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    Educational Research: The Basics

    This quiz provides a basic overview of terms typically use in educational research.

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    Knowledge-oriented approaches are generally associated with the term Pragmatism.

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    Advocacy-liberatory frameworks are generally associated with action-oriented approaches, which includes educational research applications.

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    Generally speaking, a researcher does not really need a research question or hypothesis to begin start data collection.

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    Theoretical Frameworks purpose is to explain a phenomenon or relationship between ideas or variables.

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    Under the umbrella of qualitative research, Grounded Theory is not typically used to collect and analyze descriptive, narrative data.

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    Under the umbrella of quantitative research, Experimental Studies is not typically used to collect and analyze statistical data with the intention of generalizing to a larger population.

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    Inductive reasoning is typically associated with the Quantitative Research approach.

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    A standard research article is generally comprised of researcher's biography.