In designing qualitative inquiry, a qualitative researcher is more likely to
a. choose a design based on the assumed variables.
b. specify all the variables before a study.
c. test a specific null hypothesis.
d. adapt the design as the study progresses.
Ques. 2Government-funded research is exempt from the regulations if
a. instructional strategies are being assessed.
b. diagnostic educational assessments are being researched.
c. data are collected from previous research and no identifiers to participants are reported.
d. All of these are true.
e. None of these are true.
Ques. 3Qualitative inquiry states that human behavior
a. can be generalized from setting to setting.
b. can be generalized if the variables are controlled.
c. is bound to the context of the setting.
d. is universal in nature.
Ques. 4The research proposal serves to
a. crystallize the project into a plan for action.
b. indicate that the author knows what he/she is seeking.
c. indicate that the author has a plan for observing the relationship if it exists.
d. indicate why the project is worthwhile.
e. All of these are true.
Ques. 5Quantitative and qualitative inquiry agree on
a. the basic research assumptions of the physical sciences.
b. the aim of scientific discovery.
c. the type of methodology to be used.
d. None of these are true.
Ques. 6Statistics in educational research should be
a. chosen before the research question is chosen.
b. considered only a research tool.
c. preferably complex.
d. the most important part of the research proposal.
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