Research Methods Final

What type of research looks at the cost of a program or service relative to its impact on costs that occur later in life?

• Cost-benefit

• Experimental

• Nonexperimental

• Qualitative

Research focus on questions they regard as important for unedrstanding the nature of human communication

• True

• False

Particpation can be enticed with rewards to participate. An example would be if a doctor promises free health service for particpation in a study.

• True

• False

Basic ethical principles include respecting a persons ability to make their own choices and decisions.

• True

• False

The principle on beneficance relates to researchers obligation to protect the wellbeing of a persons who participate in a study.

• True

• False

A teacher may offer extra credit for volunteering to be in a research project

• True

• False

Which term best describes a systematic developed statement to assist practitioners in making decisions?

• Guidelines

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Experiment

Which type of review provides information on the consistency of results and the generalizability of findings?

• Systematic review

• Literature review

• Experimental review

• Qualitative review

Guidelines interpreting coefficients suggest that a correlation of approximately .75 or higher would be a strong correlation. A correlation has a range of 0-1. 1 being the strongest and 0 being the lowest correlation.

• True

• False

The statement of purpose is located at the bottom of the discussions paragraph.

• True

• False