Educational Research Ethics MCQs
Educational Research Ethics MCQs
Answer these 80 Educational Research Ethics MCQs and see how sharp is your knowledge of Educational Research Ethics.
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1: The theory of knowledge and its justification is called ______.
A. Metaphysics
B. Ontology
C. Epistemology
D. Philosophy of education
2: What type of research is used to develop a solid foundation of reliable knowledge and provide theoretical understanding about human processes?
A. Basic research
B. Action research
C. Evaluation research
D. Orientational research
3: The principle of ______ says that if two different theories are available, which have the same explanatory power, then one should select the theory that is the most simple, concise, and succinct.
A. Falsifiability
B. Theory
C. Simplicity
D. Parsimony
4: The idea that knowledge comes from experience is called ______.
A. Empiricism
B. Rationalism
C. Deductive reasoning
D. Logic
5: You design an experiment to test how two different teaching styles influence how well children learn spelling words. The main purpose of your research study would be to ______.
A. Explore
B. Describe
C. Explain
D. Predict
6: You have been told that the members of a local group engage in what seems to you to be an irrational or odd practice. You decide to conduct a research study to learn why these people engage in the practice. In this case, the primary purpose of your research study is ______.
A. Description
B. Exploration
C. Influence
D. Prediction
7: Which of the following is a characteristic of a good theory or explanation?
A. It is complex.
B. It is not clearly testable.
C. It is competitive.
D. It is general enough to apply to more than one place or situation.
8: Which of the following is a basic assumption of science?
A. Science can provide answers to all questions.
B. Science is the best way to resolve value conflicts.
C. One can distinguish between more and less plausible claims about the world.
D. There are no norms and practices that are generally agreed upon by scientists.
9: Which “scientific method” follows these steps: (1) observation/data, (2) patterns/descriptions, (3) theory?
A. Inductive or exploratory method
B. Deductive or confirmatory method
C. Abductive or back and forth method
D. Top-down method
10: Which of the following statements is true of a theory?
A. A theory must be a deductive system of propositions.
B. A theory offers an “explanation” and answers “how” and “why” questions.
C. A theory cannot be tested.
D. Empirical researchers no longer develop and test theories.
11: Action research is focused on helping professionals evaluate program effectiveness.
A. True
B. False
12: Inductive reasoning involves drawing a conclusion that is necessarily true if the premises are true.
A. True
B. False
13: Orientational research is conducted for the purpose of advancing an ideological position such as class, and gender inequality should be reduced in society.
A. True
B. False
14: “The future might not resemble the past.” This is known as the criterion of falsifiability
A. True
B. False
15: Educational researchers typically engage in basic, applied, evaluation, action, and orientational research.
A. True
B. False
16: A brief description of the essential characteristics of the study IS called
A. Virtual
B. Abstract
C. Description
D. Actual
17: Applied research focused on solving practitioners’ local problems is ______ research
A. Basic
B. Online
C. Action
D. All of these
18: Anonymous review of book and article manuscripts by experts for scientific accuracy and merit is anonymous peer review
A. True
B. False
19: Research focused on answering practical questions to provide relatively immediate solutions is called
A. Basic research
B. Online research
C. Action research
D. Applied research
20: Research aimed at generating fundamental knowledge and theoretical understanding about basic human and other natural processes is called
A. Basic research
B. Online research
C. Action research
D. Applied research
21: Which method is top-down or theory-testing approach to research?
A. Confirmatory method
B. Exploratory method
C. Critical method
D. All of above
22: The property that statements and theories should be testable and refutable is called criterion of falsifiability.
A. True
B. False
23: The process of drawing a conclusion that is necessarily true if the premises are true is called
A. Deductive reasoning
B. Inductive reasoning
C. Experimentation
D. Hypothesis
24: The research objective of attempting to describe the characteristics of a phenomenon is called
A. Description
B. Abbreviation
C. Introduction
D. All of above
25: A statement based on ______ , experiment, or experience is called empirical statement .
A. Result
B. Hypothesis
C. Observation
D. All of above
26: The idea that knowledge comes from ______ is called empiricism
A. Work
B. Experience
C. Talking
D. Thinking
27: The theory of knowledge and its justification; the branch of philosophy dealing with knowledge and its justification is called
A. Epistemology
B. Ontology
C. Systology
D. None of above
28: Determining the worth, merit, or quality of an evaluation object is called
A. Evaluation
B. Explanation
C. Exploration
D. Determination
29: The research objective of attempting to show how and why a phenomenon operates as it does is called
A. Evaluation
B. Explanation
C. Exploration
D. Determination
30: The research objective of attempting to generate new ideas about phenomena is called exploration
A. True
B. False
31: A top down approach to research is called exploratory method
A. True
B. False
32: Evaluation focused on improving the ______ is called formative evaluation
A. Evaluation object
B. Explanation object
C. Evaluation subject
D. Explanation object
33: A prediction or educated guess; the ______ of the researcher’s prediction of the relationship that exists among the variables under investigation is called hypothesis
A. Formal statement
B. Informal statement
C. Irregular statement
D. Incomplete statement
34: A program performs poorly because it is not implemented correctly is called implementation failure
A. True
B. False
35: The process of drawing a conclusion that is “probably” true is called
A. Deductive reasoning
B. Inductive reasoning
C. Experimentation
D. Hypothesis
36: The research objective of attempting to apply research to make certain outcomes occur is called
A. Influence
B. Application
C. Experiment
D. None of above
37: The research objective of attempting to predict or forecast a phenomenon is called
A. Prediction
B. Anticipation
C. Adumbration
D. All of above
38: The philosophical idea that empirical research provides evidence, not proof is called principle of evidence
A. True
B. False
39: Stating what is likely to occur, not what will necessarily occur is called probabilistic
A. True
B. False
40: The future might not resemble the past is known as ______
A. Problem of induction
B. Problem of separation
C. Problem of dissociation
D. Problem of resignation
41: Any set of beliefs or practices that purport to be ______ but are not
A. General
B. Scientific
C. Untechnical
D. All of above
42: Individual-level factors or variables is called
A. Psychological factors
B. Physical factors
C. Environmental l factors
D. All of above
43: A researcher who focuses on exploration, description, and understanding of subjective meanings and sometimes the generation and construction of theories using qualitative data is called
A. Qualitative researcher
B. Quantitative researcher
C. Duodecimal researcher
D. Vicenary researcher
44: A researcher who focuses on testing theories and hypotheses using quantitative data to see if they are confirmed or not is called
A. Qualitative researcher
B. Quantitative researcher
C. Duodecimal researcher
D. Vicenary researcher
45: Research examining the same variables with different people Is known as ______
A. Replication
B. Separation
C. Variation
D. Translation
46: Systematic investigation using appropriate methodologies to provide justified answers to questions about our world is called research
A. True
B. False
47: A set of published research studies on a ______ Is called research literature
A. Particular topic
B. Local topic
C. Research topic
D. None of above
48: Preferring the most complicated theory that works is called rule of parsimony
A. True
B. False
49: An approach for ______ the is called science
A. Generation of knowledge
B. Generation of future
C. Generation of research
D. None of above
50: Factors or variables relating individuals to other individuals and to social groups is social ______ factors
A. Physiological
B. Biological
C. Psychological
D. Chemical
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