Research Methods I
Research Methods II
Research Methods III
Research Methods IV
Research Methods V
100
Wha hypothesis is the wan that a researcher was to prove?
Alternative (alternate) Hypothesis
100
What are the type of research methods classified by the objective of the research
1) Exploratory 2) Descriptive 3) Explanatory 4) Correlational
100
What type of research methods are those classified according to the type of information required
1) Quantitative 2) Qualitative
100
What are the type of research methods classified according to the data collection method?
1) Primary 2) Secondary
100
What is the purpose of a null hypothesis?
to disprove, reject or nullify.
200
What are the data collection methods in an exploratory research?
1) Surveys 2) Secondary data analysis 3) Case studies 4) Pilot studies
200
What is the purpose of a Descriptive research?
1) To observe 2) To Describe 3) To Document
200
What are the data collection methods in a descriptive research?
1) questionnaires 2) interviews (closed questions) 3) observation
200
When do you recommend the use of a Descritptive research?
1) To describe the characteristics of a phenomenon and/or relevant groups. 2) To estimate the percentage of units in a specified population exhibiting a certain behavior. 3) To determine the perceptions of product characteristics. 4) To test and measure a large number of samples needed. 5) To make specific predictions
200
What are the means to conduct surveys?
1) Personal 2) Telephone 3) Mail 4) Web
300
When do you recommend the use of OBSERVATION?
1) Your are measuring an ongoing behavior, process, unfolding situation or an event. 2) When there is a physical evidence or outcomes that can be readily seen. 3)When written or other data collection procedures seem inappropriate.
300
What does correlational studies measure?
The degree of relationship between two variables.
300
What is the main research technique in an EXPLANATORY research?
EXPERIMENT
300
What are the two types of participants in an experiment?
1) Control Group 2) Experimental Group
300
What is the treatment group?
group of participants to whom an intervention is delivered and whose outcome measures are compared with those of the control group.
400
What do we mean as internal validity in an experiment?
Internal validity relates to the quality of the experiment and the control level achieved.
400
How can we measure if the treatment has an effect int he experiment in the following example?
R X O / R O
400
What is the difference between an experiment and a quasi-experiment?
In an experiment the participants are selected randomly.
400
How do we measure the effect of a treatment in the following experiment? O1 O2 O3 X O4 O5 O6
Compared results previous the treatment and after it within the same group
400
What do we mean as external validity in an experiment?
the degree to which the treatment effect can be generalized across populations, settings, treatment variables, and measurement instruments.
500
What type of research methods can be used in a qualitative design?
Exploratory
500
In what type of research type can we use both, research questions and hypotheses?
Descriptive, Explanatory or Correlational
500
A researcher wants to know what are the students' perceptions about the graduation party? What type of research is recommended and what data collection method is more appropriate?
Descriptive (Survey)
500
A researcher will conduct a focus group in order to have information to design the questionnaire that is going to be used in his/her research. What type(s) of research methods he/she plans to use?
Exploratory and Descriptive research
500
A research needs to know what are the feelings of an astronaut while in orbit. What type of research is recommended to use and what data collection method?
Exploratory (Case Study)
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