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WGU ResearchFoundations C224
exam (122 questions
and answers)
Research Literature - answer the set of
published research studies on a particular
topic
Abstract - answer a brief summary of what is
included in the article.
*provide a concise breakdown of article
goals, methods, and tentative results.
Understanding - answer attempting to learn
about and generate ideas about specific and
unique phenomena.
*important in early stages of research
*little previously known
*without preconceived notions
,*"discover" important factors
Metacognition - answer thinking about
thinking
1.assess the task
2.evaluate strengths and weaknesses
3.plan an approach
4. apply strategies and monitor your
performance
5. reflect and adjust as needed
Repeat the steps as a cycle.
Description - answer an attempt to describe
the characteristics of a phenomenon.
*describing a phenomenon?
*documenting characteristics of
phenomenon?
Decriptive Research - answer provide an
accurate description or picture of the status
or characteristics of a situation or
phenomenon
*deeper level than description
,1. randomly selected from defined population
2.determine the sample characteristics
3.infer the characteristics of the population
based on the sample
Explanation - answer researchers attempt to
show how and why a phenomenon operates
as it does.
1.develop a theory about how and why the
phenomenon operates as it does
2.identify the cause and effect relationships
explanatory research - answer testing
hypotheses and theories that explain the
functions of a phenomenon in detail
*strongest form of explanatory research for
providing evidence of cause and effect
Prediction - answer forecast a phenomenon,
wherin there is an association made between
two points in a time
*can be made from research studies
, predictive research - answer predict the
future status of one or more dependent (or
criterion) variables on the basis of one or
more independent (or predictor) variables
influence - answer attempting to apply
research to make certain outcomes occur
*an objective which refers to the application
of research knowledge to control various
aspects of the world.
1.make something useful happen
2.checking a demonstration program to see if
it works.
Integration - answer consolidating insights
from multiple investigators,
theories/perspectives, sets of data, methods
in order to understand a given entity of study
emic perspective - answer *insider's
perspective
*meanings and views of people being studied
*getting inside the heads of group members
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