Deck 3: Understanding Research Hypotheses and Variables in Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods

Question 1

Research hypotheses are ______________

A)Formulated prior from review of the literature
B)Statements of predicted relationships between variables
C)Stated such that they can be confirmed or refuted
D)Both b and c

Answer 1

Both b and c

Question 2

Qualitative research is often exploratory and has all of the following characteristics except- -------

A)it is typically used when a great deal is already known about the topic of interest.
B)it relies on the collection of non numerical data such as words and pictures
C)it is used to generate hypotheses and develop theory about phenomena in the world
D)it uses the inductive scientific method

Answer 2

it is typically used when a great deal is already known about the topic of interest.

Question 3

The opposite of the variables is

A)A constant
B)An extraneous variable
C)A dependent variable
D)A data set

Answer 3

A constant

Question 4

The quantitative research is best described by------

A)the collection of non numerical data
B)an attempt to confirms the researcher's hypotheses
C)research that is exploratory
D)research that attempts to generate a new theory

Question 5

______allow a researcher to examine the degree and directionof the relationship between two characteristics or variables.

A)Correlational designs
B)Quasi-experimental designs
C)Confounding variables
D)Experimental designs

Question 6

A dependent variable refers to............

A)The experimental condition
B)The variable which shows us the effect of the manipulation.
C)The variable being manipulated or varied in some way by the researcher
D)A variable with a single value which remains constant in a particular context

Question 7

Variables are..........-

A)the main focus of research in science.
B)something that can vary in terms of precision
C)something that we can measure
D)all of the above

Question 8

________ is the failure to reject a false null hypothesis.

A)Type I error
B)Type II error
C)Type A error
D)Type B error

Question 9

Which of the following statements is/are true according to the logic of hypothesis testing?

A)When the null hypothesis is true, it should be rejected
B)When the null hypothesis is true, it should not be rejected
C)When the null hypothesis is false, it should be rejected
D)Both b and c are true

Question 10

A literature review requires

A)Planning
B)Good & clear writing
C)Lot of rewriting
D)All of the above

Question 11

Conducting surveys is the most common method of generating........

A)Primary data
B)Secondary data
C)Qualitative data
D)None of the above

Question 12

A list of questions which is handed over to the respondent, who reads the questions and records the answers himself is known as the..........

A)Interview schedule
B)Questionnaire
C)Interview guided.
D)All of the given options

Question 13

Exploratory research addresses one of the following types of question.

A)If
B)How
C)Why
D)What

Question 14

Hypothesis test may also be called as:

A)Informal test
B)Significance test
C)Moderating test
D)T-test

Question 15

The interview in which questions are already prepared is called

A)Telephonic interview
B)Personal interview
C)Unstructured interview
D)Structured interview

Question 16

The group that does not receive the experimental treatment condition is the________.

A)Experimental group
B)Control group
C)Treatment group
D)Independent group