In _____________ research, the investigator selects a sample of respondents from a target population and administers a questionnaire or conducts interviews to collect information on variable of interest.
What is survey.
100
Ex post facto is Latin for "________ the _________"
What is "after the fact."
100
Secondary data, are data that have already been _________________.
What is collected.
100
In a ______________ correlational study, researchers obtain scores from two variable for each subject and then use the pairs of scores to calculate a correlation coefficient.
What is bivariate.
100
__________________ designs are used to summarize the current or past status of something.
What is Descriptive
200
Surveys are popular because credible information from a large population can be collected at a relatively low _______.
What is cost.
200
The purpose of ex post facto research is to _____________ whether or not one or more pre-existing conditions have possibly caused subsequent differences in the groups of subjects.
What is investigate.
200
There are many large databases readily available for _____________________ analysis, although special skills may be needed to understand and extract the data needed.
What is secondary.
200
We conduct a ____________ study to provide a more accurate estimation of what is likely to occur.
What is prediction.
200
__________________ relationship studies examine differences between groups.
What is Comparative.
300
Conducting survey research step 1 is to define the ____________ and _______________.
What is purpose and objectives.
300
In ex post facto the first step is to formulate a research __________________ that includes possible causes of the dependent variable.
What is problem.
300
When a researcher analyzes data that have been collected by some other organization, group, or individual at some prior time, the work is called secondary __________ analysis.
What is data.
300
When researchers make predictions based on two variables, the statistical procedure that they use is called bivariate _______________.
What is regression.
300
A descriptive study asks What _____? or What ______?
What Is
What Was
400
Survey research is popular in education, primarily for three reasons: versatility, _______________, and generalizability.
What is efficiency.
400
A second step is to identify plausible rival _____________________ that might explain the relationship.
What is hypotheses.
400
Secondary data analysis may be efficient and cost ________________, with large numbers of participants.
What is effective.
400
A procedure called _____________ regression is becoming more and more prevalent in educational research. It involves one dependent variable, and two or more independent variables.
What is logistic.
400
______________ studies investigate changes in participants over time.
What is Longitudinal.
500
There are two types of online surveys: ___________ and _________________.
What is email and Web-based.
500
The third step is to find and select the groups that will be __________________.
What is compared.
500
It is important to review the structure of the data files, dataset documentation, and accessibility, as well as whether technical ______________ is available.
What is assistance.
500
A relatively new technique that investigates relationships among many variables is called ________________ equation modeling (SEM); specified pattern of correlations.
What is structural.
500
The purpose of simple descriptive designs is to provide a basis for asking additional _______________.