Deck 13: What Is Good Research Evaluating Your Research Project

Question 1

Among the basic criteria for evaluating quantitative research are ______.

A) reliability
B) validity
C) curiosity
D) dignity

Answer 1

A , B

Question 2

Forms of reliability ______.

A) retest reliability
B) face reliability
C) communicative reliability
D) parallel study reliability

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Validity refers to ______.

A) research designs
B) measurement instruments
C) researchers' personalities
D) participants' intentions

Answer 3

A , B

Question 4

Criterion validity means ______.

A) that the result correspond with an external criterion
B) other results confirm what was found in a study
C) members' consensus with the results
D) correspondence of the results with the researchers' belief system

Question 5

Objectivity can be addressed on the following level:

A) data collection
B) data analysis
C) interpretation of the results
D) none of these

Question 6

Representativeness ______.

A) is obtained by using random sampling
B) means that only the most important members of a field are studied
C) means that findings from a sample can be generalized to the population
D) participants feel themselves represented in the results

Question 7

Credibility ______.

A) is a criterion in qualitative research
B) is based on the researchers' prolonged engagement in the field
C) is the opposite of using member checks
D) defines how far the researchers' beliefs are correct

Question 8

Peer debriefing means that you ______.

A) present your research to other researchers for identifying blind spots
B) try to influence other researchers to share your view on the results of your study
C) ask the peers of your participants about what they heard about them
D) use exchange with other researchers as a criterion in qualitative research

Question 9

Among the big tent criteria what Tracy suggested for qualitative research are ______.

A) worthy topic and rich rigor
B) sincerity and credibility
C) resonance
D) all of these