Chapter 5
This is a brief summary of the contents of a study
An Abstract
This Establishes the intent of the entire study
Purpose Statement
This type of research questions related to relationships among variables that the investigator seeks to know
Quantitative Research Questions
Studies included should be within the past how many years
10 years
These type of research question is expected to evolve and change during the the study in a manner consistent with the assumptions of an emerging design
Qualitative research questions
This model builds on Gaps in the Literature
Deficiencies model
Where are purposes statement places in an article
Final Statement in Introduction
Define: Hypothesis
Predictions educated guess based on data.
How many words should be in an Abstract, according to APA guidelines
150-250 words
The most rigorous form of a quantitative research question follows a test of a _______.
Theory
Your first sentence of your introduction should be a
Narrative Hook Statement
A quantitative purpose statements contains these three components at a minimum
The variables and their relationship
the participants
The research Site
This type of hypothesis states that there is no difference between variables
Null Hypothesis
This introduction will be written from an impersonal point of view
Quantitative Introductions
This script is for which type of research question?
_________ (How or what?) is the _________ (“story for” for narrative research; “meaning of” the phenomenon for phenomenology; “theory that explains the process of” for grounded theory; “culture-sharing pattern” for ethnography; “issue” in the “case” for case study) of _________ (central phenomenon) for _________ (participants) at _________ (research site).
Qualitative Research Question
How many parts of the deficiencies model are there
Five (Research Problem, Literature addressing the problem, deficiencies in literature, audience for the study, purpose statment)
True or False. A purpose statement contains the research problem
False
Predicting a direction or difference is what kind of hypothesis
Alternative or directional hypothesis
At minimum, how many paragraphs should be in the introduction when following the deficiencies model
5 paragraphs
Research Questions that use exploratory verbs that convey the language of emerging design (i.e., Discover, Explore, Describe)
Qualitative Research Questions
What are the five components of an Abstract
Issue or problem
Purpose
Methods
Results
Implications
This type of purpose statement uses words to connects variables
Quantitative Purpose Statements (relationship between, comparison of, describe)
Demographics variables are often used as these type of variables in a research question
Moderating variable (affect the influence of the independent variable on the dependent variable)
Scores will be higher for Group A than for Group B
This is which type of hypothesis
Directional Hypothesis
This script is for which type of research question:
What is the frequency and variation of scores on ____________(name the variable) for ______________(participants) in the study?
Quantitative research question describing outcomes of score for a variable