Research Methods 2

Question 1

What is the p value (alpha)

Answer 1

Probability of getting the observed result if the null is true.

Question 2

What is the epistemological position held by a positivist

Answer 2

Scientific research should be based on value-free, empirical observations.

Question 3

Qualitative research places a value on….

Answer 3

Generating theories through inductive research about social meanings.

Question 4

A simple random sample is one which

Answer 4

every unit of the population has an equal chance of being selected.

Question 5

What’s involved in purposive sampling for grounded theory?

Answer 5

Strategic selection of respondents who are likely to provide relevant data.

Question 6

Open questions…..

Answer 6

allow respondents to answer in own terms
Does not provide limited responses
Help generate answers for closed questions.

Question 7

Quantitative research is important because…

Answer 7

allows us to delineate fine differences
provides a consistent device or yardstick
Allows for precise estimates of the degree of relationships between concepts.

Question 8

Difference between interval/ratio and ordinal variables?

Answer 8

Distance between categories is equal across the range of interval/ratio data.

Question 9

Setting a p level of 0.01 increases the chance of making a

Answer 9

Type 2 error

Question 10

Whats a type 1 error

Answer 10

Rejection of the null hypothesis when it’s true.

Question 11

Whats a type 2 error

Answer 11

Failing to reject the null hypothesis when we should

Question 12

Whats a null-hypothesis

Answer 12

Statement says there’s no effect of an IV on the DV.