A scatter plot showing the relationship between two variables shows data points that form a straight-line pattern. What kind of relationship is indicated by this pattern?
a. positive
b. negative
c. curvilinear
d. linear
When the ____ approach is used, core concepts are developed as data collection begins and are linked to the data as additional data collection continues.
a. ethnography
b. phenomenology
c. grounded theory
d. participatory action research
A mechanism for controlling order effects either by including all orders or treatment presentations or by randomly determining the order for each participants is
a. ordering.
b. counterbalancing.
c. a Latin square.
d. counterbalancing and a Latin square.
As the values for one variable decrease from one person to another, the values for a second variable also tend to decrease. This is an example of a(n) ____ relationship.
a. positive
b. negative
c. curvilinear
d. inconsistent
When the ____ approach is used, research begins with raising generative questions that help guide the research but are not intended to be either static or confining.
a. ethnography
b. phenomenology
c. grounded theory
d. participatory action research
A problem for within-subjects designs in which the order of the conditions has an effect on the dependent variable is
a. counterbalancing.
b. order effects.
c. a Latin square effect.
d. the individual differences effect.
As the values for one variable increase from one person to another, the values for a second variable tend to decrease. This is an example of a(n) ____ relationship.
a. positive
b. negative
c. curvilinear
d. inconsistent
Glaser and Straus are known for their development of the approach known as ____.
a. ethnography
b. phenomenology
c. grounded theory
d. participatory action research
A design in which the participants in the experimental and control groups are related in some way is a _____ design.
a. correlated-groups
b. between-subjects
c. across-subjects
d. none of the options is correct
Which research strategy is least concerned with examining relationships between variables?
a. descriptive
b. correlational
c. experimental
d. quasi-experimental
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