ch. 1 key terms

Question 1

applied research

Answer 1

research done with a specific question or application in mind ex) determining if a smoking cessation program is better than the other

Question 2

capstone experience

Answer 2

a major project designed as the culmination of an undergraduate program

Question 3

deductive reasoning

Answer 3

involves the forming of conclusions based on gathered data by applying the rules of logic to a premise

Question 4

doctoral dissertation

Answer 4

a complex research project conducted by a doctoral student after being declared a candidate for the degree

Question 5

ethnographic studies

Answer 5

involve direct engagement of the researcher with the participants in their environment to obtain in-depth understanding of their behaviors and situations

Question 6

evaluation research

Answer 6

a type of study to determine the effectiveness of a program, usually by determining if the program’s objectives have been achieved

Question 7

explanatory mixed method design

Answer 7

qualitative data are collected after initially collecting quantitative data, and the qualitative data are used to help explain the quantitative results

Question 8

EXPLORATORY mixed method design

Answer 8

qualitative data are collected first, and based on these findings quantitative data are collected to answer research questions that arose from the initial qualitative findings

Question 9

ex post facto research

Answer 9

examines a phenomenon that has already occurred and attempts to infer cause and effect relationships

Question 10

grounded theory research

Answer 10

use of systematic inductive guidelines for collecting and analyzing data to generate theory

Question 11

honors thesis

Answer 11

usually completed by outstanding undergraduate students as either a capstone experience or an elective course

Question 12

inductive reasoning

Answer 12

to develop truths or produce universal claims or principles based on feelings, insights, ideas, or awareness derived from the information collected.

Question 13

quasi-experimental research

Answer 13

attempts to control and manipulate variables just as in experimental designs but does not use random assignment

Question 14

redundancy

Answer 14

aka “saturation” , seeing or hearing the same things over again while conducting a literature review

Question 15

saturation

Answer 15

aka “redundancy”, or sufficient redundancy , seeing or hearing the same things over again

Question 16

triangulation mixed method design

Answer 16

both quantitative and qualitative data are collected at the same time and the results are examined simultaneously to develop conclusions related to the initial research question

Question 17

valid

Answer 17

concerned with whether the instrument actually does measure the underlying attribute or not