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C224 ResearchFoundations exam
(134 questions and
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Deductive Reasoning - answer Drawing
conclusions. Logical deductive process
working down - going from big to small. ex.
All books sold at that store are new, and all
the books I bought came from that store.
Therefore, all the books I own are new.
Inductive Reasoning - answer Starts specific.
Accepting conclusions. Going from small to
big. Ex. The water at the beach has been
about 75 degrees anytime I visit in July.
Today is July 15th, so I expect the water will
be about 75 degrees when I go to the beach
tomorrow.
,Epistemology - answer the overall pursuit of
knowledge, not a specific knowledge
contention. The study of knowledge itself.
Rule of Parsimony - answer Simple and
concise, succint
Criterion of Falsifiability - answer if it can't be
rejected, then its going in the right direction
The Principle of Evidence - answer
researchers conduct research to acquire
evidence that may support a theory and/or
hypothesis. Researchers do not attempt to
prove what is true.
Ontology - answer Inherent understanding.
Nature of reality/truth
Experimental Research - answer
Quantitative. Random assignment - not
random selection.
,Quantitation Research Methods - answer
Experimental and Non-Experimental
Non-Experimental Research Methods -
answer Correlation and Casual Comparative
Correlation research method - answer
Quantitative. A process to collect data to
determine if a relationship exists between
two or more quantitative variables, and to
what degree.
Correlation Coefficient - answer Strength and
direction of a relationship between two
variables. range of +1 to -1
Positive Correlation - answer r=+1 (points
follow along a line)
Negative Correlation - answer r=-1 (no
correlation is a 0 and looks like a gun shot all
over)
, Variables - answer a condition or
characteristic that can take on different
values or categories (such as age, GPA,
gender, etc.)
Quantitative Variable - answer a variable that
varies in degree or amount of a phenomenon
(ex. Temperature, weight, GPA, reading
performance, etc.)
Categorical Variables - answer a variable that
is made up of different types of categories of
a phenomenon (gender, ethnicity, type of
school, teaching method, religion, social
class)
Descriptive Statistics - answer Goal is to
describe, summarize, or make sense of a
particular set of data.
Inferential Statistics - answer where
researchers use the laws of probability to
make inferences about populations based on
sample data. In the branch of inferential
statistics known as estimation, researchers
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