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This is a the type of research that uses a scientific approach towards manipulating one or more control variables and measuring their defect on the dependent variables
Experimental
Non-Experimental
In a non-experimental design, no conclusions about causal relationships between variables in the study can be drawn.
True
False
The conclusions drawn from non-experimental research are primarily descriptive in nature.
True
False
What is the appropriate research design to use for the research question "How accurate are people’s first impressions of online learning in LSGH?"
experimental
non-experimental
What research design is appropriate to be used for the research question "Does damage to a person’s hippocampus impair the formation of long-term memory traces?"
experimental
non-experimental
This research design is most likely to be conducted in field settings in which random assignment is difficult or impossible.
true experiment,
quasi-experiment
A true experimental research must have the following criteria that must be met except:
independent variable
Random assignment
Extraneous Variable
Control group
This non-experimental research implies that the research in question is intended to explain, rather than simply to describe, the phenomena studied.
Descriptive
Correlational
Explanatory
This research aims to accurately and systematically describe a population, situation or phenomenon. It can answer what, when, where, when and how questions, but not why questions.
Descriptive
Correlational
Explanatory
This study repeats the same questions in each round of survey which allows researchers to look at how society as a whole has changed over time. But because the questions are asked of a new sample every time, these studies can only reveal change at an aggregate level – they can shed little light on who has changed, or how or why.
Cross-sectional
Longitudinal
Which study is appropriate for the given research question regarding electoral behavior "Which individuals changed their views about voting over the period? What are their characteristics? Do some people switch, and then switch back again?"
Cross-sectional
Longitudinal
Which study is appropriate for the given research question regarding electoral behavior, "What factors best explain the transition of a group from thinking voting is a duty to voting is choice?"
Cross-sectional
Longitudinal
This study looks backwards and examines exposures to suspected risk or protection factors in relation to an outcome that is established at the start of the study.
Cross-sectional
Retrospective
Longitudinal
Which non-experimental research studies the medical and lifestyle histories of the people in comparative groups to learn what factors may be associated with the disease or condition.
Descriptive
Retrospective
Longitudinal
If the researcher is just focusing on the information collected from the series of rounds of the study, and not linking that information to data from earlier or later rounds, then what type of study is being conducted?
Cross-sectional
Retrospective
Longitudinal
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