Descriptive Research Answers

A researcher who does not want to manipulate or interfere with the behavior of research subjects would conduct a __________ study.

A case study allows a more detailed look at the life of a single subject than any other study.

Some researchers claim that there is not much difference between qualitative and quantitative data.

Qualitative research generally uses numbers to represent research data.

One of the primary benefits of a survey is that they __________.

In traditional naturalistic observation, the subject or subjects being studied __________.

Read the data example below and answer the question that follows. Three out of five seniors remain undecided about a college major at the end of their senior year. What type of data is represented?

Read the scenario below and answer the question that follows. A researcher wants to compare math performance scores of high school juniors who are located in various urban areas. The researcher will most likely conduct the research by using which descriptive research method?

An anthropomorphic error occurs when researchers __________.

Naturalistic observation is commonly used for anthropology studies.