MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1 Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question Does in-service training improve teaching? 1 A Associational B Intervention C D

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Does in-service training improve teaching?" 1) A) Associational B) Intervention C) Descriptive 2) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Does alcoholism in a parent affect a child's self-esteem?" 2) A) Correlational research B) Experimental research C) Survey research D) Causal-comparative research 3) Knowledge that is based on expert opinion: 3) A) is limited by his or her experience. B) is scientific. C) is always obtained through the process of syllogism. D) is infallible. 4) A ________ is a prediction, a statement of what specific results or outcomes are expected to occur in a research study. 4) A) literature review B) problem statement C) data analysis D) hypothesis 5) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Is the literature-based method effective in teaching reading?" 5) A) Intervention B) Descriptive C) Associational 6) A major difficulty with knowledge based on personal sensory experience is that it: 6) A) is incomplete. B) is always distorted. C) requires training. D) is difficult to obtain. 7) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Do ethnic minority college students view general education courses as useful?" 7) A) Correlational research B) Survey research C) Experimental research D) Causal-comparative research 8) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Which subjects are best liked by American students?" 8) A) Intervention B) Associational C) Descriptive 1 Chapter 1 (How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education, 10e Jack Fraenkel, Norman Wallen, Hyun) (Test Bank, Answer at the end of each Chapter) 1 / 4

9) Select the type of research methodology which is most appropriate for the question "How do students with impaired vision feel about wearing glasses?" 9) A) Survey research B) Ethnographic research C) Correlational research D) Historical research 10) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Do women with higher career satisfaction get along better with their fathers? 10) A) Survey research B) Correlational research C) Causal-comparative research D) Experimental research 11) Select the type of research methodology which is most appropriate for the question "Do anxious students do more poorly on tests than nonanxious students?" 11) A) Historical research B) Correlational research C) Ethnographic research D) Survey research 12) Select the type of research methodology which is most appropriate for the question "How much do students know about the effects of particular drugs?" 12) A) Historical research B) Correlational research C) Survey research D) Ethnographic research 13) Select the type of research methodology which is most appropriate for the question "Is counseling more successful if students like their counselor?" 13) A) Survey research B) Historical research C) Correlational research D) Ethnographic research 14) Knowledge arrived at by consensus or majority agreement: 14) A) is the most trustworthy of all types of knowledge. B) takes too long to obtain. C) is often in error. D) is to be avoided. 15) "Critical researchers" emphasize the importance of all of the following issues EXCEPT the question of: 15) A) communication. B) weak research methodology. C) societal consequences. D) unstated assumptions. 16) ________ is concerned with clarifying underlying processes, with the hypothesis usually expressed as theory. 16) A) Basic research B) Logic C) Sensory experience D) An expert opinion 2 2 / 4

17) Knowledge based on logical reasoning: 17) A) is free from inferential techniques. B) depends on the validity of the premises. C) is completely dependent on experiential information. D) does not apply to educational problems. 18) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Do older college students demonstrate higher achievement?" 18) A) Survey research B) Correlational research C) Experimental research D) Causal-comparative research 19) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Do first graders show more creativity if they like their teachers?" 19) A) Associational B) Intervention C) Descriptive 20) A summative evaluation differs from a formative evaluation in that a summative evaluation: 20) A) examines the delivery of the program to strengthen the object of evaluation. B) intends to improve the object being evaluated. C) examines the effects of the evaluated object by describing what happens after the delivery of the program. D) involves the use of a needs assessment report. 21) Select the type of research methodology which is most appropriate for the question "What are the characteristics of schools that have high morale?" 21) A) Correlational research B) Ethnographic research C) Survey research D) Historical research 22) Which of the following ways of knowing requires the testing of ideas in the public arena? 22) A) sensory experience B) logic C) the scientific method D) expert opinion 23) Select the type of research methodology which is most appropriate for the question "What do gifted students do during study hall periods?" 23) A) Historical research B) Survey research C) Correlational research D) Ethnographic research 24) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Does a preoperative visit from a speech therapist improve postoperative alaryngeal speech?" 24) A) Survey research B) Experimental research C) Causal-comparative research D) Correlational research 3 3 / 4

25) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "What kind of student elects courses in ethnic studies?" 25) A) Intervention B) Descriptive C) Associational 26) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Do teachers of high school biology courses discuss ethical issues as a part of the biology curriculum?" 26) A) Survey research B) Correlational research C) Causal-comparative research D) Experimental research 27) Mixed-method research uses both: 27) A) group and single-subject designs. B) experimental and correlational methods. C) quantitative and qualitative methods. D) description and intervention. 28) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Do relaxation techniques improve the attention of learning disabled students?" 28) A) Causal-comparative research B) Correlational research C) Experimental research D) Survey research 29) Select the type of research methodology which is most appropriate for the question "Why is algebra taught in grade nine?" 29) A) Ethnographic research B) Survey research C) Historical research D) Correlational research TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false. 30) In the example used in question #32, the teaching method is the independent variable. 30) 31) In comparing the effectiveness of teaching method A (lecture) versus teaching method B (discussion) on student learning in a history class, student learning as measured by test scores is the independent variable. 31) 32) Causal-comparative research enables a researcher to conclude that a particular factor is the cause or the result of the behavior(s) observed. 32) 33) Analyzing judicial opinions in order to construe the political affiliation of judges is an example of content analysis research. 33) 34) The components of the research process differ considerably among experienced scientific researchers. 34) 4

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