Which research design would you expect the researcher to have used to study this purpose?
The purpose of this study is to generate a theory about the process used by school counselors as they make their high school a "sacred place" in which to work.
a. Case study design
b. Grounded theory design
c. Ethnographic design
d. Narrative design
B
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a. Hand skills b. Learning skills c. Language skills d. Cognitive skills
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (2013) estimates that hearing loss affects ______ children born in the United States each year.
a. 1,000 b. 10,000 c. 12,000 d. 15,000
To measure attraction, a researcher records the following data for the distance (in inches) between two persons sitting in a waiting room: 46, 32, 10, 23, 18, 46, and 60. Is the mode equal to the median in this example?
A. Yes. B. No; the median is larger than the mode. C. No; the mode is larger than the median. D. There is not enough information to answer this question
A researcher is interested in whether a new reading program for 5th graders will lead to better performance than a traditional program. She is also concerned that the program effects might vary or be confounded with prior reading achievement. Hence, she includes prior reading achievement in her study as a variable. The control technique she used in this study was:
a. Matching b. Random assignment c. Holding the extraneous variable constant d. Building the extraneous variable into the design