WGU C224 Module 9 - Planning a Research Study Already Passed

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WGU C224 Module 9 - Planning a Research Study Already Passed research topic ✔✔the broad subject area being investigated research problem ✔✔an education issue or problem within the broad topic area that a researcher believes is important quantitative research problem ✔✔emphasis is on the need to explain, predict, or statistically describe some outcome or event; highlighting what purpose a study will address qualitative research problem ✔✔focuses on understanding the inner world of a particular group or on exploring some process, event, or phenomenon research purpose ✔✔statement of intent or objective for the study purpose of stating research purpose ✔✔communicates intent of project to others; provides essential guidance for research process quantitative research purpose ✔✔identifies the type of relationship to be investigated between two variables (causal, degree of, etc) qualitative research purpose ✔✔intent will be to explore or understand some phenomenon experiences by certain individuals at a specific site mixed methods purpose ✔✔intent depends on which is dominant and if study is sequential or parallel action research purpose ✔✔intent is to address and solve a problem in local school research question ✔✔statement of the specific question(s) to which the researcher seeks an answer purpose of a research question ✔✔act as the driving force behind research study design and execution, providing researchers with invaluable guidance and direction qualitative research question ✔✔asks a general question about a process or participants' meanings of a particular phenomenon quantitative research question ✔✔ask about a specific relationship between two target variables (descriptive, predictive, or causal) How do social skills groups influence the success of peer interaction of students with autism? ✔✔example of quantitative research question How do Korean American mothers of children with special needs describe the process of adjustment to having a child with a disability? ✔✔example of a qualitative research question How does online interaction between students and professors work in successful and unsuccessful online research methods courses including measures such as retention, achievement, and satisfaction? ✔✔example of mixed methods research question What factors influence the success of our professional development sessions in enhancing teacher practice at our school? ✔✔example of action research question mixed methods research question ✔✔may include triangulation, complementarity, development, initiation, and expansion action research question ✔✔focused on driving change within context of study

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