of information illustrates a concern with the ____________ Section of the report?
A) introduction
B) discussion
C) results
D) method
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