…………….. is a comprehensive belief system, world view, or framework that guides research and practice in a field according to Willis (2007).
A) Research Design
B) Research Paradigm
C) Research Methodology
D) Research Ethics
ANSWER: B
……………… fisherman supplements his/her quantitative observations of the social properties of a species of fish by wearing a wet suit and conducting structured interviews of a random sample of fish to ascertain their reasons for swimming in accordance with the inferred social pattern.
A) Positivist
B) Postpositivist
C) Interpretive
D) Critical
ANSWER: B
................research paradigm is a school of thought which believes that reality is subjective and there is no universal truth.
A) Postpositivism
B) Interpretivism
C) Criticalism
D) Postmodernism
ANSWER: B
A ………… is fundamentally an unanswered question or unresolved problem in a field, which reflects a lack of existing research in that space.
A) Research gap
B) Knowledge gap
C) Theoretical gap
D) Methodological gap
ANSWER: A
A ………………… fisherman enters the water, establishes rapport with the fish, and swims with them, striving to understand their experience of being in the water.
A) Positivist
B) Postpositivist
C) Interpretive
D) Critical
ANSWER: C
A ………………… fisherman standing on a riverbank describes, without getting his/her feet wet, the social properties of a species of fish by observing the general tendency of their group behaviour as they swim around.  
A) Positivist
B) Postpositivist
C) Interpretive
D) Critical
ANSWER: A
A fisherman enters the water, establishes rapport with the fish, and swims with them, striving to understand their experience of being in the water.
A) Positivist
B) Postpositivist
C) Interpretive
D) Critical
ANSWER: C
A fisherman standing on a riverbank describes, without getting his/her feet wet, the social properties of a species of fish by observing the general tendency of their group behaviour as they swim around.
A) Positivist
B) Postpositivist
C) Interpretive
D) Critical
ANSWER: A
A research gap is fundamentally an unanswered question or unresolved problem in a field, which reflects a lack of existing research in that space.
A) Research gap
B) Knowledge gap
C) Theoretical gap
D) Methodological gap
ANSWER: A
A review of policies related to your research study to justify your research study is called …
A) Thematic review
B) Theoretical review
C) Policy review
D) Empirical review
ANSWER: C
A review of previous research studies guiding you to find the research gap of your research study is called …
A) Thematic review
B) Theoretical review
C) Policy review
D) Empirical review
ANSWER: D
A review of related concepts of your research agenda is called
A) Thematic review
B) Theoretical review
C) Policy review
D) Empirical review
ANSWER: A
A review of related theories guiding you throughout the research study is called ….
A) Thematic review
B) Theoretical review
C) Policy review
D) Empirical review
ANSWER: B
A review of the literature before formulating research questions allows the researcher to
A) Provide an up-to-date understanding of the subject, its significance, and structure
B) Guide the development of emergent research questions
C) Present the kinds of research methodologies used in previous studies
D) All of the options
ANSWER: D