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Departamento de Ciencias de la Educacin

Seccin Lenguas Contemporneas

Educational Research I
Evaluacin a distancia
6 crditos

Titulacin Ciclo
Ciencias de la Educacin, mencin:
-- Ingls VII

Profesor Principal:
Pal Gonzlez Torres

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 FIRST BIMESTER
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Dear student,

Remember the following suggestions when doing your distance evaluation:

Carefully read the instructions and strategies.

Study chapters 1-4 in your textbook for the first bimester.
The objective part in each bimester is worth 2 points and the essay part is worth
4 points.
The distance evaluation is a requirement to take the on-site exams.
Avoid plagiarism. In case of plagiarism, your grade will be 0 (zero).
Answer all of the questions of this distance evaluation on EVA.

OBJECTIVE PART (2 points)

ACTIVITY 1

Select the correct option to complete the statements or answer the questions.

Strategy: Study the contents of chapter 1 in your textbook.

1. Which of these statements is false?

a. Research adds to our knowledge.

b. Research helps practitioners evaluate educational approaches.
c. Research is widely understood and appreciated by all educators.

2. _____________ means that educators undertake research to contribute to

existing information about issues.

a. Adding to knowledge
b. Qualitative research
c. A quantitative study

3. Which of these skills is not necessary to design and conduct research?

a. Solving puzzles
b. Speaking a second language
c. Lengthening your attention span

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4. _______________ involves assessing the quality of a study using standards

advanced by individuals in education.

a. Evaluating research
b. Analyzing and interpreting the data
c. Reporting research

5. _____________ involves deciding on audiences, structuring the report in

a format acceptable to these audiences, and then writing the report in a
manner that is sensitive to all readers.

a. Collecting data
b. Analyzing and interpreting the data
c. Reporting research

ACTIVITY 2

There are five ways to assess whether you should research a problem. Match each
way with its features.

Strategy: Study the contents of chapter 2 in your textbook.

Study the problem if Feature

6. ____ your study will fill a gap or
void in the existing literature.
7. ____ your study replicates a past
study but examines different
participants and different research
sites.
8. ____ your study extends past
research or examines the topic
more thoroughly.
9. ___your study gives voice to
people silenced, not heard, or
rejected in society.
10. ____ your study informs practice.
a. A good research problem to study is one in
which you extend the research into a new topic
or area or simply conduct more research at a
deeper level to understand the topic.
b. Your research may lead to the identification
of new techniques or technologies, the
recognition of the value of historical current or
practice, or the necessity of changing current
teaching practice.
c. A study fills a void by covering topics not
addressed in the published literature.
d. Your research adds to knowledge by presenting
the ideas and the words of marginalized
individuals.
e. The value of research increases when results
can apply broadly to many people and places
rather than to only the setting where the initial
research occurred.

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ACTIVITY 3

Select the correct option to complete the statements or answer the questions.

Strategy: Study the contents of chapter 3 in your textbook.

11. In the most rigorous form of research, educators base this review mainly on
research reported in _____________.

a. government documents
b. conference papers
c. journal articles

12. Which of these statements is incorrect?

a. A literature review organizes the literature into subtopics, and documents

the need for a proposed study.
b. A study will add to the literature if it duplicates research already available.
c. In composing a literature review, you may cite articles that are both
quantitative and qualitative studies.

13. An advantage of using the Internet as a resource for a literature review is that
_________________.

a. research posted to Web sites is typically current information.

b. the research found on Web sites may have been plagiarized without the
searchers knowledge.
c. research studies may be difficult to find and time-consuming to locate.

14. A disadvantage of using the Internet as a resource for a literature review is

that _________________.

a. web sites provide a network that researchers can contact about their
topic and research problem.
b. web sites can be searched easily using a search engine and keywords.
c. research posted to Web sites is not reviewed for quality by experts.

15. Which of these statements is incorrect?

a. Once you locate the literature, you need to determine if it is a good source
to use and whether it is relevant to your particular research.
b. The fact that a study has been published means that it is worthy of
including in a literature review.
c. Include both quantitative and qualitative research studies in your review,
regardless of the approach you might use in your own study.

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16. Which of these statements is correct?

a. After organizing, reproducing, downloading and filing the literature, the

next step is to assess its quality, and check it for relevance.
b. Note taking has to be a formal procedure in which the researcher
identifies important ideas about the article or material and writes rough
notes about each source of information.
c. During the process of reading the literature, researchers take notes on the
information so that a summary of the literature is available for a written
review.

17. A systematic approach for summarizing each source of information is to

develop a/an ___________ for each one.

a. abstract
b. dissertation
c. research problem

18. A ____________ is a figure or drawing that displays the research literature

(e.g., studies, essays, books, chapters, and summaries) on a topic.

a. research question
b. literature map
c. data collection procedure

19. A ____________ provides a structure for citing references, labeling headings,

and constructing tables and figures for a scholarly research report.

a. literature map
b. finding
c. style manual

20. Select the best words to complete this statement: _________ source literature
is literature that summarizes ___________ sources.

a. Primary; secondary
b. Primary; handbook
c. Secondary; primary

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ACTIVITY 4

Match the categories of sources of literature review materials with the corresponding
examples

Strategy: Study the contents of chapter 3 in your textbook.

Category
21. ____ Early Stage Material
22. ____ Indexed Publications
23. ____ Journal Articles
24. ____ Books
25. ____ Summaries
Examples
a. Encyclopedias, research reviews, handbooks,
abstracts
b. Conference papers, dissertations, theses,
professional association papers, college and
university publications
c. Refereed, non-refereed, international, national,
regional, state
d. Papers posted on Web site, professional
association newsletters, drafts of papers for
conference presentation
e. Research studies, essays

ACTIVITY 5

Select the correct option to complete the statements or answer the questions.

Strategy: Study the contents of chapter 4 in your textbook.

26. Read the following text and complete the sentence below with the best
option:

Students in high schools in the school district in which parents and teachers
communicate through the Internet will have higher grades than students whose
parents and teachers do not communicate through the Internet.

This text is an example of

a. Purpose statement
b. Hypothesis
c. Research question

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27. Read the following text and complete the sentence below with the best
option:

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between use of Internet
communication between teachers and parents in a Midwestern school district
and student achievement on tests in high school social studies.

This text is an example of

a. Purpose statement
b. Hypothesis
c. Research question

28. Which of these statements is correct?

a. An attribute means that the researcher records information from

individuals.
b. A variable can assume different values or scores for different individuals.
c. Information from individuals can be recorded from answers to
questionnaires but not from observations.

29. A ____________ variable is an attribute or characteristic that is dependent on

or influenced by the _____________ variable.

a. independent; dependent
b. control; dependent
c. dependent; independent

30. A _____________ is an attribute or characteristic expressed in an abstract,

general way; a _____________ is an attribute or characteristic stated in a
specific, applied way.

a. interval; construct
b. construct; variable
c. variable; construct

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ESSAY PART (4 points)

ACTIVITY 1 (2 points)

Write a short essay distinguishing among the concepts and characteristics of the
research topic, research problem, purpose, and research questions.

STRATEGY: Study the contents of chapter 2 Identifying the research problem in your
book. Use between 200 and 300 words.

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ACTIVITY 2 (2 points)

Compare the literature review in a qualitative and a quantitative study. Establish

similarities and/or differences in the literature review of these two types of research.

STRATEGY: Study the contents of chapter 3 Reviewing the Literature in your book.
Select a qualitative and quantitative study that you can find on the Internet and
compare them. Use between 200 and 300 words.

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RUBRIC FOR THE ESSAY PART

2 1.8 points 1.7 1.1 points 1 point or less

The activity has not been
The activity has been The activity has not been
written according to the
written according to the written according to the
instructions and strategies
instructions and strategies instructions and strategies
provided
provided. provided
There are some grammatical
There are no grammatical or There are many grammatical
and writing errors.
writing errors. and writing errors.
Most of the information
The information and ideas The information and ideas
and ideas provided by
provided by the student are provided by the student are
the student are clear and
clear and pertinent. not clear or pertinent.
pertinent.

Estimado(a) estudiante, una vez resuelta su evaluacin a distancia en el

documento impreso (borrador), acceda al Entorno Virtual de Aprendizaje
(EVA) en www.utpl.edu.ec e ingrese las respuestas respectivas.

SEOR ESTUDIANTE:
Le recordamos que para presentarse a rendir las
evaluaciones presenciales no est permitido el uso de
ningn material auxiliar (calculadora, diccionario, libros,
Biblia, formularios, cdigos, leyes, etc.)
Las pruebas presenciales estn diseadas para
desarrollarlas sin la utilizacin de estos materiales.

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 SECOND BIMESTER
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Dear student,

Remember the following suggestions when doing you distance evaluation:

Carefully read the instructions and strategies.

Study chapters 5-9 in your textbook for the second bimester.
The objective part in each bimester is worth 2 points and the essay part is worth
4 points.
The distance evaluation is a requirement to take the on-site exams.
Avoid plagiarism. In case of plagiarism, your grade will be 0 (zero).
Answer all of the questions of this distance evaluation on EVA.

OBJECTIVE PART (2 points)

ACTIVITY 1

Match each form of probability sampling with the corresponding feature.

Strategy: Study the contents of chapter 5 in your textbook.

1. ___________________ is the most rigorous form of sampling in quantitative

research because the investigator can claim that the sample is representative
of the population and, as such, can make generalizations to the population.

a. Nonprobability sampling
b. Probability sampling
c. Convenience sampling

2. Which of the following statements is correct?

a. In convenience sampling the researcher can say with confidence that the
individuals are representative of the population.
b. In snowball sampling, you always know exactly what individuals will be
in your sample.
c. In convenience sampling the researcher selects participants because they
are willing and available to be studied.

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3. Which of the following statements is incorrect?

a. The larger the sample, the less the potential error is that the sample will
be different from the population.
b. The similarity between the sample estimate and the true population
score is called stratification error.
c. Sample size formulas provide the means for calculating the size of your
sample based on several factors.

4. ___________________ is often necessary before you can enter a site and

collect data

a. Permission
b. Institution
c. The campus

5. It is important to protect the __________ of individuals who participate in

the study.

a. harm
b. privacy
c. institutional review board

6. Which of the following statements is correct?

a. To determine what data need to be collected, you need to identify clearly

the variables in your study.
b. An instrument is the specification of how you will define and measure the
variable in your study.
c. An operational definition is a tool for measuring, observing, or
documenting quantitative data.

ACTIVITY 2

Select the correct option to complete the statements or answer the questions.

Strategy: Study the contents of chapter 6 in your textbook.

7. Which of the following statements is correct?

a. Inputting the data occurs when the researcher transfers computer files to
printed collection instruments (eg. questionnaires).
b. The grid for inputting the data is similar to a spreadsheet table used in
Excel.
c. A codebook is generally a list of SPSS grids that indicates how the
participants will code responses from checklists.

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8. _________________ is the process of inspecting the data for scores (or values)
that are outside the accepted range.

a. Missing the data

b. Inputting the data
c. Cleaning the data

9. Which of the following statements is incorrect?

a. Missing data are data missing in the database because participants do

not supply it.
b. When all individuals respond, something is wrong with your data
collection, which may indicate faulty planning in your design.
c. You can eliminate participants with missing scores from the data analysis
and include only those participants for which complete data exist.

10. Which of the following recommendations is NOT useful for analyzing

quantitative data?

a. Address each one of your research questions or hypotheses.

b. Describe trends in the data to a single variable or question on your
instrument.
c. Use descriptive statistics and avoid inferential statistics.

11. ___________________will help you summarize the overall trends or

tendencies in your data, provide an understanding of how varied your scores
might be, and provide insight into where one score stands in comparison
with others.

a. Inferential statistics
b. Descriptive statistics
c. Cleaning the database

12. The _______________ is the score that appears most frequently in a list of
scores. It is used when researchers want to know the most common score in
an array of scores on a variable.

a. median
b. mean
c. mode

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ACTIVITY 3

Select the correct option to complete the statements or answer the questions.

Strategy: Study the contents of chapter 7 in your textbook.

13. Which of the following statements is correct?

a. In qualitative research, we systematically identify our participants and

sites through random sampling.
b. Studying people in their own environment creates challenges for the
qualitative researcher that may not be present in quantitative research.
c. The quantitative research process requires a greater level of participation
from the site than does the qualitative research process.

14. ________________ is the process of gathering open-ended, firsthand

information by observing people and places at a research site.

a. Observation
b. Interview
c. Audiovisual material

15. __________________ are subquestions under each question that the

researcher asks to elicit more information.

a. E-mail interviews
b. Probes
c. Focus group interviews

16. A qualitative ________________ occurs when researchers ask one or more

participants general, open-ended questions and record their answers.

a. observation
b. interview
c. audiovisual material

17. ________________ consist of public and private records that qualitative

researchers obtain about a site or participants in a study, and they can include
newspapers, minutes of meetings, personal journals, and letters.

a. Observations
b. Interviews
c. Documents

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18. ________________ consist of images or sounds that researchers collect to

help them understand the central phenomenon under study.

a. Observations
b. Interviews
c. Audiovisual materials

ACTIVITY 4

Select the correct option to complete the statements.

Strategy: Study the contents of chapter 8 in your textbook.

19. Which of these statements is false?

a. In qualitative research, the data collection and analysis (and perhaps the
report writing) are simultaneous activities.
b. The six steps commonly used in analyzing qualitative data are always
taken in sequence.
c. The process of qualitative data analysis is inductive in form, form, going
from the particular or the detailed data to the general codes and themes.

20. Which of these statements is true?

a. The phases of the qualitative process of data analysis are also interactive,
meaning you recycle data collection analysis.
b. Qualitative researchers analyze their data by reading it several times and
conducting an analysis each time.
c. Qualitative research is interpretive research, which means that you avoid
making a personal assessment as to a description that fits the situation or
themes that capture the major categories of information.

21. ______________ is the process of converting audiotape recordings or field

notes into text data.

a. Computer analysis of qualitative data

b. Transcription
c. Hand analysis of qualitative data

22. A _____________________is a program that stores data, organizes your data,

enables you to assign labels or codes to your data, and facilitates searching
through your data and locating specific text or words.

a. qualitative data analysis computer program

b. computer analysis of qualitative data
c. hand analysis of qualitative data

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23. The object of the ________________is to make sense out of text data, divide
it into text or image segments, label the segments with codes, examine codes
for overlap and redundancy, and collapse these codes into broad themes.

a. preliminary exploratory analysis

b. description
c. coding process

24. In the analysis of qualitative data, ____________________ themes are themes

that contain ideas that do not easily fit into one theme or that overlap with
several themes (e.g., students gather in the park).

a. hard-to-classify
b. unexpected
c. major and minor

ACTIVITY 5

Select the correct option to complete the statements or answer the questions.

Strategy: Study the contents of chapter 9 in your textbook.

25. _________________________ are the doctoral and masters research reports

prepared for faculty and graduate committees.

a. Dissertations and theses

b. Dissertation or thesis proposal
c. Conference proposals

26. A _________________________ is a plan for a research report, initiated and

developed before the research actually begins.

a. conference paper
b. journal article
c. dissertation or thesis proposal

27. A _________________________ is a brief proposal to present a study at a

conference.

a. conference paper
b. journal article
c. conference proposal

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28. A _________________________ is a polished, shorter research report that

you send to an editor of a journal.

a. conference proposal
b. journal article
c. dissertation or thesis proposal

29. _________________________ are words or phrases that tie together sections

of a research report.

a. Ethical reporting and writing research

b. Encoding
c. Linking devices

30. _________________________ is the intentional use by an author of specific

terms to convey ideas. This practice will enhance the acceptability of your
research to graduate committees, publishers, and conference attendees.

a. Ethical reporting and writing research

b. Encoding
c. Linking devices

ESSAY PART (4 points)

ACTIVITY 1 (2 points)

Write a short essay (between 200 and 300 words) about the process of quantitative
data collection for a study of your choice. Specify the population and sample, the
permissions you will need, the types of quantitative information you will collect,
and the instrument(s) you will use to collect information.

Strategy: Study the contents of chapter 5 Collecting Quantitative Data in your book.

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ACTIVITY 2 (2 points)

Write an example in which you can calculate the mode, median, and mean.

Strategy: Study the contents of chapter 6 Analyzing and interpreting Quantitative

Data in your book.

______________________________________________________________________

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RUBRIC FOR THE ESSAY PART

2 1.8 points 1.7 1.1 points 1 point or less

The activity has not been
The activity has been The activity has not been
written according to the
written according to the written according to the
instructions and strategies
instructions and strategies instructions and strategies
provided
provided. provided
There are some grammatical
There are no grammatical or There are many grammatical
and writing errors.
writing errors. and writing errors.
Most of the information
The information and ideas The information and ideas
and ideas provided by
provided by the student are provided by the student are
the student are clear and
clear and pertinent. not clear or pertinent.
pertinent.

Estimado(a) estudiante, una vez resuelta su evaluacin a distancia en el

documento impreso (borrador), acceda al Entorno Virtual de Aprendizaje
(EVA) en www.utpl.edu.ec e ingrese las respuestas respectivas.

SEOR ESTUDIANTE:
Le recordamos que para presentarse a rendir las
evaluaciones presenciales no est permitido el uso de
ningn material auxiliar (calculadora, diccionario, libros,
Biblia, formularios, cdigos, leyes, etc.)
Las pruebas presenciales estn diseadas para
desarrollarlas sin la utilizacin de estos materiales.

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