PRACTICE EXAM 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED 100% CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED
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◉ Qualitative Research. Answer: research that relies on what is seen in
field or naturalistic settings more than on statistical data. The researcher
study people and groups in natural setting and obtains data from
informant's perspective.
◉ mixed methods research. Answer: uses both quantitative and
qualitative techniques, in an effort to build convincing claims about the
relationships between attributes and outcomes.
◉ Primary Research. Answer: research done firsthand for the first time.
Creates new data
◉ Secondary Research. Answer: past research which has already been
performed and often already published
◉ true experimental design. Answer: research using an experimental
group and a control group, to which test units are randomly assigned.
, ◉ quasi-experimental research. Answer: A research technique in which
the two or more groups that are compared are selected based on
predetermined characteristics, rather than random assignment.
◉ non-experimental research. Answer: a descriptive study that does not
exhibit a great amount of control over variables.
◉ Univariate. Answer: One-variable data. Survey. Interview. Variables
are observed as they naturally occur.
◉ Solomon 4 group design. Answer: Researcher uses 2 control groups -
only one experimental group and one control group are PRE-tested. The
other control group and experimental group are merely post-tested. (Lets
the researcher known if results are influenced by testing.)
◉ Randomization. Answer: a process of randomly assigning subjects to
different treatment groups. Similar to the roll of a dice.
◉ manupulation. Answer: occurs when the researcher implements an
intervention at least with some of its subjects.
◉ control. Answer: a gorup of subjects where the intervention is not
applied