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1. Describe the disciplinary roots of the various approaches
to qualitative research. How might these roots infl uence how studies using
these methods are done?
2. Explain what a unit is in case study research. Give a
specifi c example of a unit you might be interested in studying.

Determine which kind of case study would be conducted in
each of the following:
a. A researcher wants to understand the dramatic decline in
behavior problems in a school district after it developed and implemented its
own character development curriculum.
b. A researcher wants to understand how elementary and
secondary school principals in a large urban district use technology in their
work.
c. A researcher wants to understand the life of a
home-schooled child.

1. Describe the difference between realist and critical
ethnography. Which is more appealing to you and why?
2. Explain how data analysis in qualitative and quantitative
studies differs
3. Briefl y describe the constant comparative method for
analyzing qualitative data

For each of the following descriptions, indicate the type of
mixed method design used:
a. A quantitative review of elementary school discipline
records indicates that males are signifi cantly more likely to be sent to the
principal’s offi ce for behavior problems. The researcher decides to observe
classrooms to describe the types of behaviors that result in being sent to the
offi ce. Based on qualitative observations, the researcher believes that
teachers’ reactions to the same behavior exhibited by males and females tend to
be different. A quantitative measure of gender bias response is then given to
teachers.
b. A researcher conducts qualitative interviews with
teachers to assess how well they are implementing a new instructional strategy
that the school has adopted. During the same week, another researcher who is
part of the team conducts random observational assessments using a quantitative
tool to determine the frequency of use of the strategy. Both sets of data are
used to answer the research question about teacher changes in instruction.

Rewrite the following hypotheses, operationalizing all
variables:
a. Children who learn reading by the wholelanguage approach
read better than those taught by a traditional approach.
b. High school students who score above the top quartile of
the XYZ Mechanical Aptitude Test make better mechanics.
c. Scores on the math subtest of the SRA Achievement Test
for bright seventh-grade students who have been instructed with the inductive
math approach for 1 year will exceed scores of bright seventh-grade students
who have been instructed with a textbook-centered approach.

Which of the following proposed studies would not be exempt
from federal regulations for research with human subjects?
a. A study comparing two methods of teaching reading in the
elementary schools of a district
b. A survey of the attitudes of college freshmen toward the
advising procedures at a university
c. A history of the School of Education at Indiana State
University
d. A study of the effectiveness of Ritalin in the treatment
of hyperactivity among elementary school children

Which of the following is not an ethical principle in
research with humans?
a. Keep the identity of individual participants and the
results of their participation private.
b. Obtain informed consent from all participants.
c. Deceive participants about the nature and purpose of the
research.
d. Allow participants to withdraw from the study at any
time.
e. Explain the nature and value of the research to the
participants.

A school principal has given a graduate student permission
to conduct a study in his school. Therefore,
a. The student does not have to get approval from an
institutional review board.
b. The student will have to get consent from all the
individuals taking part in the study.
c. The student will need to inform and get the cooperation
of teachers involved.
d. Both b and c e. All of the above

Decide whether each of the following titles is acceptable or
unacceptable for quantitative research and give reasons for your choices:
a. Grade-Point Average and Driver Education
b. The Effects of Individualized Tutoring by Sixth-Grade
Students Three Times a Week on Reading Performance of Below-Average
Second-Grade Readers
c. Children Should Be Taught through Discovery Learning! d.
Relationship between Personality Characteristics and Attitudes toward
Achievement of Good and Poor Readers

1. Select a journal to which you might want to submit an
article and describe its requirements for submission.
2. In the results chapter of a dissertation, the
writer presents
a. Summary of data collected
b. Statistical analyses
c. Interpretation of fi ndings
d. All of the above
e. Both a and b