Distinguish how action research differs from traditional research.
A. Traditional research is more collaborative than action research.
B. Traditional research is more cyclical than action research.
C. Action research is more objective than traditional research.
D. In action research, the researcher is part of the educational context being studied. In traditional research, the researcher is not immersed in the environment being studied.
Ans: D
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a. fiscally autonomous. b. fiscally dependent. c. fiscally envious. d. fiscally proportionate.
Ms. Frances had 25 students in her fourth grade classroom. One morning she stepped outside her classroom to talk to the teacher in the next room. She returned to the class when she heard screams. One of her students suffered damage to his eye when another student threw a paperclip across the room. What would you need to know to determine whether Ms. Frances was liable?
a. Whether the class was particularly rowdy. b. Whether increased supervision could have prevented the student from throwing the paperclip. c. The length of time she was in the hall. d. All of the above.
Which of the following is the best strategy for collaborating with participants in a narrative research study?
a. Focus the restorying on times the participant collaborated b. Negotiate relationships between the researcher and participant c. Code the data into themes or categories d. Organize the data into a chronology of events.
Which of these statements is not true?
A. If the average variance inflation factor is greater than 1 then the regression model might be biased. B. Multicollinearity in the data is shown by a VIF (variance inflation factor) greater than 10. C. Tolerance values above 0.2 may indicate multicollinearity in the data. D. The tolerance is 1 divided by the VIF (variance inflation factor).