Chapter 7: Research Questions and Hypotheses

Test Bank

Note: An asterisk indicates questions which also appear in the online student quizzes.

Multiple Choice

1. Which word is an example of an exploratory verb to use in developing qualitative research questions?

a. determine

b. influence

c. impact

d. discover

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Qualitative Research Questions

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Which word is an example of a verb to use in developing quantitative research questions?

a. explore

b. affect

c. understand

d. discover

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Qualitative Research Questions

Difficulty Level: Easy

*3. When developing qualitative research questions, what is a limit for the number of associated subquestions?

a. 3

b. 5

c. 7

d. 9

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Qualitative Research Questions

Difficulty Level: Easy

*4. Demographic variables are often used as ______.

a. independent variables

b. dependent variables

c. moderating variables

d. mediating variables

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Quantitative Research Questions

Difficulty Level: Medium

True\False

*1. Order matters when developing mixed methods research questions and hypotheses.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Mixed Methods Research Questions and Hypotheses

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. In qualitative studies, researchers provide research questions and objectives, not hypotheses.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Qualitative Research Questions

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Qualitative research questions should begin with the words how or what to illustrate an emergent, inductive design.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Qualitative Research Questions

Difficulty Level: Easy

*4. The null hypothesis predicts there is a relationship between the variable and a significant difference between the groups.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehensive

Answer Location: Quantitative Research Questions

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. A strong mixed methods study should contain two research questions: a qualitative question and a quantitative question or hypothesis.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Mixed Methods Research Questions and Hypotheses

Difficulty Level: Easy

Essay

1. Distinguish between a null hypothesis and an alternative hypothesis used in quantitative research.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension/Analysis

Answer Location: Quantitative Research Questions

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Provide an example of a null hypothesis and a minimum of 2 alternative hypotheses for a quantitative research study you might design.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Quantitative Research Questions

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. What is a central research question in qualitative research and how is it related to strategies of inquiry and subquestions?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Qualitative Research Questions

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Provide an example of a central research question and 2 associated subquestions for a qualitative research study focused on the understanding the experience of graduate students in a research methodology course.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Qualitative Research Questions

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. Describe the 3 forms that a mixed methods research question can take.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Mixed Methods Research Questions and Hypotheses

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Define and explain the descriptive-inferential model of writing mixed methods research questions and hypotheses.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge/Application

Answer Location: A Model for Descriptive Questions and Hypotheses

Difficulty Level: Hard