M.Ed. Master of Education Educational Research and Assessment 1

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

True experimental designs with random assignment allow researchers to control for confounding variables and establish causal relationships between variables.

Question 2

Reliability in educational assessment refers to:

Accepted Answer

The consistency of scores across repeated administrations or raters

Answer

Reliability refers to the consistency and stability of assessment results over time, across forms, or between raters.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Mean

Answer

The mean is calculated using all values, so extreme scores (outliers) pull it disproportionately in their direction, unlike the median or mode.

Question 4

A Likert scale is used in educational research to measure:

Accepted Answer

Attitudes, opinions, or perceptions along a continuum

Answer

Likert scales ask respondents to indicate their level of agreement or disagreement on a rating continuum, commonly used to measure attitudes and perceptions.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Content validity

Answer

Content validity ensures that assessment items comprehensively and representatively sample the full domain of knowledge or skills being measured.

M.Ed. Master of Education Practice Test

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M.Ed. Master of Education Educational Research and Assessment 1