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C224 WGU Module 12 Data Collection Review

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Which research activity is occurring when a researcher assigns numerical scores to achievement tests by adding up the total number of correct answers?

A. Statistical analysis
B. Triangulation of qualitative research data
C. Questionnaire construction
D. Measurement
D. Measurement
What is meant by a method of data collection?

A. The computer program that runs statistical calculations on data
B. The steps that are involved in selecting participants for a study
C. The procedures that are followed to obtain data
D. The overall design and strategy for a research study
C. The procedures that are followed to obtain data
Observation and questionnaires are both examples of
_________________ methods.

A. Population
B. Research
C. Data Collection
D. sampling
C. Data Collection
Which data collection type can be performed in person or over the telephone?

A. Interviews
B. Focus groups
C. Observation
D. Constructed data
A. Interviews
Aptitude and diagnostic are examples of what kind of data collection method?

A. Secondary data
B. Observation
C. Tests
D. Interviews
C. Tests
_________________ a data collection method that examines how a cluster of research participants thinks and feels about a topic.

A. Focus Groups are
B. Interviews are
C. Observations are
D. Questioners are
A. Focus Groups are
If a researcher conducts an observation of study participants without advance specification of techniques, this is reflective of __________________ observation.
A. Experimental
B. Quantitative
C. Qualitative
D. Structured
C. Qualitative
Statistics are __________ characteristics of research samples.
A. Theoretical
B. Descriptive
C. Numerical
D. Graphic
C. Numerical
Sampling allows researchers to make ________________
about a larger population.
A. Assumptions
B. Hypothesis
C. Theories
D. Generalization
D. Generalization
Experiments are rarely, if ever, based on _____________________
A. Generalization
B. Random sampling
C. Population
D. Random assignment
.
B. Random sampling
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