Chapter 7 test

Which of the following can help you as you design a research study that addresses professional problems within your profession?

Abstracts.

Which of the following are most valuable to a researcher who is conducting a literature review of problems and issues faced in their profession?

Abstracts; Scholarly journals.

What should you do as you are looking to identify a professional problem in your field and choose a topic for a research study?

Conduct a literature review.

When you are designing a research question, what is the term for the availability of time, money, equipment, and research participants?

Feasibility.

Why is it important to show the path of prior research and how a current project is linked to it?

It validates that this is a topic of interest in the field.; It validates the question being asked.

Why do social science researchers find tables in research literature helpful as they conduct preliminary research?

Tables provide a quick and condensed summary of the report's key findings; Tables are often not limited to only one type of data; Tables are a concise way to report large amounts of data.

Why are research-literature abstracts helpful in the design of a research study?

They are easily digestible reviews of a study's major findings.

Why do researchers conduct preliminary research when trying to choose a topic for their research study?

To identify patterns or trends in their field.

When you are choosing which research to use as you determine your research questions, it is important to ensure that the original research question is fully addressed.

True.

What should be considered when you are determining what data to use in your research study?

Variety of time periods; Variety of cases; Variety of sources.

When reviewing the data-collection techniques in a research article that identifies issues within your profession, which of the following questions should you ask yourself?

What do you know yourself about the data-collection strategy and instruments used?; Did the author indicate the strengths and weaknesses of the method used?; Why did the author select the specified data-collection method(s)?

Which of the following does not need to be considered when reviewing a research article in your profession?

Whether the research is presented in an interesting format.