Research Assumptions Quiz
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What is a proposition that a researcher asserts based on intuition, experience, and observations but is not scientifically proven?

  • Hypothesis (correct)
  • Conceptual definition
  • Population
  • Operational definition
  • Which type of definition is based on how the dictionary defines a term?

  • Operational definition
  • Conceptual definition
  • Constitutive definition
  • Lexical definition (correct)
  • What is the main purpose of defining terms in a research study?

  • To confuse the readers
  • To clarify ambiguous terms (correct)
  • To demonstrate vocabulary skills
  • To make the paper longer
  • What does an operational definition define in measurable terms?

    <p>Variables</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which assumption involves the belief that the sample represents the population and is not biased?

    <p>Random sampling assumption</p> Signup and view all the answers

    An ______ is a proposition which a researcher asserts based on his own intuition, experience, and observations but which is not scientifically proven yet it is adopted as a premise to the solution of the problem envisioned in his study. The most obvious ______s include: the sample represents the population and is not biased. The researchers will answer questions correctly and truthfully. Some institutions require the ______s to be written in list, some require them in paragraph in a continuous prose.

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    Definition of Terms - an alphabetical list of ______ you defined particularly ambiguous ______ or those used in special way. This is important because the jargons or ______ are clarified and are clearly defined for the readers of the paper. There are essentially two ways to clarify or define important ______ in a research study: Conceptual Definition – or also called lexical definition or constitutive definition that is based on how the dictionary defined a term. Operational Definition – this definition defines variables in measurable ______. These definitions are made by the researcher himself to describe how he used that term in his study. Only words or phrases that have special meanings in the study are defined. What to defined.

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    Some institutions require the assumptions to be written in list, some require them in paragraph in a continuous prose. Definition of Terms - an alphabetical list of terms you ______ particularly ambiguous terms or those used in special way. This is important because the jargons or terms are clarified and are clearly ______ for the readers of the paper. There are essentially two ways to clarify or define important terms in a research study: Conceptual Definition – or also called lexical definition or constitutive definition that is based on how the dictionary ______ a term. Operational Definition – this definition defines variables in measurable terms. These definitions are made by the researcher himself to describe how he used that term in his study. Only words or phrases that have special meanings in the study are ______. What to ______.

    <p>defined</p> Signup and view all the answers

    There are essentially two ways to ______ or define important terms in a research study: Conceptual Definition – or also called lexical definition or constitutive definition that is based on how the dictionary defined a term. Operational Definition – this definition defines variables in measurable terms. These definitions are made by the researcher himself to describe how he used that term in his study. Only words or phrases that have special meanings in the study are defined. What to defined.

    <p>clarify</p> Signup and view all the answers

    These definitions are made by the researcher himself to describe how he used that term in his ______. Only words or phrases that have special meanings in the ______ are defined. What to defined.

    <p>study</p> Signup and view all the answers

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