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DF: For the Week 6
Discussion Forum, you will review the following scenario and you will answer
the questions that follow:
You
are a researcher gathering data to answer the following research
question: Will improving preparation methods result in higher quiz
grades?
You
decide to interview your fellow students and ask them: What method(s)
do you use to prepare for each week’s Quiz?
You
interviewed your classmates and they provided the responses below. During your
post-collection coding process, which type of units will you analyze – context,
sampling, or recording? Why is this the best process to use in this case? Using
the process that you selected, code the following responses:
I read the required chapters in
the textbook and then take the quiz.
I read the textbook and review
the chapter slides and then take the quiz.
Before taking the quiz, I read
the required chapters in the textbook, review the chapter slides, and
identify the key topics in the required chapter reading in order to create
an outline of the chapter including page numbers where I can quickly
locate information about the topic.
I skim the required chapters in
the textbook, look up key topics online for additional information, then
take the quiz.
I do not prepare to take the
quizzes.