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Research Methods & Evidence-Based Practice Flashcards

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  1. A tutor wants to determine whether a new vocabulary strategy is effective. Which research design best establishes cause and effect?

    Answer: Randomized controlled trial

    A randomized controlled trial randomly assigns participants to groups, allowing causal conclusions about the intervention's effect.

  2. Which term describes the extent to which a study's findings can be generalized to other students and settings?

    Answer: External validity

    External validity refers to how well study results apply beyond the specific sample and setting studied.

  3. A tutor reads a meta-analysis on reading fluency interventions. What is a key advantage of meta-analyses over single studies?

    Answer: They use larger, combined sample sizes for stronger conclusions

    Meta-analyses pool data across multiple studies, increasing statistical power and yielding more reliable effect size estimates.

  4. When a measurement tool consistently produces similar scores across repeated administrations, it demonstrates:

    Answer: Test-retest reliability

    Test-retest reliability measures the consistency of scores obtained from the same instrument at different time points.

  5. A tutor notices that students who received phonics instruction outperformed controls, but the control group had less experienced teachers. This is an example of:

    Answer: A confounding variable

    Teacher experience is a confounding variable that co-varies with the intervention and could explain the outcome independently.

  6. In evidence-based tutoring practice, the hierarchy of evidence places which source at the highest level of credibility?

    Answer: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses

    Systematic reviews and meta-analyses synthesize the best available evidence and are considered the gold standard in evidence hierarchies.

  7. A researcher uses a Likert scale to measure student motivation. This is an example of collecting:

    Answer: Ordinal data

    Likert scales produce ordinal data because response categories are ranked but intervals between them are not necessarily equal.