You can manage your time and resources best, by:, Working out a timetable,  Finding out what resources are readily available to you,  Calculating a budget for likely expenditure,  All of the above, How can you tell if your research questions are really good?:, If they guide your literature search,  If they are linked together to help you construct a coherent argument,  If they force you to narrow the scope of your research,  All of the above, Which of the following should you think about when preparing your research?:, Your sample frame and sampling strategy,  The ethical issues that might arise,  Negotiating access to the setting,  All of the above, What can you do to ensure your physical safety during your research?:, Be alert to the possibility of exposure to danger,  Avoid interviewing alone in the respondent's residence,  Make sure someone knows where you are and how you can contact them in an emergency,  All of the above, What practical steps can you take before you actually start your research?:, Find out exactly what your institution's requirements are for a dissertation,  Make sure you are familiar with the hardware and software you plan to use,  Apply for clearance of your project through an ethics committee,  All of the above, When planning to do social research, it is better to:, Approach the topic with an open mind,  Do a pilot study before getting stuck into it,  Be familiar with the literature on the topic,  Forget about theory because this is a very practical undertaking, Which comes first, theory or research?:, Theory, because otherwise you are working in the dark,  Research, because that's the only way you can develop a theory,  It depends on your point of view,  The question is meaningless, because you can't have one without the other, The core ingredients (elements) of a dissertation are:, Introduction; Data collection; Data analysis; Conclusions and recommendations.,  Executive summary; Literature review; Data gathered; Conclusions; Bibliography.,  Research plan; Research data; Analysis; References.,  Introduction; Literature review; Objectives, Research methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusion., A literature review requires:, Planning,  Good & clear writing,  Lot of rewriting,  All of the above, A literature review is based on the assumption that:, Copy from the work of others,  Knowledge accumulates and learns from the work of others,  Knowledge disaccumulates,  None of the above option, A theoretical framework:, Elaborates the r/s among the variables,  Explains the logic underlying these r/s,  Describes the nature and direction of the r/s,  All are corrects, Which of the following statement is not true?:, A research proposal is a document that presents a plan for a project, A research proposal shows that the researcher is capable of successfully conducting the proposed research project, A research proposal is an unorganized and unplanned project,  A research proposal is just like a research report and written before the research project, A research proposal is an unorganized and unplanned project, Primary data,  Secondary data, Qualitative data,  None of the above, Informant factual questions are those that:, Enquire about personal details such as age, income and occupation,  Ask people about the characteristics of a social setting or entity that they know well,  Seek to find out about people's attitudes and opinions on a range of topics,  Try to identify the normative standards and values held by a social group,  Choose all correct answers for each question, Study participant – not patients: In this Manual and during the survey we use the term. Study Participant (SP) to refer to people who participate in the study as they. Each section is described in three sub-sections:, Clinical procedures,  Diagnostic codes,  Diagnostic criteria,  All are corrects, What is the main advantage of producing a written research proposal?:, Helps with credibility.,  Informs all interested parties,  Helps keep people employed.,  Helps the institution., All of these may appear in a research proposal, but which one will ALWAYS appear?:, Research objective.,  Creative objective.,  Business objective.,  Marketing objective, Which section will not appear in a research proposal?:, Introduction,  Methodology,  Discussion,  References, Which word fills all the blanks in this extract: We talk about generating __________,testing_______, rejecting ________.:, Hypotheses,  Questions,  Aims, Objectives, The timing section of a proposal will NOT include:, Deadlines for submitting the final report.,  Guidelines on ethics.,  Progress report dates.,  Deadlines for ending data collection., The proposal’s literature review is important because:, The tutor insists upon it.,  It looks authoritative,  It is expected by the university.,  It shows that you are knowledgeable about the literature that relates to your research topic, Which proposal section is intended to describe the purpose with a full statement of the research Question?:, Introduction,  Literature review.,  References.,  Proposed Method, Which ONE of these phrases is best avoided in a proposal?:, This research draws upon the work of………..,  I hope to…………,  This research seeks to………….,  The intention is to complete the study by………., The final research report is NOT:, Future secondary data.,  Research proposal.,  Basis for decision-making.,  Tangible evidence of a research project, What helps to agree timing, agree resource allocation and also draws boundaries?:, The final report.,  The proposal.,  The observation form.,  The questionnaire, Projects do go wrong. In one case a student was indecisive and collected anything, just in case it came in useful: web sites, photocopies, brochures. The questionnaire even included irrelevant questions, just in case the information could be useful. Which ONE of the following would have been realistic and would have helped the most with this problem?:, Using a Gantt chart.,  Setting a clear objective.,  Regular progress reports to the supervisor.,  Using SPSS.,  Being less ambitious.etting a clear objective., How are research questions most often described?:, Arising within a laboratory setting,  Posed after important factors are identified,  May arise from our everyday life experiences,  Always answered if we follow a scientific method of inqui, In general, when selecting factors for a study, you want to be sure of which of these?:, They have been investigated before,  They are available to investigate,  They are not of interest to you,  They do not lead to another question, What does a good research question usually pursue?:, A small part of a broad topic,  A topic unrelated to any other topics,  The same thing as the null hypothesis,  A broad topic, Which of the following is a good way to find a research topic?:, Personal experience,  Getting an idea from your advisor,  Looking for the next step in the research process,  All of the above, How would you define the research process?:, The researcher's plan of action to be followed when carrying out research.,  A method of collecting research data.,  The stages or steps the researcher follows in carrying out a research project.,  The account of a study the researcher will write at the end of the study ready for publication., Why does a researcher write a research proposal at the start of a study?:, So they will not forget what they are doing during the study., So they can advertise for people to take part in the study.,  To make sure they have not left any part of the study out when they are planning it.,  To apply for ethical approval and to gain permission to access participants or sources of data., Action research means:, A longitudinal research,  An applied research,  A research initiated to solve an immediate problem,  A research with socioeconomic objective, After you think of each research question, evaluate it by asking whether it is:, Logically related to the topic,  In question form,  Not answerable with a quick Google search,  Specific, not vague,  All are corrects, The steps for developing a research question, listed below, help you organize your thoughts:, Choose a topic (or consider the one assigned to you).,  Write a narrower/smaller topic that is related to the first.,  List some potential questions that could logically be asked in relation to the narrow topic.,  Choose and Change the question that you are most interested in.,  All are corrects, Why is it important to read original articles when you are reviewing the literature?:, To look for flaws in the method.,  To examine the validity of the conclusions.,  To obtain an overview of methods and procedures.,  All of these, Which section of a journal article is provided in most online electronic databases?:, Abstract,  Results.,  Introduction.,  Conclusion, The following is not an essential element of report writing?:, Research Methodology,  Reference,  Conclusion, None of these, What is the purpose of doing research?:, To identify problem,  To find the solution,  To identify problem and to find the solution,  None of these, What is the purpose of the conclusion in a research report?:, It just a summary what the article already said.,  It summarizes the key findings in relation to the research questions.,  It contains a useful review of the relevant literature.,  It outlines the methodological procedures that were employed, What is research problem?:, Is an educational issue or concern that an investigator presents,  Justifies in a research study,  Opinions and attitudes,  Is an educational issue or concern that an investigator presents and justifies in a research study, Procedures for reviewing the literature involved in conducting a literature review:, Search for existing literature in your area of study;,  Review the literature selected;,  Develop a theoretical and a conceptual framework;,  Writing up the literature reviewed,  All are corrects, What do we do with research?:, Have it as interesting fact,  Use it to make decisions,  Use it to persuade influence others,  Use it to change behavior,  All are corrects, What types of materials are needed for literature review?:, Books, Magazine articles,  Newspaper articles, Scholarly journal articles and web site,  Other materials, such as statistics, government publications,  All are corrects, Why is background information important?:, It helps you to focus on names, dates, events, organizations, terms, etc., associated with a topic.,  It can help you to formulate/reformulate your topic (or, to put it another way, it can help you decide whether to broaden or narrow your topic)., Background sources might include bibliographies that you can use to find additional sources for your project.,  All are corrects, Why do we have to understand research?:, Help make informed decisions,  Need to produce research in career,  Evaluating research in the media and assist in classes,  All are corrects, The process of sampling involves:, Identification of study population,  Definition of the sampling unit,  Choice of sampling method,  Estimation of the sample size,  All are corrects, The whole writing process can be divided into the prewriting, writing, and rewriting or revising phases. In the prewriting phase, you might try to clarify:, What you want to write about,  How you think and feel about your topic,  what other materials and notes you might need and how to organize these materials,  What is kind of audience you are writing for,  All are correc, The research question serves purposes:, It determines where kind of research the writer will be looking for.,  It determines what kind of research the writer will be looking for.,  It identifies the specific objectives the study or paper will address.,  All are corrects, A research question is:, An answerable inquiry into a specific concern or issue.,  It is the initial step in a research project and the first active step in the research project,  The 'initial step' means after you have an idea of what you want to study,,  All are corrects, A literature review is an important part of the research process because:, It is a summary of what literature is available on your topic,  It allows you identify and read key books and articles by some of the main figures who have written in the field., My supervisor likes to create more reading for me.,  I like to visit the library and read generally around my topic., A proposal is also known as a:, Work plan,  Prospectus,  Outline,  Drafts plan,  All are corrects, When planning your literature search you need to :, Have clearly defined research question and objectives,  define the parameters of your research,  Generate key words and search term,  All are corrects, Researchers need to be cautious of some material, particularly material found online. Why?:, It has been used before.,  The quality is unknown.,  It is too recent.,  The authors name often does not appear., Which of these will NOT help you to decide whether a publication is reputable?:, Citation rate.,  Audience.,  Importance to peers.,  Advertising inside., Before searching you should define the timeframe of your search. Why?:, So you find the most articles.,  So you don't find the library busy.,  So you do not incur unnecessary costs.,  So you work when you are most efficient, Why is it important for a researcher to review the literature?:, Because it is traditional, Because it shows time has been spent on the subject.,  Because it will find if anyone has done the work before.,  Because it identifies like-minded researchers, When you cite Internet resources, you do not need to find:, Date of access.,  Date created.,  Date of birth of the author,  Date last updated, The most critical areas of an article to read is:, Results section,  Introduction,  Abstract,  Limitations, A successful literature review:, Synthesizes material from several sources on the same question/research topic.,  Assesses the state of existing knowledge on a topic by comparing studies in terms of assumptions,  about the research question,,  Experimental method, data analysis, any conclusions drawn, and to raise questions for further research.,  All are corrects, Which is the right order of four basic sections of a quantitative research report?:, Literature review, results, method, discussion.,  Literature review, method, results, discussion.,  Discussion, literature review, method, results.,  Literature review, discussion, method, results.,  Method, results, literature review, discussion., In the results section, the minimum information needed to be presented for each hypothesis or questions is:, Statistical test used.,  Statistical test used and the results of the test.,  The significance level of the test., Statistical test used, the results of the test, the significance level of the test, and a written description of the statistical test as support for or rejection of the hypothesis, or connecting the result of the statistical test to the answering of the research question, To put ideas together to form a new whole is:, Evaluation, Synthesis,  Analysis,  Application, Which of the following statements are true?:, The larger the sample size, the greater the sampling error,  The more categories or breakdowns you want to make in your data analysis, the larger the sample needed,  The fewer categories or breakdowns you want to make in your data analysis, the larger,  the sample needed,  As sample size decreases, so does the size of the confidence interval, Your conceptual framework is normally developed?:, Before your literature review,  During your literature review,  After data collection,  After data analysis, What should not be included in a research proposal?:, A summary of existing work in the area,  The proposed methods to collect data,  The results that will be obtained,  An acknowledgement of any ethical issues, A literature review should include material that is:, Directly related to your research question only,  Closely related to your research question only,  From the wider sports literature, but not from non-sports literature,  From any available discipline if relevant, Identifying someone gender is an example of:, Nominal measurement,  Ordinal measurement,  Interval measurement,  Ratio measurement, Which of the following is not an advantage of a questionnaire?:, Provides structured data,  Allows the respondent to complete in their own time,  Allows complex questions,  Allows access to a big sample group, An interview that allows the respondent to develop stories about their life experiences would be:, An unstructured interview,  A semi-structured interview,  A structured interview,  A narrative interview, An advantage of an interview over a questionnaire may be:, It provides more structured data,  The time taken is generally shorter for interviews,  It is easier to analyze,  It allows trust and rapport to be developed, When interviewing children, you should try to:, Avoid being seen as an authority figure,  Take them out of the classroom if interviewing them at school,  Not be overly concerned with ethical issues,  None of the above, What will normally be the last of the following sections to be written?:, Abstract,  Literature review,  Results,  Conclusion, To read the literature critically means:, To suggest the previous research was always poorly conducted.,  Skimming through the material because most of it is just padding.,  Evaluating what you read in terms of your own research questions.,  Being negative about something before you read it., What can a researcher use the literature to achieve?:, They can demonstrate their competence by referring to prominent writings in the field.,  They develop their version of the literature in such a way as to show and to lead up to the contribution they will be making in their own project or article., They can identify a gap or problem in the literature that corresponds to the research questions.,  All are corrects., Which of the follow is a benefit of a systematic review?:, It reduces researcher bias and demands the researcher is comprehensive of their approach.,  It is really quick to complete., It is cost effective as an approach.,  It provides internal validity to the study, When accessing the internet, which of these steps is the most essential?:, Recording the full URL,  Noting the access dates,  Downloading material to be referenced,  They are all equally important, An important practical issue to consider when designing a research project is:, Which theoretical perspective you find most interesting,  Whether or not you have time to retile the bathroom first,  How much time and money you have to conduct the research,  Which color of ring binder to present your work i, You can manage your time and resources best, by:, Working out a timetable,  Finding out what resources are readily available to you,  Calculating a budget for likely expenditure,  All are corrects, How can you tell if your research questions are really good?:, If they guide your literature search,  If they are linked together to help you construct a coherent argument,  If they force you to narrow the scope of your research,  All are corrects, Why is it helpful to keep a research diary or log book while you are conducting your project?:, To give you something to do in the early stages of your research when nothing is happening,  Because funding councils general demand to see written evidence, you were working every day during the period of the research, To keep a record of what you did and what happened throughout the research process,  It can be added to your dissertation to ensure that you reach the required word limit, One of the advantages of self-completion questionnaires over structured interviews is that:, They are quicker and cheaper to administer,  They create interviewer effects,  They have greater measurement validity,  They are less prone to inter-coder variation, An open question is one that:, Allows respondents to answer in their own terms,  Does not suggest or provide a limited range of responses,  Can help to generate answers for closed questions,  All are corrects, Constraints or problems in a study are known as:, Assumptions,  Generalisations,  Concepts,  Limitations, When evaluating the research study results you would consider all of the following as important except:, The author's qualifications and experience,  The design and methodology for the study,  The significance of the findings for practice,  The discussion of results and recommendations for practice, In critiquing a qualitative research report you would expect to find information that would assist you in assessing the credibility of the study in the:, Literature review,  Discussion of analysis of the data,  Methodology,  Philosophical integration, The statement of purpose in a research study should:, Identify the design of the study,  Identify the intent or objective of the study,  Specify the type of people to be used in the study,  Describe the study, According to the text, which of the following orders is the recommended in the flowchart of the development of a research idea? :, Research topic, research problem, research purpose, research question, hypothesis,  Research purpose, research problem and hypothesis,  Research topic, research purpose, research question,,  Research topic, hypothesis, research question, Sources of researchable problems can include:, Researchers’ own experiences as educators, Practical issues that require solutions,  Theory and past research,  All are corrects, The feasibility of a research study should be considered in light of:, Cost and time required to conduct the study,  Skills required of the researcher,  Potential ethical concerns,  All of the above, A formal statement of the research question or “purpose of research study” generally:, Is made prior to the literature review,  Is made after the literature review,  Is made after the literature review and will help guide the research process,  All of the above, The research participants are described in detail in which section of the research plan?:, Introduction,  Methodology,  Result,  Discussion, Research hypotheses are:, Formulated prior to a review of the literature,  Statements of predicted relationships between variables,  Stated such that they can be confirmed or refuted,  Statements of predicted relationships between variables and Stated such that they can be confirmed or refuted, A research plan:, Should be detailed,  Should be given to others for review and comments,  Sets out the rationale for a research study,  All of the above, The Method section of the research plan typically specifies :, The research participants,  The apparatus, instruments, and materials for the research study,  The planned research procedures,  All are corrects, What is the right order of levels of abstraction?:, Theory, Concepts, Indicators, Variables, Values,  Theory, Concepts, Variables, Indicators, Values,  Theory, Indicators, Variables, Values,  Concepts, Indicators, Variables, Values, All basic types of primary data, distinguished by the way they are collected:, Measurement and Interrogation,  Observation and Participation,  Measurement, Observation, and Participation,  Measurement, Observation, Interrogation, and Participation, Levels of measurement are?:, Nominal, Ordinal,,  Nominal, Ordinal, Interval,  Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio,  Nominal, Ordinal, Scale, Ratio, When you are asking where people live, you are using?:, Nominal measurement,  Ordinal measurement,  Interval measurement,  Ratio measurement, When you are asking about height, you are using?:, Nominal measurement,  Ordinal measurement,  Interval measurement,  Ratio measurement

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