1. Qualitative studies generally have fewer participants or participant observations than quantitative studies.
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True
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2. An inductive approach to data analysis is often used in qualitative methodologies.
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True
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3. A conceptual framework is based on established theoretical perspectives, while a theoretical framework usually explains relationships between key concepts in a research study.
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False
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4. What is an ordinal variable?
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It describes the rank of an individual or score relative to others.
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5. A theoretical framework provides a ___________________lens through which to explain and examine your research study than a conceptual framework.
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Broader
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6. Which of the following statements from a teacher interview might be coded as “informal collaboration”?
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“I stop by my teaching partner’s room during recess every day to talk about my morning.”
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7. You have collected the following data in your research study: percentage of a school’s students receiving special education services, teachers’ evaluation ratings, and student reading scores. Based on this, what would likely be your approach to data analysis?
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Quantitative
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8. What is the next step in qualitative data analysis after codes have been grouped and categorized into themes?
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Identifying illustrative quotes to substantiate the findings
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9. What approach to data analysis you might use for the following research question: How many public school administrators transferred school districts during the previous school year?
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Descriptive statistics
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10. Which of the following would be considered a categorical variable?
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School locale (e.g., urban, suburban, and rural)
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11. For qualitative data analysis ____________ are words or phrases used to assign meaning to portions of the dat
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Codes
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12. Which of these is a data source NOT commonly in qualitative methodologies?
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SAT scores
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13. For a quantitative research study, results are generally reported based on _________________ of participants.
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Independent observations
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14. Which of the following is a defining feature of a hypothesis?
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A theory-based prediction about a research phenomenon of interest.
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15. Judy is a kindergarten teacher in a rural school who is working towards her principal certification. Which of these might be a research problem she would choose to study in her administrative licensure courses?
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The relationship between her students’ choices of activities during free play time and their scores on early reading assessments
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16. An expression of a construct is called
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Variables
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17. The theoretical basis of a research study is called
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Theoretical framework
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18. A statement that describes what your study will investigate the research problem statement
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True
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19. In ordinal variables that describes the rank of an individual or score relative to other
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Scores
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20. A hypothesis stating that there will be no difference between two groups, a set of scores, or as a result of a specific intervention is called
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Null hypothesis
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21. Numeric variables that are equally situated on some type of scale, with the primary difference between an interval and ratio variable being that an interval variable does not have an ‘absolute zero’ while a ratio variable does is called interval or ratio variables
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True
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22. Statistics that allow you to describe relationships, predict ___ , or make associations between variables in the dataset is called inferential statistics
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Outcomes
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23. Hypothesis is a theory-based ___ about the phenomenon you are studying.
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Prediction
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24. A hypothesis that describes the anticipated effect of an intervention on a specified outcome is called
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Experimental Hypothesis
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25. Statistics that allow you to describe the distribution of the scores/values in a particular dataset. Is called
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Descriptive Statistics
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26. An analysis that summarizes the distribution of the data and thus presents to you a ‘picture’ of what the data says is called
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Descriptive Analysis
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27. Conceptual framework explains narratively or graphically the key factors and variables that are central to the research design.
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True
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28. In qualitative data analysis, this refers to a text-based label that gives meaning to a segment of your data is called code
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True
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29. Variables that refer to a category (e.g., male or female) is called
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Categorical Variables
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