scientific inquiry - correct answer ✔✔use of systematic experiments and logic to explain observed
phenomena
empiricism - correct answer ✔✔knowledge is gathered from observation and experimentation. good
research questions must be testable
replicability - correct answer ✔✔a one time observation of an effect is not sufficient. results from on
researcher/group should be replicated by other scientists/research groups. replication of results provide
evidence to support a hypothesis
objectivity - correct answer ✔✔not based on the feelings or wants of the researcher. assumptions,
definitions, and methods should be clear
transperency - correct answer ✔✔methods should be clear and pre specified.
falsifiability - correct answer ✔✔data are collected to disprove hypothesis, not to verify them
scientific process - correct answer ✔✔-observation of phenomenon
-development of theory
-systematic collection, interpretation and analysis of data
-refinement of theory
-systematic collection, interpretation and analysis of data
theory - correct answer ✔✔well supported, by evidence, association between two or more constructs
hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔a testable statement assessing a specific associaiton
, theoretical statement - correct answer ✔✔a statement proposing associations between two or more
constructs
steps to theorizing - correct answer ✔✔- develop a research question
-develop a theoretical statement
-develop hypothesis
original research - correct answer ✔✔-quantitative articles
-qualitative articles
-mixed methods articles
steps for conducting a lit search - correct answer ✔✔- identify a topic
- select a database
- develop keywords/search terms
-narrow down results to identify relevant
review articles - correct answer ✔✔summarize previously published research on a topic and usually
present new ways to organize or explain the results
-literature reviews
-systemic reviews
-meta analysis
theoretical articles - correct answer ✔✔authors draw on existing research literature to advance theory.
outline new theories
methodological articles - correct answer ✔✔present new methodological approaches, modifications of
existing methods, or discussions of quantitative and data analytic approaches to the community of
researchers
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