BIG PICTURE
Most research articles contain five major sections, including a literature review and research questions. Please name the other three sections.
What are methods, results, and discussion?
Which branch of research tends to include the longest and most thorough literature reviews?
Quantitative research
A method section typically includes five subsections including data analysis and study context. Please name the other three subsections.
participants, procedure, materials/measures
The three big categories of statistics include inferential, correlational, and ______
Descriptive
Data analysis for this qualitative design starts with open coding of participant responses and gradually shifts to selective coding once central themes become clear
What is grounded theory?
Name two components that should be included within a researcher’s purpose statement.
Answers may vary, but could include study design, participant description, independent variable, or dependent variable.
Remembering the metaphor of a funnel, please explain how you might organize information in your literature review.
Broad to narrow- General information about topic/relevance to information more specific to research questions and similar to current study
What are two pieces of information you might include in the Participant subsection of the method?
age range, number of participants, recruitment strategies, sampling type, demographics
What does it mean if the mean difference between two sets of results are statistically significant?
Low likelihood differences are due to chance alone
Within this mixed method design, simultaneously collected quantitative and qualitative data are compared to determine whether they confirm or disconfirm each other
What is convergent parallel?
If a researcher fails to clearly define their research topic, what could be a potential consequence of that?
Lack of clarity for reader and/or lack of focus and intention when building study.
Please name two categories you might find in a literature review.
Why topic is relevant to population/audience, definitions of key concepts and terms, what is currently known about the topic, what is not yet known about a topic
A list of a researcher’s survey or interview questions might be found in which subsection of the method?
Materials and Measures
Which of the following p-values indicates the strongest causal relationship between an intervention and a desired result? a) .01, b) .003, c) .05, d) .85
b) .003
What is the difference in between-subject designs and within-subject designs?
Between=participants receive different conditions; Within=participants receive all conditions at different times
If validity refers to whether a study’s findings are accurate and meaningful, reliability refers to whether those findings are __________.
Consistent
When might it make sense for a researcher to incorporate elements of literature review into the middle or end of a research report?
Some qualitative studies, especially grounded theory studies where research topics emerge as study progresses.
For an experiment in a physical location, what might a researcher need to include about study context?
Where the study took place, room set up
If there is a negative correlation between math test scores and weekly hours watching TV, what might be typical for participants with high math scores?
low hours of weekly TV time
Within this mixed method design, a quantitative phase is followed by a qualitative phase.
What is explanatory sequential?
Why might it be important for a researcher to engage in learning and literature review before designing their study?
Deeper knowledge about topic, similar studies, and potentially useful method considerations.
What small section typically is seen right after the literature review and before the method?
Research questions and purpose statement
Which method subsection details a step-by-step list of actions taken within implementation phase?
Procedure
What is the difference between causation and correlation?
If two variables are correlated, they move in the same/opposite directions but don’t necessarily have a causal relationship.
Researchers within this design seek input from community members and seek to report data in an equitable manner that is most likely to lead to action
What is participatory action research?