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Quantitative Research generates...

Data that is measurable

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Conducting a survey of students to see what percentage of them have an Instagram account, would be an example of...?

Primary, Quantitative Research

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The branch of philosophy that deals with how we can know, understand and measure things, is called:

Epistemology

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Arrange the following phrases into the correct order to describe the flow of the research process.

Identify Topic > Review literature > Develop research questions > Conduct ethical review > Gather data > Analyse data > Write and publish.

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Not a Question, learn what the following words mean:

Paradigms
Constructivists
Positivists
Methodology

Research **Paradigms** are conceptual frameworks that frame the understanding of a particular field of study. There are any number of these but they can be broadly grouped into one of two main categories. Researchers who are **Constructivists** believe th

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In experimental research, the dependant variable is:

The one that is not manipulated and in which any changes are observed.

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When subjects in an experiment alter their normal behaviour because they know that they are being observed this is known as the ________________ effect.

Hawthorne

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An expectation or prediction derived from a theory is the definition of a___________.

Hypothesis

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What is Positivism?

Positivism is a philosophical position on how we go about obtaining knowledge.

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Reading a number of online journals about the concept of the "Uncanny Valley" in facial animations is a good example of:

Secondary Research

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Using two or more research methods in the same study, rather than relying on only one to provide a result, is known as:

Triangulation

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Any survey of a large population cannot realistically be 100% accurate because:

Both of options

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Opinion polls for UK elections are generally very accurate (+/- 4%). This accuracy is largely because:

Although the sample size is small, it is an accurate representation of the whole population.

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The population of a study is:

Every person or entity that might be included/participate in the research.

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How do we distinguish between confidentiality and anonymity?

Both, (A) & (B)

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The participants in any research should be able to:

All of A, B & D, but not C

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Q: Ideally a literature review should sort out the information into a_________framework or paradigm.

Conceptual

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To be critical in preparing a literature review means…

Evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the work

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A reflective essay is different from a formal academic essay only in that it:

Uses descriptions of personal experience

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The terms "AND", "OR" and "NOT" when used to refine searches in a Library (or other) database are generally referred to as?

Boolean Operators

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Not a Question, learn what the following words mean:

Population
Sample Frame
Sample
Probability
Simple Random Sampling

The University wishes to find out from it's full-time undergraduate students who work part-time, how many hours a week (on average) they work. For the purposes of this research, the University's full-time undergraduate students would be the **[Population]

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Interviewing all members of a population is called...

Census

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Interviewing people as they leave a concert is an example of what type of sampling?

Convenience

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In the context of designing a survey questionnaire, an open question is one that...

The correct answer is A, B, and C (all)

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