To be researchable, an educational problem must be one that
a. can be answered by empirical analysis.
b. has practical implications for educational practice.
c. can be conducted in one's own school.
d. is approved by the school authorities.
Ques. 2Which one of the following research questions is more likely to be ex post facto?
a. What is the effect of drug use on the achievement of high school students?
b. What is the effect of tangible reinforcement on learning to write by elementary school students?
c. What is the relationship between achievement motivation and self-concept?
d. None of the above.
Ques. 3A geography teacher is planning to conduct research on the effect of field trips on learning geographical facts. The source of this researcher's problem is most likely
a. the recommendation of school authorities.
b. his/her own experience.
c. his/her knowledge of geography.
d. a suggestion made by the school psychologist.
Ques. 4Which one of the following reasons is
not an acceptable reason for replicating a research study?
a. One's view of the relationship between the variables of the study is different from the findings of the study.
b. One suspects that the subjects of the study do not represent the population under investigation.
c. One wants to see if the use of different instruments for measuring the variables of the study would produce the same results.
d. One wants to investigate the applicability of the results of a study to a larger population.
Ques. 5Which one of the following research questions meets the criteria of a good research question?
a. What are the ways of decreasing violence in American society?
b. How could high school students be motivated to study world geography?
c. Does attending kindergarten affect the social maturity of the children at the elementary school level?
d. Should high school curricula aim at preparing students for college or should they aim at preparing students for life?
Ques. 6In stating the problem for a quantitative research study one should
a. restrict the scope of the study to a specific question.
b. operationally define the variables under investigation.
c. spell out all the steps needed for conducting the study.
d. a and b.
e. b and c.
Ques. 7Refer to Exhibit 3-1. This source results in studies whose findings are easily integrated into the body of knowledge.
a. deduction from theory
c. related research
b. personal experience
d. non-educational sources
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