Which of the following should NOT be part of the introduction?
a. a discussion of relevant existing research
b. explicitly stating the research hypothesis
c. a general introduction to the problem area
d. describing how the research was conducted
Which of the following would be most likely to be used as a method of data collection by a phenomenological researcher?
a. a brief survey with all closed-ended questions
b. rating scale
c. in-depth interviews
d. study of archival data
In which of the following circumstances would a researcher be most likely to choose a quasi-experimental research design?
a. when there are more than three important confounding variables to control
b. when doing research in an applied or natural setting where control is difficult to impose
c. when controlling experimenter and participant expectation effects would involve an unacceptable level of deception
d. when it is difficult to recruit enough participants to make standard statistical testing valid
It is useful to organize the introduction section in terms of which of the following shapes?
a. figure 8
b. funnel
c. diamond
d. double helix
In phenomenology research, a research participant's inner world is referred to as their
a. mental world.
b. life world.
c. experiential world.
d. internal structure
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