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