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Which of the following is NOT a distinction between quantitative and qualitative research?

	Data from quantitative research are numbers, and data from qualitative research are textual.
	Quantitative data are analyzed using statistics, and qualitative data are analyzed by identifying major themes.
	Quantitative research asks broad questions, and qualitative research asks narrow questions.
	Quantitative research asks narrow questions, and qualitative research asks broad questions.

All of the following have been part of the development of quantitative research in the last century EXCEPT:

	statistical procedures.
	narrative research.
	test and measurement theory.
	research design.

At the heart of quantitative research is an emphasis on:

	intervention and reporting.
	measuring and relating variables.
	reviewing the literature and stating hypotheses.
	ethnography and narrative.

Which of the following was one of the original uses of standardized tests?

	the military's need for evaluating whether personnel were ready for combat
	a push toward accountability in K-12 education by state governments
	a distrust of qualitative research
	a shift from an emphasis on individual performance over time to performance of large groups at one period in time

Which of the following is best investigated with qualitative research?

	Assess achievement levels in math versus science at a high school.
	Track smoking incidence of high school juniors in Ottawa County, Michigan.
	Detect racially biased test items on the SAT.
	Explore the cultural contexts of schooling practices in a West African nation.

Which of the following is best investigated with quantitative research?

	Track the level of alcohol use by students at universities.
	Identify important themes from interviews of Illinois state legislators on the House Education Committee.
	Study daily lives of poor urban youth in Chicago.
	Explore the meaning of waiting for a liver transplant.

Which of the following is a major criticism of quantitative research, which gave birth to qualitative research?

	Overemphasis on testing creates anxious students.
	It creates a contrived experimental environment far removed from real life.
	It produces the Hawthorne effect.
	The findings do not generalize beyond the participants in the current study.

An emerging theme in qualitative research, based on a concern for the treatment of women, the underclass, and certain racial groups, is called:

	participatory and advocacy practices.
	grounded theory designs.
	interviews and observations.
	data analysis matrices.

Which of the following is NOT one of the themes in qualitative research?

	specific qualitative procedures
	naturalistic inquiry
	neutral and objective
	participatory

qualitative research : quantitative research ::

	emerging themes : relations among variables
	relations among variables : emerging themes
	informants : narrative
	narrative : informants

Reviewing the literature plays:

	a minor role in quantitative research and a major role in qualitative research.
	a minor role in qualitative research and a major role in quantitative research.
	a minor role in both.
	a major role in both.

What purpose does the literature review serve in quantitative research?

	Sets up relationships between variables.
	Reduces threats to internal validity.
	Increases external validity.
	Identifies the direction of the findings

Which of the following best characterizes the purpose statement in qualitative research?

	is general and broad
	is specific and narrow
	seeks measurable outcomes
	specifies value-free role of researcher-participant

Qualitative researchers use the general sampling approach to:

	collect a small amount of information from many randomly selected individuals.
	collect a lot of information from a few non-random individuals.
	collect a lot of information from many random individuals.
	collect a small amount of information from few non-random individuals.

Findings from qualitative research are usually analyzed by placing the findings in a larger contextual framework. Findings from quantitative research are usually analyzed by:

	textual analysis.
	describing themes.
	comparing study results to study predictions.
	comparing one study to another.

Which of the following statements is true about reporting results in qualitative and quantitative research?

	Research reports use fixed structures and evaluative criteria.
	Research reports use reflexivity.
	Research reports are unbiased and objective.
	Research reports contain both numeric and text data.

Identifying if per-student district funding rates are associated with cognitive and affective outcomes, controlling for parental income, would best be accomplished by a(n):

	correlational design.
	experimental design.
	narrative design.
	grounded theory design.

A qualitative researcher's reflecting on his or her own biases, values, and assumptions is known as:

	intersubjectivity.
	reflexivity.
	axial coding.
	content development.

The best design to use to determine whether a new reading instructional service improves second-grade reading comprehension and motivation to read at home would be a(n):

	correlation design.
	experimental design.
	narrative design.
	grounded theory design.

The best design to use to develop a portrait of Mrs. Mendel's first-grade classroom, including progress of students in class, home life, and playground behavior, would be a(n):

	correlation design.
	experimental design.
	ethnographic design.
	grounded theory design.

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