Exam 1

Question 1

5 Characteristics of Research

Answer 1

1) Systemic
2) Logical
3) Empiracal
4) Reductive
5) Replicable

Question 2

What is applied research?

Answer 2

has a direct value to practitioners and the researchers have little control over setting

Question 3

What is Basic research?

Answer 3

limited application, large control over conditions, highly theoretical

Question 4

What is ecological validity?

Answer 4

the extent to which research relates to the real world.

Question 5

What is the scientific method of problem solving?

Answer 5

• defining and delimiting the problem
• forming hypothesis
• gathering data
• analyzing, and interpret data

Question 6

What is tenacity?

Answer 6

clinging to beliefs not founded in research (lucky socks)

Question 7

What is the rationalistic method?

Answer 7

• men are mortal
• I am a man
• I am mortal

Question 8

What is the empiracle method?

Answer 8

data based one one’s own data/objective observations

Question 9

What is the independent variable?

Answer 9

The part of the experiment being manipulated

Question 10

What is the dependent variable?

Answer 10

The effect of the independent variable

Question 11

What is a hypothesis?

Answer 11

expected outcome

Question 12

What is internal validity?

Answer 12

extent of which results can be attributed to treatments in the study

Question 13

What is external validity?

Answer 13

applicability to the real world

Question 14

What is qualitative research?

Answer 14

Long term, observational, normal

Question 15

What is Analytical research?

Answer 15

Deep dive into available research

• historical
• philosophical
• reviews

Question 16

What is descriptive research?

Answer 16

status of the studies focus

• questionnaire
• surveys
• case studies

Question 17

What is experimental research?

Answer 17

Changing of treatment to establish a cause and effect relationship

Question 18

What are the three levels of research?

Answer 18

1) Basic Research
2) Theory based
3) Applied research

Question 19

What is the goal and approach of basic research?

Answer 19

Goal: theory driven
Approach: Lab

Question 20

What is the goal and approach of applied research?

Answer 20

Goal: immediate solutions
Approach: Real world settings

Question 21

What is the goal and approach of level 2 research?

Answer 21

Goal: theory based with relevant movements
Approach: similar to real world

Question 22

What should be in your lit review?

Answer 22

• historical or intellectual developments of topic
• themes of literature
• variables, and theoretical lit
• understanding/foreshadowing
• critique and related lit
• chapter summary

Question 23

What should be in your introduction?

Answer 23

Problem Statement

• Variables
• Operational definitions
• Significance of study
• Hypothesis

Question 24

What are Extraneous variables?

Answer 24

may have an effect(random errors)

Question 25

What are limitations?

Answer 25

factors where the researcher has no control(gender/age)

Question 26

What are delimitations?

Answer 26

factors that can be controlled(pop,variables,methods)

Question 27

What are the 7 areas of Scientific Dishonesty?

Answer 27

- Plagiarism - Fabrication/falsification - cooking data - Faulty data gathering methods - Poor data storage/retention - Misleading Authorship - Sneaky publication process

Question 28

what are the human rights in research?

Answer 28

- confidentiality - non-participation - experimental responsibility - Informed consent

Question 29

What must be include with informed consent?

Answer 29

- procedures - benefit/risk - appropriate alternative procedures - offer to answer any questions - no withdrawal penalty

Question 30

What respect must be given to participants?

Answer 30

-respect for autonomous choices -protected non-autonomous -

Question 31

What ways can you select a sample?

Answer 31

- random sampling - stratified sampling - systemic sampling - random assignment

Question 32

What are central tendencies?

Answer 32

mean, median , and mode

Question 33

What is a variability score?

Answer 33

standard deviation from mean

Question 34

What is parametric distribution?

Answer 34

normal bell shape

Question 35

What is non-parametric distribution?

Answer 35

not a bell shape

Question 36

What is kurtosis?

Answer 36

many outliers

Question 37

What does a p value tell you?

Answer 37

Reliability of effect

Question 38

What are the types of statistical techniques?

Answer 38

Relationships between variables - Differences among groups - Correlation