Question

14. Identify the possible mediating variable in a quantitative study exploring the effects of pre-college advising for high school seniors.

a. presence of high school counselor

b. participant gender

c. participant socioeconomic status

d. participant race/ethnicity
Please answer true or false

15. Marxism is an example of a theoretical perspective that could be used in qualitative research.

16. A priori theoretical perspectives are used in both qualitative and quantitative studies.

17. Micro-level theories provide theories that are bounded by time, place, and participant groups.

18. A moderating variable does not affect the strength of the relationship between an independent and dependent variable.

19. A visual diagram of research hypotheses must be included in quantitative reports.

20. Literature reviews are typically shorter for a research proposal, approximately 20–30 pages in length.

21. Conference papers and proceedings are not appropriate sources of literature for a literature review.

22. The Chicago Manual of Style is the most popular style manual used in field of education and psychology.

23. When abstracting a study, you should identify the methodological and technical strengths and weaknesses.

24. Quantitative studies should incorporate a review of the literature at the beginning of the study to provide direction for the research study; whereas qualitative studies should incorporate a review of the literature at the end to compare and contrast with the themes and categories of the study.

25. A researcher’s background, ideas, and experiences become central to the research process in both qualitative and quantitative research.

26. Qualitative research develops theory, while quantitative research tests theory.

27. The experience of homelessness would be a great topic to study using a phenomenological research design.

28. Exploratory sequential mixed methods uses broad quantitative data in the initial phase to then explore the views of the participants in the second phase.

29. Postpositive research is also known as the scientific method.

Answer 1

14. The correct answer is Option A. The presence of high school counselor is a mediator variable in the study.

15. False. Marxism is not an example of a theoretical perspective that could be used in qualitative research.

16. True. A priori theoretical perspectives are used in both qualitative and quantitative studies.

17. False. Microlevel theories only focus on interactions between participants.

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