A Researcher Generally Follows the Quantitative Paradigm as Her Primary

question 46

Multiple Choice

A researcher generally follows the quantitative paradigm as her primary status research paradigm. However, to help her develop a standardized quantitative questionnaire, she first interviews 15 participants to help her understand the language and categories of the people in her target population. Which design is this?

• A) Primary status sequential design
• B) Equal-status sequential design
• C) Primary status concurrent design
• D) Equal-status concurrent design

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Definitions:

Morphemes

The smallest meaningful units of language.

Stroop Effect

A cognitive phenomenon demonstrating the interference in reaction time when the color of words on a test and the words themselves have different meanings.

Ink Color

The hue or shade of ink, often used as a stimulus in psychological tests to investigate cognitive processes such as attention and memory.

Psychological Research

The scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior through controlled experiments and observation.