Test Bank - Educational Research Fundamental Principles and Methods 8th Edition by James H. Macmillan All Chapters Complete Guide A+

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1. Basicgresearchgfocusesgon:

a. Practicalgquestions
b. Immediategsolutions
c. Currentgproblemsgingeducation
*d.gCreatinggknowledge


2. WhatgdoesgAERAgstandgfor?

a. AmericangEvaluationgResearchgAssociation
*b.gAmericangEducationalgResearchgAssociation
c. AmericangExcellencegResearchgAssociation
d. AmericangEducationalgReadinggAssociation


3. Appliedgresearchghasgasgitsgprimarygfocus

a. Basicglearninggprocesses
b. Theorygtesting
*c.gPracticalgquestions
d.gFundamentalgknowledge


4. Basicgresearchghasgasgitsgprimarygfocus

a. Currentgeducationalginterventions
b. Immediategsolutions
c. Practicalgquestions
*d.gFundamentalgknowledge


5. Accordinggtogthegtext,gbasicgandgappliedgresearchgshouldgbegviewedgas
:

*a.gThegpolesgongagsinglegcontinuum
b. Distinctgcategories
c. Logicalgcategories
d. Thegsamegtypegofgresearch


6. Actiongresearch

a. Isgagformgofgbasicgresearch
*b.gIsgagformgofgappliedgresearch

, c. Isgagformgofgresearchgthatgdealsgwithgfundamentalgknowledge
d. Usesgonlygqualitativegmethods


7. Whatggeneralgtypegofgresearchgisgfocusedgongsolvinggspecificgpr
oblemsgthatglocalgpractitionersgfacegingtheirgschoolsgandgcommuni
ties?

a. Evaluationgresearch
b. Basicgresearch
*c.gActiongresearch
d.gOrientationalgresearch


8. Whatggeneralgtypegofgresearchgisgfocusedgongcollectingginformationgto
ghelpgagresearchergadvancegangideologicalgorgpoliticalgposition?


a. Evaluationgresearch
b. Basicgresearch
c. Actiongresearch
*d.gOrientationalgresearch


9. Whatgtypegofgevaluationgisgfocusedgongimprovinggangeducationalgpr
ogram?

*a.gFormative
b. Summative
c. Evaluative
d. Costganalysis


10. Needsgassessment,gtheorygassessment,gimplementationgassessment,gi
mpactgassessment,gandgefficiencygassessmentgaregallgcurrentlygconside
redgpartgofgthegfieldgofgevaluation.

*a.gTrue
b.gFalse


11. Whichgpositiongsaysgthatgknowledgegcomesgfromgexperience?

a. Rationalism
*b.gEmpiricism
c. Innatisim
d. Nativism


12. Whichgapproachgtogreasoningggoesg"fromgthegparticulargtogthegge
neral"?

a. Deductive
*b.gInductive
c. Abductive

, d. Retroductive


13. Thegtheorygtestinggapproachgtogsciencegisgcalled:

a. Thegparsimonygprinciple
b. Thegexploratorygmethod
c. Theginductivegmethod
*d.gThegconfirmatorygmethod


14. Thegtheoryggenerationgapproachgtogsciencegisgcalled:

a. Thegparsimonygprinciple
*b.gThegexploratorygmethod
c. Thegdeductivegmethod
d. Thegconfirmatorygmethod


15. Whichgversiongofgthegscientificgmethodggoesgfromgthegparticulargtogth
eggeneralg(e.g.,gobservationspatternstheory?gThatgis,gwhichgisgthegbotto
mgupgapproach?

a. Deductive
*b.gInductive
c. Parsimony
d. Falsifiability


16. Whichgofgthegfollowinggisgnotgagbasicgassumptiongofgscience?

a. Sciencegcannotgprovideganswersgtogallgquestions
b. Itgisgpossiblegtogdistinguishgbetweengmoregplausiblegandglessgpl
ausiblegclaims
c. Researchersgshouldgfollowgcertaingagreedgupongnormsgandgp
ractices
*d.gSciencegcangsolvegvaluegconflicts,gsuchgasgwhethergabortiongisg
immoral


17. Thegrulegofgparsimonygsuggestsgthatgscientistsgshould:

a. Usegthegmostgcomplexgtheory
b. Useganginductivegmethod
c. Usegexperimentalgdesigns
*d.gPrefergthegsimplestgtheorygthatgworks


18. Popper'sgcriteriongofgfalsifiabilitygsuggestsgthat:

*a.gGoodgtheoriesgare,gingprinciple,grefutable
b. Goodgtheoriesgaregcomplex
c. Goodgtheoriesgaregnevergfalsifiable
d. Goodgtheoriesgaregbasedgonginductiveglogic