Exam 4: How to Review the Literature and Develop Research Questions

What are the steps for conducting a literature review?

In which type of research is a literature search always completed PRIOR to actually conducting the study.

A critical consumer of educational research:

Mallory's research question is "Do students who participate on athletic teams in high school receive higher test grades during their sports season or during the rest of the year?"

Issues such as aesthetics, morality, and religion can usually be resolved through empirical research.

Statements of purpose for mixed methods studies:

The statement of purpose in a research study should:

The literature review in a qualitative research study can be used to:

Along with learning about whether your research problem has been studied, a literature review can also help with all of the following except:

Literature reviews can give you information about the methodology you may want to use in your study.

State two problems and their related research questions you would like to answer using empirical research. Identify the type of research you will use (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods?

In the first paragraph of her research paper, Wilma writes "This study will explore the emotions students express while reading." This is an example of a

State one or two research questions you would like to answer using empirical research.

Assume that you had just been to a demonstration by the psychic Uri Geller and had watched him supposedly apply his psychic powers to do such things as bend spoons. Let us further assume that you are a skeptic and doubt that this was done by psychic powers. You want to conduct a study to determine if Uri Geller really has the ability to bend a spoon through use of his psychic powers. This research idea would have originated from:

The research question for a quantitative research study should be specific enough that there is little doubt about what the variables are that are being studied.

Which of the following topics can be tested through empirical research?

Bill has written a literature review that explains the theory behind his study, helped support his research question and the choice of participants in his study. Based on this information, it appears that Bill's study is a

A good quantitative Statement of Purpose:

Issues such as aesthetics, morality, and religion cannot be resolved through empirical research.

A scientific hypothesis must be something that can be supported or refuted by empirical evidence.