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Question 1. What is it called when quantitative and qualitative research methods are used in one experiment or one research study?

Quantitative research

Qualitative research

Mixed-methods research

Quasi-experimental research

Question 2. Which of the following accurately describes a properly prepared research proposal?

An elaborate passage within each section

An unorganized flow, but it still contains all of the necessary sections

A clear, organized, and concise report

Include the very minimum, because if it includes too much, they won't read it

Question 3. Which of the following research methods involves examining the characteristics that cannot be reduced entirely to numerical values?

Quantitative research

Qualitative research

Mixed-methods research

Quasi-experimental research

Question 4. Suppose you were conducting a study to find the correlation between what the public knows about fire prevention and the public's desire to be formally trained on fire prevention. To begin the study, you decide to prepare a questionnaire. The questionnaire includes items such as the following example. This is an example of what?

Nominal scale

Ratio scale

Ordinal scale

Interval scale

Question 5. What is one way to ensure validity within a measurement instrument for the purposes of research?

Use generic language to allow for creative freedom in the interpretations of the results

Include duplicate stimulus items (i.e., questions) to verify consistency

Always use a quantitative design

Include precise details to ensure the instrument measures what it intends to measure

Question 6. Leedy and Ormrod (2013) briefly discuss ethical implications for research participants. What might be a common ethical consideration for research projects in the fire service?

Asking for volunteers

Enforcing privacy rights for participants

Providing informed consent forms

Placing participants in hazardous situations

Question 7. What does it mean to have reliability within the realm of research?

To obtain volunteers who arrive on time for each study

To regularly obtain consistent results within the same conditions

To proactively influence data as it is recorded

To regularly obtain random results within the same conditions

Question 8. Which of the following research methods involves examining the amounts of one or more variables?

Quantitative research

Qualitative research

Mixed-methods research

Quasi-experimental research

Question 9. What does measurement mean in the realm of research?

Producing precise data for the purposes of accurate interpretation

Producing a difference

Producing a numeric value

Producing values without units

Question 10. What is the purpose of quantitative research and qualitative research?

Quantitative research builds theory while qualitative research tests theory

Quantitative research and qualitative research test theory

Quantitative research tests theory while qualitative research builds theory

Quantitative research and qualitative research build theory