ED 600 Final Questions With Complete Answers

Of the following, which is most likely a survey research question? - ANS Do parents believe that the new middle school science club is worth the funds the district spent? Ms. Wang's study addresses the reasons that parents report for sending their children to dance lessons. She has defined her research problem, reviewed the literature, and stated her questions. The next step in Ms. Wang's study is to - ANS create her research intstrument Survey data are often collected via which of the following? - ANS questionnaires A census survey is - ANS a survey of the full population Of the following, which is the sample technique most often used in survey research? - ANS Stratified One of the primary benefits of interview survey methods is - ANS that the return rate is usually high The typical response rate first mailings of questionnaires is approximately - ANS 30-50% Max conducted a survey study and received an initial response rate of approximately 68% with his first mailing. What do you suggest for Max now? - ANS His response rate is adequate. Send a second mailing. Hakeem developed an attitude about the importance of green space on campus. The measure was five items long and he administered it to twenty five people in his pilot study. He conducted a reliability analysis of the scale and found it to be quite low (.25). Given he needs to have a reliability estimate of .80 to appease his dissertation committee, which of the following would you suggest to Hakeem? - ANS Lengthen the scale and conduct another pilot to see if it goes up. Jabar developed a survey to administer to measure untenured faculties perceptions of support by their Deans. One of the questions on his survey was, "Do you receive adequate support from the Dean?" Jabar found that few people answered this question. This is most likely because - ANS the item is sensitive. Correlational studies are used primarily to - ANS examine relationships among quantifiable variables. Kevin's analysis indicated that in his dataset SES was correlated r = .25 with absenteeism. This indicates that - ANS SES is weakly correlated with absenteeism According to your text, the fewest number of participants required for a correlation study is - ANS 30. A strong negative correlation coefficient indicates that - ANS two variables are inversely related. Of the following, which is most likely an example of a correlational study? - ANS A study that examines organizational variables that predict retention of special education teachers. Which of the following demonstrates the strongest correlation coefficient? - ANS -.72 A Pearson r correlation is best used for data that is expressed as - ANS only continuous The criterion variable in a prediction study is the name for the - ANS the variable that is predicted Which of the following illustrates a correlational research topic? - ANS Do weight and number of days per week of exercise predict life satisfaction? Of the following research topics, which is most likely to be a relationship study? - ANS The relationship between motivation and achievement. Ex post facto research is a term generally used to describe ________ research. - ANS causal-comparative In contrast to experimental research, causal-comparative studies generally - ANS do not manipulate independent variables Of the following, which is most typical of an independent variable in a causal-comparative study? - ANS country of origin