Research Design and Methods in Education Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
This course offers a comprehensive introduction to the principles and practices of research within educational settings. Students will explore various research paradigms, methodologies, and data collection techniques relevant to the field of education, including both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Emphasis is placed on designing ethical, rigorous studies that address significant educational questions. Through hands-on assignments and critical analysis, students will develop competencies in formulating research questions, reviewing literature, selecting appropriate methods, analyzing data, and presenting findings in ways that inform educational practice and policy.
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Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences 8th Edition by Bruce L. Berg
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) A researcher examines the naturally occurring language and meanings that people give to their life experiences with a focus on emotions, motivations, symbols, and empathy. What methodology is this researcher using?
A) Qualitative research
B) Triangulation
C) Chicago School symbolic interactionism
D) Iowa School symbolic interactionism
Answer: A
Q2) When observing from three known points of view, the area where all three lines of sight intersect is called the ________.
A) multiple operationalism
B) convergent validation
C) line of action
D) triangle of error
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Designing Qualitative Research
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Q1) Statements about the relationships between concepts are _______.
A) laws
B) propositions
C) theories
D) hypotheses
Answer: B
Q2) A sampling technique that chooses a subset of the population mathematically to represent the entire population is ________.
A) simple random sampling
B) probability sampling
C) purposive sampling
D) snowball sampling
Answer: B
Q3) An operational definition is composed of two parts: _____________.
A) Concrete meaning used in study and criteria to empirically measure concept
B) Problem statement and research questions
C) Cognitive reality and physical reality
D) Research and literature review
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Ethical Issues
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Q1) The research project that created a fictitious jail environment to observe the roles of inmates and guards and the authority dynamic in place is the _____________.
A) ARTICHOKE program
B) Zimbardo experiment
C) Humphreys' study
D) Milgram experiment
Answer: B
Q2) Explain several reasons why it is difficult to define risk and ethics in qualitative research.
Answer: A researcher often must keep a list of names to keep field notes consistent, which creates risk to study participants even when confidentiality is promised. When studying deviant or hard-to-reach populations, a researcher must conceal identity as a researcher in order to gain access to the group and obtain a sufficient sample to study. The qualitative researcher must engage in a relationship with the subject, rather than a simple sterile survey. The research is participating in the life of a participant, and engaging in sometimes-risky behaviors. It is difficult to determine where the line should be drawn between the importance of the research versus the potential harm risk of harm to subjects.
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Chapter 4: A Dramaturgical Look at Interviewing
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Q1) A question that uses words that arouse negative emotions in the interviewee and risks shutting down the interviewee is a(n) _________________.
A) double-barreled question
B) overly complex question
C) affectively worded question
D) overly simplified question
Q2) Zero-order level communications is an interviewing technique to ensure good communication that _____________.
A) uses jargon as an opportunity to explore the respondent's meaning system
B) uses varying levels of language in questions
C) simplifies interview questions to the least sophisticated level of all respondents
D) uses language codes to share idioms
Q3) When interviewers use what they have heard to block their actions and control the interview process, they are performing the role of ________.
A) interviewer as interviewer
B) interviewer as actor
C) interviewer as director
D) interviewer as choreographer
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Chapter 5: Focus Group Interviewing
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Q1) Historically, for what purpose have focus groups been traditionally used?
A) Psychological research
B) Social Science research
C) Advertising research
D) Marketing research
Q2) Pick two problems in focus group interviewing, and discuss how a researcher can avoid them
Q3) Explain the parts of data and how researchers should analyze the raw data created by a focus group.
Q4) When several members of the group jump on board for a particular idea or series of comments about a given idea, attitude, or belief as a result of subgroup pressure, this is called __________.
A) peer pressure
B) moderation
C) synergistic group effect
D) group think
Q5) What are the basic ingredients for a focus group?
Q6) What is a focus group and what are its appropriate uses?
Q7) What are some advantages of focus group interviewing?
Q8) How should focus group participants be selected?
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Chapter 6: Ethnographic Field Strategies
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Q1) A procedure that allows a researcher to make assessments about the degree of affinity or disdain that members of a group have toward one another is called
A) typology
B) sociogram
C) metaphor
D) nomination
Q2) The worldview of the native inhabitants of a particular social environment, or insiders, is called ______________.
A) thick description
B) subjective soaking
C) emic view
D) etic view
Q3) When a researcher's presence or behaviors in a research setting trigger conflict, violence, or hostility from others in a setting, this is called _________________.
A) situational risk
B) ethnographic danger
C) ambient risk
D) unnecessary risk
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Chapter 7: Action Research
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Q1) A technique an investigator can use to keep stakeholders informed and motivated for change is small meetings in which people from single-interest or stakeholder groups discuss particular issues. This is called ___________________.
A) focus groups
B) in-group forums
C) informal meetings
D) agency
Q2) Why is it so important to keep stakeholders informed in action research, and what are several ways the researcher can do this?
Q3) A technique an investigator can use to keep stakeholders informed and motivated for change in which people with a variety of similar interests or agendas meet to discuss particular issues is called _____________.
A) focus groups
B) in-group forums
C) informal meetings
D) agency
Q4) Explain the three phases of photovoice, and what each involves.
Q5) When is action research a good fit, and when should action research not be used?
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Chapter 8: Unobtrusive Measures in Research
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Q1) Which research technique must researchers be sure to employ to corroborate data obtained unobtrusively?
A) Science of garbology
B) Covert observations
C) Triangulation
D) Coding
Q2) What aspect of research do unobtrusive measures circumvent?
A) Unethical practices
B) Researcher bias
C) Researcher reactivity
D) Unsound methods
Q3) What is physical erosion, and what is an example of an erosion study?
Q4) The private archival material source that allows the writer to reflect on his or her own performance while reflecting on the performance of the people with whom he or she has interacted is the_____________.
A) letter
B) diary
C) autobiography
D) blog
Q5) What is the diary method, and what are the advantages to using it?
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Chapter 9: Social Historical Research and Oral Traditions
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Q1) When a researcher investigates a document to determine if the author listed actually wrote it, or if the version is a counterfeit, this is an example of _____________.
A) External criticism
B) Internal criticism
C) Plagiarism
D) Investigator detection
Q2) Propaganda that is intentionally biased to create hate toward one group would be filtered out as a genuine, but invalid source during which process?
A) External criticism
B) Internal criticism
C) Plagiarism
D) Investigator detection
Q3) Which type of source is a collection of the reading scores of an entire grade level at an elementary school?
A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Quaternary
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Chapter 10: Case Studies
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Q1) An embedded case study is unique from a standard case study because it ____________.
A) uses multiple methods and/or sources
B) represents one instance of a broader category of events
C) includes several levels, or units of analysis
D) studies organizations or individuals
Q2) To be called a case study, the research project must be ________________.
A) one instance of a broader category of events
B) systematically recapturing nuances of the past orally
C) a study of a small group of individuals sharing common characteristics
D) covert observation of a large corporation
Q3) A case study requires a deep and full examination of the case through ___________.
A) only primary sources
B) multiple methods and/or sources
C) deep detailed interviewing
D) only secondary and tertiary sources
Q4) Define and describe the essential elements of a case study.
Q5) What is an example of a case study from your own knowledge, or from the text?
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Q6) What is a community case study, and how does it work?
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Chapter 11: An Introduction to Content Analysis
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Q1) Which type of coding is designed to inquire widely to include many coding categories carefully and minutely to ensure theoretical grounding later on during the research analysis?
A) Open coding
B) Coding by topic
C) Descriptive coding
D) Analytic coding
Q2) Which involves a researcher working with subjects within the established research setting to accomplish a change or action?
A) Content analysis
B) Interpretative approaches
C) Social anthropological approaches
D) Collaborative approaches
Q3) Compare narrative and nonnarrative content analysis approaches.
Q4) Which unit of analysis measures the entire unit of the sender's message?
A) Semantics
B) Characters
C) Concepts
D) Items
Q5) What is the difference between discourse analysis and content analysis?
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Chapter 12: Writing Research Papers: Sorting the Noodles from the
Soup
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Q1) Which writing pitfall occurs when the researcher capitalizes a word or phrase, or quotes certain words to highlight their importance in the sentence?
A) Lazy word beginnings
B) Similar word confusions
C) Rhetorical questions
D) Improper emphasis
Q2) Which part of a methodology section explains who the people studied are, how they have been selected, what they have been told about their participation, and what steps have been taken to protect them from harm?
A) Analysis techniques
B) Subjects
C) Data
D) Setting
Q3) What are the outlets available for social scientists to disseminate their research?
Q4) What is the difference between a report and a peer-reviewed article?
Q5) What value does rewriting have in research?
Q6) What is plagiarism, and what actions make up plagiarism?
Q7) How can you avoid plagiarism?
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