WGU C224 Research Foundations Pre-Assessment
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1. What is the purpose of evidence in research?
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2. A group of teachers at an elementary school plans to study the effects of te
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am teaching science to their second-grade students.
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What type of research will they be engaged in?
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3. A person makes the following statement A friend has parked in the same park
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ing space for over a year now. Most likely, this friend will park there again tomorr
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What type of reasoning is this person using?
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4. A research wheel is shown in the figure below Which arrow represents the in
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ductive method? g
g ANS The Exploratory arrow
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, 5. Theories A and B provide explanations for variance in students' academic p
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erformance. Both theories explain performance well; however, Theory A is mo
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re concise and succinct.
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Which approach for evaluating quality is applied to determine that Theory A is p
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referred for explaining the phenomenon?
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g ANS The rule of parsimony
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6. An educational researcher is evaluating the effectiveness of a math tutoring
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program for middle school students which aims to increase student test scores
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What is the primary objective of this educational researcher?
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7. Which research approach aims to analyze and interpret numerical data e
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xclusively?
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8. Which two views are consistent with the assumptions of quantitative re-
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search?
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ANS Human behavior is regular. Predictable behavior allows forhypothesis developm
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nt.
9. What type of statistics allows quantitative researchers to draw conclusions a
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bout populations? g
ANS Inferential
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Exam Questions with Verified Answers
Grade A+ Guarantee
1. What is the purpose of evidence in research?
g g g g g g g
g ANS Support theories
g g
2. A group of teachers at an elementary school plans to study the effects of te
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am teaching science to their second-grade students.
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What type of research will they be engaged in?
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g ANS Action g
3. A person makes the following statement A friend has parked in the same park
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ing space for over a year now. Most likely, this friend will park there again tomorr
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ow.
What type of reasoning is this person using?
g g g g g g g
g ANS Inductive reasoning
g g
4. A research wheel is shown in the figure below Which arrow represents the in
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ductive method? g
g ANS The Exploratory arrow
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1g/g6
, 5. Theories A and B provide explanations for variance in students' academic p
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erformance. Both theories explain performance well; however, Theory A is mo
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re concise and succinct.
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Which approach for evaluating quality is applied to determine that Theory A is p
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referred for explaining the phenomenon?
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g ANS The rule of parsimony
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6. An educational researcher is evaluating the effectiveness of a math tutoring
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program for middle school students which aims to increase student test scores
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.
What is the primary objective of this educational researcher?
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g ANS To influence
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7. Which research approach aims to analyze and interpret numerical data e
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xclusively?
g ANS Quantitative
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8. Which two views are consistent with the assumptions of quantitative re-
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search?
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Choose 2 answers g g
ANS Human behavior is regular. Predictable behavior allows forhypothesis developm
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nt.
9. What type of statistics allows quantitative researchers to draw conclusions a
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bout populations? g
ANS Inferential
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2g/g6
