On Research Methods: Checking Your Understanding

1. Question 4.9

   What kind of research does Moriah McCracken introduce her students to in their first year?

   A.

   statistical

   B.

   quantitative

   C.

   qualitative

   D.

   self-driven

2. Question 4.10

   Who do McCracken’s students have to interview?

   A.

   another student

   B.

   a professor

   C.

   someone in the cafeteria

   D.

   a family member

3. Question 4.11

   What does McCracken do when students ask her a yes/no question in a practice interview?

   A.

   She laughs at them.

   B.

   She makes them start over.

   C.

   She stops the interview.

   D.

   She gives them a yes/no answer.

4. Question 4.12

   Where, according to McCracken, does all of the learning often happen?

   A.

   when students ask the best possible questions

   B.

   when students look at what went wrong

   C.

   when students do their homework

   D.

   in college rather than in high school

5. Question 4.13

   What does McCracken hope that students will realize?

   A.

   that yes/no questions are the most precise

   B.

   that you have to perfect your qualitative methods

   C.

   that there are different kinds of questions to ask

   D.

   that interviewing is a lot of work