Seçmeli Ara Sınav - Research Methods

Soru 1:

Data analysis Reporting Data collection techniques Identifying the research focus Selecting participants Which of the below represents the process of conducting a qualitative research in correct order?

A) V-IV-III-I-II B) III-I-II-V-IV C) IV-V-III-I-II D) I-IV-V-III-II E) IV-III-I-II-V-II

Soru 2:

Identifying research focus Data collection techniques Reporting Data analysis Selecting participants Which one of the following gives the correct order of conducting a qualitative research?

A) III-IV-I-V-II B) V-II-III-I-IV C) I-V-II-IV-III D) III-V-I-II-IV E) IV-V-I-III-I

Soru 3:

Which of the following is likely to be unreliable?

A) Peer-reviewed journal articles that are also published in an academic journal. B) The material on the home pages of individuals. C) Peer-reviewed journal articles published in genuine electronic journals. D) Electronically readable books written by subject experts. E) Lecture or research notes on the site of an academic working at a recognized institution.

Soru 4:

In which of the following Qualitative Research Designs does the researcher try to explore participants’ social processes, behavioral patterns, acceptances, and meanings?

A) Phenomenology B) Narrative Inquiry C) Grounded theory D) Ethnography E) Case Study

Soru 5:

What type of variable can be expressed only through whole numbers?

A) Dependent variable B) Discrete variable C) Independent variable D) Continuous variable E) Non-continuous variable

Soru 6:

Which of the following completes the sentence below? The focal point of a .................... is not the words spoken, but gestures, mimes, and moves accompanying narration, and the effort to convince listeners.

A) Thematic analysis B) Structural analysis C) İnteractive analysis D) Performative analysis E) Reporting

Soru 7:

Which of the following is a problem of a literature review?

A) Certain purpose B) Clear introduction C) Enough information D) Lack of criticism E) Telling the reader where to go

Soru 8:

Which one of the following is the major information source of prior research?

A) Periodicals B) Grey literature C) Repositories D) Encyclopedias E) Statistics

Soru 9:

A teacher in a language classroom wants to know why the students in his classroom are reluctant to perform in pair and group works. He designs a research and applies and implements it until he reaches the desired outcome: active participation in pair and group works. Which of the following research methods would the teacher probably employ in the given situation above?

A) Action research B) Phenomenology C) Case study D) Etnography E) Narrative inquiry

Soru 10:

For narrative research design, which of the following is not one of the data analysis types of Riessman's classification?

A) thematic B) structural C) interpretative D) interactive E) performative

Soru 11:

Which of the following refers to the unpublished, non-commercial, hard-to find information that organizations such as professional associations, research institutes, think tanks, and government departments produce?

A) Grey Literature B) Blogs and Wikies C) Journal Databases D) Ancestry Method E) Periodicals

Soru 12:

Which one is NOT one of the oppositions to positivism?

A) Reality is constructed and multiple. B) Empirical world of the natural sciences are natural worlds, which are qualitatively different than the empirical world of the social sciences. C) Reality does not project itself to a passive human mind. D) Human activity is socially, culturally and historically situated. E) Empirical observations must be generalized and expressed as universal laws.

Soru 13:

Which of the below is a research design where a researcher analyzes common behaviors, language, and action models of an intact culture within their natural environment during a long time-span?

A) Case study B) Ethnography C) Phenomenology D) Narrative inqiury E) Grounded theory

Soru 14:

Which method in qualitative research is most focused at the perspective of participants?

A) Ethnography B) Phenomenology C) Narrative inquiry D) Case study E) Grounded theory

Soru 15:

How is interpretive position taken by the qualitative approaches also called?

A) Constructivism B) Positivism C) Empiricism D) Realism E) Idealism

Soru 16:

Which one of the following research questions is given in an interrogative form?

A) Examination of the role of the Internet in journalism B) Analyzing the factors of ethical research C) Evaluating what type of genre affects directors D) What elements constitute democratic conditions E) Revising the constituents of political elections

Soru 17:

How did NOT positivists treat social reality?

A) Measurable B) Quantifiable C) Testable D) Interpretable E) Generalized

Soru 18:

In which research design does quantitative aspect outweigh the qualitative one?

A) The Intervention Design B) The Social Justice Design C) The Multistage Evaluation Design D) The Explanatory Sequential Design E) The Convergent Design

Soru 19:

Which one is related to inductivism?

A) The starting point is observations of singular facts, events, or happenings, then expressingthem as singular observation statements. B) Descartes was the first philosopher in modern era who proposed a method of science based on it. C) Theories were formulated as universal laws, covering all possible cases. D) It is a top-down model. E) The nature expresses itself in the language of mathematics.

Soru 20:

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the knowledge produced by the positivist quantitative research paradigm?

A) Measurable B) Replicable C) Generalizable D) Intact E) Value-laden