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_________________ provide a steady flow of information about something of interest.: D. monitoring studies
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___________________ aim to determine the existence and extent of problems.: C. needs assessment studies
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1. ______________ is a form of applied research.: A. evaluation
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1. The process of converting data to numerical format is called _______________.: C. quantification
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2. __________________ determine whether the results of a program can be justified by its expense.: C. cost-benefit studies
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2. Which of the following are basic approaches to the coding process?: A. you can begin with a well developed coding scheme
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B. you can generate codes from your data
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2. Which of the following are questions you should ask when evaluating data on websites?: A. Who is the author of the website?
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B. Is the site advocating a particular point of view?
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C. Does the website give complete references?
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3. A _________________ is a document that describes the locations of variables and lists the assignments of codes to the attributes composing those variables.: B. codebook
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3. A key variable for evaluation researchers is to measure the ___________.: C. response variable
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3. If you use materials from the web, you must:: A. provide a bibliographic citation
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4. ________________ are distinguished from "true" experiments primarily by the lack of random assignment of subjects to an experimental and a control group.: B. quasi experiments
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4. The __________ is an average computed by summing the values of several observations and dividing by the number of observations.: B. mean
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4. Which of the following should be included in a report?: A. purpose and overview
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B. review of the literature
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C. analysis and interpretation
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5. Professor Yee wants to do an evaluation study of the effects of a patient education program on patient anxiety. He uses one wing in a hospital for the experiment and compares the results with a similar group of patients in a similar wing in another hospital. Which design would be best?: B. nonequivalent control group
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5. Which of the following are aimed at explanation?: A. multivariate analysis
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B. bivariate analysis
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6. The multivariate techniques can serve as powerful tools for:: B. diagnosing social problems
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A research design that involves measurements made over some period may be defined as:: A. time series designs
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Besides making measurements relevant to the outcomes of a program, researchers must measure the __________________.: B. program intervention
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Most original research is seen as an __________ of what has previously been learned about.: C. extension
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Name the 11 steps in Chapter 15 to writing a research study: Cover page
Abstract
Introduction
Literature review & Theory Construction
Hypotheses
Data Analysis
Method
Findings (results) may include conclusion
Notify Limitations
Acknowledgement
References
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To conduct a quantitative analysis, researchers often must engage in a __________ after the data have been collected.: A. coding process
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Where can one look for relevant literature?: A. InfoTrac
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B. the Library of Congress
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C. Google
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Which of the following describe the analysis of more than two variables?: D. Multivariate analysis
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Why has evaluation research grown in popularity?: A. federal requirements demanding program evaluations
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B. the availability of research funds to fulfill federal requirements
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