High School Research Methods: Design, Sampling, and Data Analysis

Cohort-sequential design

Don studies high school seniors over time.

Face-to-face interviews

Which survey method usually has the highest response rate?

Shorter surveys

Shorter surveys increase likelihood of completion.

Unwarranted assumption

How unhappy are you with your salary? violates what?

A survey

Instrument for reviewing old articles (1850-1940)?

Proportional stratified sampling

Best sampling for rural/urban/suburban voting rates?

Convenience sampling

Danny Drive sampling math classes is an example of what?

Researcher bias

Major bias risk in homeschooling study?

Independent variable

In experiments, the manipulated variable is called what?

Confounding variable

In a hypothesis, "gender" is what kind of variable?

Constant

In a hypothesis, "living situation" is what type of variable?

Control group

In Dr. Dow Jones' Econ 101 study, traditional group = ?

Testing

Main threat to validity in remedial math study?

Selection

Russell's GPA study threat to validity?

Quasi-experimental

Dow Jones study design type?

Pretest-posttest control group design

Soft music experiment design?

Solomon four group design

Hernandez recess experiment design?

Meta-analysis

When is meta-analysis used?

Iterative

Why is qualitative research iterative?

Vague/general methodology

In qualitative research means what?

Ethnography

Carl Compost living on communal farm is an example of?

Case study

Researcher shadowing a playwright is what design?

Content analysis

Richard Relic examining Civil War writings is an example of?

Grounded theory

Best design when theory is inadequate?

Validity

How is validity strengthened in qualitative design?

Historical research

Historical research is chiefly concerned with what?

Primary source

Rebecca Adams' original letter is a...

Secondary source

Deloris Adams describing her sister's letter is a...

Census returns

Which source is NOT primary for Prof. McGrath?

Bias in historical research

Can be used as an advantage.

Best practice in writing historical research reports

Avoid ignoring alternative interpretations.

Historical data presentation

How should historical data be presented?

Mixed-methods research

What defines mixed-methods research?

Example of mixed-methods study

Interviews/observations + class grades.

Explanatory

Mixed-methods design: quantitative first, then qualitative?

Convergent design

Dorothy collecting both in parallel for triangulation = ?

Multiphase iterative design

Shenny collecting both in same timeframe with separate Qs = ?

Explanatory design

Rodrigo: qualitative first, then quantitative = ?

Exploratory design

Sharon: quantitative first, then qualitative follow-up = ?

QUAN-QUAL study

Tacita: long-term study, QUAL & QUAN both = ?

Key question for mixed-methods researchers

The purpose of the study.