Which of the following is an incorrect statement?
Using a scatterplot to graph your Correlational data will not tell you the direction of the relationship (positive or negative).
The question asks us to identify the incorrect statement among four given options related to research methods. Let's analyze each option one by one:
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Archival research uses data collected and sometimes coded by someone else.
This statement is correct. Archival research involves using existing records or data sets that were collected for another purpose. These sets of data were often collected by other researchers or organizations and might have been coded differently than one might do in new research. -
Ex post facto research uses data that you collected before you came up with your hypothesis.
This statement is also correct. Ex post facto research refers to a study where the data was collected prior to the structuring of the research design and hypothesis. It's a type of causal research (and considered quasi-experimental), where the researcher cannot manipulate the independent variable because it has already occurred. -
Using a scatterplot to graph your Correlational data will not tell you the direction of the relationship (positive or negative).
This statement is incorrect. A scatterplot is a graphical representation of the relationship between two variables. By examining a scatterplot, you can determine not just the strength but also the direction of the relationship. If the points tend to slope upward from left to right, the relationship is positive. If they slope downward, it is negative. -
Observational methods are used in both Correlational and experimental research.
This statement is correct. Observational methods can be used in both correlational studies (where the researcher observes and records behavior without intervention) and experimental research (where behaviors are observed under manipulated conditions).
Thus, the statement that is incorrect is: "Using a scatterplot to graph your Correlational data will not tell you the direction of the relationship (positive or negative)." This is because scatterplots indeed display both the strength and direction of relationships between variables.
Similar Questions
A college teacher does research with a view to depict the reality situations relating to home conditions of students and hostels provided for. Which of the following research format will be helpful to do so?
Which of the following research formats focuses on hypothesis testing and generalizations'?
Case studies are:
Through which research method, the manipulation of an independent variable and its effect on dependent variable is examined with reference to a hypothesis under controlled conditions?
In which of the following research studies interpretation and meaning get more attention than formulation of generalizations?
(i) Historical studies
(ii) Survey studies
(iii) Philosophical studies
(iv) Ethnographic studies
(v) Hypothetical – deductive studies
(vi) Ex-post facto studies
Choose your answer from the options given below:The research in which the independent variable is manipulated is termed as
For which type of research, the action words – 'Control, manipulate and observe' are most relevant?
Qualitative researchers criticize quantitative research for its tendency towards:
Which among the following provides the strongest evidence of cause-and-effect relationship between independent and dependent variables?
In the two sets given below, set-I embodies the list of research types while set-II provides their nature and characteristics. Match the two sets and give your answer from the code which follows:
Set I
(a) Experimental research
(b) Expost facto research
(c) Participant observation based research
(d) Grounded theory approach based
Set II
(i) Generalizations follow rather than precede the observations in due course
(ii) Emphasizing the access to reality by sharing the perspectives of people
(iii) Getting at causal facts by retrospective analysis research
(iv) Describing the status and conditions as obtainable
(v) Controlling the extraneous variables and observing the effect of independent variable manipulated by the researcher on dependent variable
Important Questions from Types of Research
Match List-I with List-II :
List-I
List-II
(a)
Research studies which describe facts as they come by
(i)
Observational research
(b)
A non-experimental conceptual research based on logical thinking
(ii)
Ex-post facto research
(c)
Experience and observation-based research aiming to determine casual relationship among factors
(iii)
Philosophical research
(d)
A field of natural study of epidemics, plant growth, child growth, bird-animal or crowd behaviour
(iv)
Empirical (Experimental) research
Select the correct option :
The ethnographic research is mostly conducted in:
The disadvantage of using the observation method for market surveys is that
Distinguished features of the action research are as follows:
A. Only teachers conduct action research.
B. A small accessible population is used for the study.
C. Sample drawn from a population is used for the study.
D. Researcher is the consumer of the findings.
E. Obtained findings are generalized to the population
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Which one of the following is an unstructured design to gain familiarity with an unknown population?
