M.Ed. Master of Education Educational Research and Assessment

Question 1

Which research design allows researchers to establish cause-and-effect relationships by randomly assigning participants to groups?

Accepted Answer

True experimental design

Answer

Case study

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Correlational study

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Ethnography

Question 2

Reliability in educational assessment refers to:

Accepted Answer

The consistency of scores across repeated administrations or raters

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The degree to which a test measures what it intends to measure

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The fairness of the test for all subgroups

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The alignment of the test to curriculum standards

Question 3

Which measure of central tendency is most affected by extreme outlier scores?

Accepted Answer

Mean

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Mode

Answer

Median

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Standard deviation

Question 4

A Likert scale is used in educational research to measure:

Accepted Answer

Attitudes, opinions, or perceptions along a continuum

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Student physical fitness

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Reading fluency rates

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Standardized achievement benchmarks

Question 5

Which type of validity evidence confirms that an assessment measures all aspects of the intended construct or domain?

Accepted Answer

Content validity

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Predictive validity

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Concurrent validity

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Construct validity

Question 6

A researcher finds a correlation of r = –0.82 between screen time and reading scores. This indicates:

Accepted Answer

A strong negative relationship between the two variables

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Screen time causes lower reading scores

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No meaningful relationship

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A weak positive relationship