Basic Research Terminology
This term refers to an enigmatic or troubling condition that prompts a study.
What is a research problem?
Identifies what is wrong with the current situation.
What is identification of the problem?
This type of purpose statement identifies key variables and relationships.
What is a quantitative purpose statement?
These questions focus on relationships, comparisons, or effects.
What are quantitative research questions?
This type of hypothesis predicts a specific direction of the relationship.
What is a directional hypothesis?
This statement summarizes the overall goal of the study.
What is a statement of purpose?
Explains how large the problem is and who is affected.
What is scope?
This type of purpose statement suggests a research tradition.
What is a qualitative purpose statement?
These questions explore meaning, experience, or process.
What are qualitative research questions?
This type of hypothesis states there is no relationship.
What is a null hypothesis?
This type of study focuses on measuring variables and testing relationships.
What is quantitative research?
Describes what may happen if the problem is not addressed.
What are consequences?
True or False: A purpose statement makes an argument for conducting a study.
What is False?
Grounded theory questions typically focus on this.
What is process?
True or False: A hypothesis usually involves one variable.
What is False?
This type of study seeks to understand meaning, experience, or perception.
What is qualitative research?
Identifies what is missing or unknown in existing research.
What are knowledge gaps?
This element is included in a quantitative but not a qualitative purpose statement.
What are relationships among variables?
Phenomenological questions focus on this.
What is meaning?
This type of hypothesis states the actual predicted relationship.
What is a research hypothesis?
This term refers to a predicted answer to a research question.
What is a hypothesis?
Explains how the study will help address the problem.
What is the proposed solution?
This is the primary function of a purpose statement.
What is to state the overall goal of the study?
A strong research question must be both broad enough to matter and narrow enough to do this.
What is guide study design?
Hypotheses are tested using this.
What are statistical procedures?