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Student Study Guide Quiz

The Research Process - Chapter 7 - Student Study Guide Quiz

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Question 1:

Research questions that are best answered using quantitative research are based on previous observations and research on a particular phenomenon, but require deeper exploration of the issue.
a) True
b) False

Question 2:

All types of research design ask the same kind of question or confront the same type of research problem.
a) True
b) False

Question 3:

The aim of a case study is to find out whether there is a relationship between variables X and Y within an entity.
a) True
b) False

Question 4:

Longitudinal research design involves two or more comparison studies of the same entity, with some time between the studies.
a) True
b) False

Question 5:

In a comparison study, the research question is: ‘Is the relationship between variables X and Y the same in entities A and B?’
a) True
b) False

Question 6:

A combination of two case studies of the same group at two different times produces a longitudinal-comparison study.
a) True
b) False

Question 7:

In ________, the idea is to provide a holistic account of a phenomenon or social problem.
a) qualitative research
b) quantitative research
c) experimental research
d) longitudinal research

Question 8:

Sometimes ________ design is used as an exploratory study in which no hypothesis is tested.
a) case study
b) longitudinal
c) comparison
d) longitudinal-comparison
e) experimental

Question 9:

________ research design asks the questions ‘Is there a relationship between variables X and Y in entity A?’ or ‘What is going on?’
a) Case study
b) Longitudinal study
c) Comparison study
d) Longitudinal-comparison study
e) Experimental study

Question 10:

________ studies are really comparisons of case studies.
a) case-study
b) Longitudinal
c) Comparison
d) Longitudinal-comparison
e) Experimental

Question 11:

A ____________ study compares case studies of the relationships between the same variables but examined for different entities at the same point in time.
a) case-study
b) longitudinal study
c) comparison study
d) longitudinal-comparison study
e) experimental study

Question 12:

________ design is required if the aim of your research is to determine the effect that a change in one variable has on another.
a) Case study
b) Longitudinal
c) Comparison
d) Longitudinal-comparison
e) Experimental