C224 - MODULE 14: Aligning Research
Methods to Research Problems
Questions and All Correct Answers.
a quantitative - Answer A researcher interested in the effects of Pre-K and Pre3-K (for three-
year-olds) classes on student achievement in third grade would most likely choose __________
research approach.
Multiple perspectives - Answer Action research studies share which elemental characteristic
with qualitative and mixed methods research approaches?
No manipulation of an independent variable - Answer What is the hallmark of
nonexperimental research studies?
Study of a phenomenon under strictly controlled conditions - Answer Which of the following
best defines what an experiment involves?
case study - Answer A researcher wants to study three men who went to the same high
school and became world-famous writers. This would be an example of __________ type of
qualitative research.
Anthropology - Answer __________ is not a theoretical framework of qualitative research.
an equal-status sequential - Answer A researcher seeks to understand the culture of the
drama club in a high school. The researcher treats both quantitative and qualitative research
approaches with equal emphasis. The researcher first administers a standardized questionnaire
to all the drama club members, followed with 45-minute in-depth, open-ended interviews. This
kind of mixed methods study is described as __________ design.
quantitizing - Answer A researcher interviews students to find out their experiences in an
educational research class and later constructs a frequency distribution that shows the number
of times words such as "improvement" or "integration" were used during the interviews. This
process is most reflective of
Reflective practitioners seeking change - Answer Which of the following most appropriately
characterizes action research?
correlational - Answer To examine whether classes taught by teachers with more experience
have higher test scores, a(n) __________ design should be used.
Methods to Research Problems
Questions and All Correct Answers.
a quantitative - Answer A researcher interested in the effects of Pre-K and Pre3-K (for three-
year-olds) classes on student achievement in third grade would most likely choose __________
research approach.
Multiple perspectives - Answer Action research studies share which elemental characteristic
with qualitative and mixed methods research approaches?
No manipulation of an independent variable - Answer What is the hallmark of
nonexperimental research studies?
Study of a phenomenon under strictly controlled conditions - Answer Which of the following
best defines what an experiment involves?
case study - Answer A researcher wants to study three men who went to the same high
school and became world-famous writers. This would be an example of __________ type of
qualitative research.
Anthropology - Answer __________ is not a theoretical framework of qualitative research.
an equal-status sequential - Answer A researcher seeks to understand the culture of the
drama club in a high school. The researcher treats both quantitative and qualitative research
approaches with equal emphasis. The researcher first administers a standardized questionnaire
to all the drama club members, followed with 45-minute in-depth, open-ended interviews. This
kind of mixed methods study is described as __________ design.
quantitizing - Answer A researcher interviews students to find out their experiences in an
educational research class and later constructs a frequency distribution that shows the number
of times words such as "improvement" or "integration" were used during the interviews. This
process is most reflective of
Reflective practitioners seeking change - Answer Which of the following most appropriately
characterizes action research?
correlational - Answer To examine whether classes taught by teachers with more experience
have higher test scores, a(n) __________ design should be used.
