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a dissertation study is created after identifying a research problem. A research problem is something specific that the scholarly community does not know. Which of the following describes a potential quantitative research problem?
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| a. | Unemployment increases crime rate |
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| b. | There is too much money in politics |
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| c. | Lived experiences and challenges faced by first-time single moms |
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| d. | Relationship between working overtime and employee satisfaction |
Question 2
A researcher interviewed 10 male and 10 female graduate students who were working on their dissertation, asking about the various types of anxiety they experience in graduate school, particularly anxieties related to conducting a quantitative versus qualitative dissertation study. Which of the following is a plausible purpose for this study?
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| a. | …to compare differences in dissertation anxiety scores between students conducting a qualitative versus quantitative dissertation study. |
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| b. | ...to identify and compare anxiety themes between those conducting a quantitative versus qualitative dissertation study. |
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| c. | …to determine if males and females statistically differed in choosing a quantitative versus qualitative dissertation study. |
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| d. | …to understand the lived experiences of chairs mentoring students conducting a quantitative versus qualitative dissertation study. |
Question 3
Which of the following is the best example of a qualitative research question?
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| a. | What factors predict higher leadership skills? |
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| b. | What are the psychometric properties of a leadership measure? |
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| c. | Does the leadership retreat improve leadership skills? |
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| d. | What meaning do individuals make from a leadership retreat? |
The purpose of Mary’s research is to describe the combat experiences of U.S. National Guard soldiers who recently returned from the Middle East and to understand the challenges they faced reintegrating into the civilian job they had prior to being called up for deployment.
The purpose of John’s research is to measure the intensity of combat experiences of U. S. National Guard soldiers who recently returned from the Middle East and relate it to the extent of challenges they faced reintegrating into the civilian job they had prior to being called up for deployment. Which of the following statements is correct?
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| a. | Mary and John are equally likely to conduct a qualitative study. |
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| b. | John and Mary are equally likely to conduct a quantitative study. |
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| c. | Mary is more likely than John to conduct a quantitative study. |
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| d. | Mary is more likely than John to conduct a qualitative study. |
