How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education 10th Edition By Jack Fraenkel, Norman Wallen, Hyun (Test Bank)
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How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education, 10e Jack Fraenkel, Norman Wallen, Hyun (Test Bank)
How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education, 10e Jack Fraenkel, Norman Wallen, Hyun (Test Bank)
(How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education, 10e Jack Fraenkel, Norman Wallen, Hyun)
(Test Bank, Answer at the end of each Chapter)
Chapter 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Does in-service 1)
training improve teaching?"
A) Associational B) Intervention C) Descriptive
2) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Does alcoholism 2)
in a parent affect a child's self-esteem?"
A) Correlational research B) Experimentalresearch
C) Survey research D) Causal-comparative research
3) Knowledge that is based on expert opinion: 3)
A) is limited by his or her experience.
B) is scientific.
C) is always obtained through the process of syllogism.
D) is infallible.
4) A ________ is a prediction, a statement of what specific results or outcomes are 4)
expected to occur in a research study.
A) literature review B) problem statement
C) data analysis D) hypothesis
5) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Is the 5)
literature-based method effective in teaching reading?"
A) Intervention B) Descriptive C) Associational
6) A major difficulty with knowledge based on personal sensory experience is that it: 6)
A) is incomplete. B) is always distorted.
C) requires training. D) is difficult to obtain.
7) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Do ethnic 7)
minority college students view general education courses as useful?"
A) Correlational research B) Survey research
C) Experimental research D) Causal-comparative research
8) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Which subjects 8)
are best liked by American students?"
A) Intervention B) Associational C) Descriptive
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,9) Select the type of research methodology which is most appropriate for the question "How 9)
do students with impaired vision feel about wearing glasses?"
A) Survey research B) Ethnographic research
C) Correlational research D) Historical research
10) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Do women with 10)
higher career satisfaction get along better with their fathers?
A) Survey research B) Correlational research
C) Causal-comparative research D) Experimental research
11) Select the type of research methodology which is most appropriate for the question "Do 11)
anxious students do more poorly on tests than nonanxious students?"
A) Historical research B) Correlational research
C) Ethnographic research D) Survey research
12) Select the type of research methodology which is most appropriate for the question "How 12)
much do students know about the effects of particular drugs?"
A) Historical research B) Correlational research
C) Survey research D) Ethnographic research
13) Select the type of research methodology which is most appropriate for the question "Is 13)
counseling more successful if students like their counselor?"
A) Survey research B) Historical research
C) Correlational research D) Ethnographic research
14) Knowledge arrived at by consensus or majority agreement: 14)
A) is the most trustworthy of all types of knowledge.
B) takes too long to obtain.
C) is often in error.
D) is to be avoided.
15) "Critical researchers" emphasize the importance of all of the following issues EXCEPT 15)
the question of:
A) communication. B) weak research methodology.
C) societal consequences. D) unstated assumptions.
16) ________ is concerned with clarifying underlying processes, with the hypothesis usually 16)
expressed as theory.
A) Basic research B) Logic
C) Sensory experience D) An expert opinion
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,17) Knowledge based on logical reasoning: 17)
A) is free from inferential techniques.
B) depends on the validity of the premises.
C) is completely dependent on experiential information.
D) does not apply to educational problems.
18) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Do older college 18)
students demonstrate higher achievement?"
A) Survey research B) Correlational research
C) Experimental research D) Causal-comparative research
19) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Do first graders 19)
show more creativity if they like their teachers?"
A) Associational B) Intervention C) Descriptive
20) A summative evaluation differs from a formative evaluation in that a summative 20)
evaluation:
A) examines the delivery of the program to strengthen the object of evaluation.
B) intends to improve the object being evaluated.
C) examines the effects of the evaluated object by describing what happens after the
delivery of the program.
D) involves the use of a needs assessment report.
21) Select the type of research methodology which is most appropriate for the question 21)
"What are the characteristics of schools that have high morale?"
A) Correlational research B) Ethnographic research
C) Survey research D) Historical research
22) Which of the following ways of knowing requires the testing of ideas in the public 22)
arena?
A) sensory experience B) logic
C) the scientific method D) expert opinion
23) Select the type of research methodology which is most appropriate for the question 23)
"What do gifted students do during study hall periods?"
A) Historical research B) Survey research
C) Correlational research D) Ethnographic research
24) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Does a 24)
preoperative visit from a speech therapist improve postoperative alaryngeal speech?"
A) Survey research B) Experimental research
C) Causal-comparative research D) Correlational research
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, 25) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "What kind of 25)
student elects courses in ethnic studies?"
A) Intervention B) Descriptive C) Associational
26) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Do teachers of 26)
high school biology courses discuss ethical issues as a part of the biology curriculum?"
A) Survey research B) Correlational research
C) Causal-comparative research D) Experimental research
27) Mixed-method research uses both: 27)
A) group and single-subject designs.
B) experimental and correlational methods.
C) quantitative and qualitative methods.
D) description and intervention.
28) Select the type of research which is most appropriate for the question "Do relaxation 28)
techniques improve the attention of learning disabled students?"
A) Causal-comparative research B) Correlational research
C) Experimental research D) Survey research
29) Select the type of research methodology which is most appropriate for the question "Why 29)
is algebra taught in grade nine?"
A) Ethnographic research B) Survey research
C) Historical research D) Correlational research
TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
30) In the example used in question #32, the teaching method is the independent variable. 30)
31) In comparing the effectiveness of teaching method A (lecture) versus teaching method B 31)
(discussion) on student learning in a history class, student learning as measured by test
scores is the independent variable.
32) Causal-comparative research enables a researcher to conclude that a particular factor is 32)
the cause or the result of the behavior(s) observed.
33) Analyzing judicial opinions in order to construe the political affiliation of judges is an 33)
example of content analysis research.
34) The components of the research process differ considerably among experienced scientific 34)
researchers.
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