Deck 5: The Design of the Study

Question 1

Construct a one-group research design using students as a data source on the topic of behavior.

Answer 1

Answers should include a research type from the correlational, pre-posttest, or longitudinal (time-series) approach. Responses should identify a measurable condition regarding students' behavior, including setting (classroom, playground, home, or community), measurement technique (observation, third-party survey, or participant response to an inventory), and potential data analysis.

Question 2

Construct a two-group research design using teachers and students as a data source on the topic of students' behavior.

Answer 2

Responses should include the research types of control-experimental, ex post facto, factorial, or multiple-group designs (like the Solomon four-group). Answers should build on the responses to the first item, and students should recognize the difference between collecting data from one source and collecting it from more than one source.

Question 3

State a cause-and-effect relationship (causal-comparative) using teachers and students as participants, and learning and behavior as variables.

Answer 3

Building on the previous two items, this item adds a second variable. Responses should recognize cause and effect using multiple sources of data and that the data may be different for different variables in a study.

Question 4

How would a researcher structure a case study on the services available to students in a high school?

Question 5

How would you structure a historical study regarding special education policies?

Question 6

What research design would allow you to make confident statements about the difference in performance in math and science between English-speaking students and English-language learners?