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How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education Book Cover
How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education, 5/e
Jack R. Fraenkel, San Francisco State University
Norman E. Wallen, San Francisco State University
Instrumentation

Problem Sheet

Problem Sheet 7: Instrumentation

  1. The question or hypothesis in my study is ___________________________________

    2. _____________________________________________________________________

  2. The types of instruments I plan to use to measure my variables are: ______________

    3. _____________________________________________________________________

  3. Circle one of the following:
    1. I plan to use an existing instrument.
    2. I plan to develop an instrument.

  1. If I need to develop an instrument, here are two examples of the kind of questions
    I would ask (or tasks I would have students perform) as part of my instrument:

    2. a.___________________________________________________________________

    b.___________________________________________________________________

  2. These are the existing instruments I plan to use: ______________________________

    3. _____________________________________________________________________

  3. The independent variable in my study is ____________________________________

    4. I would describe it as follows (circle the term in each set that applies)

    [quantitative or categorical] [nominal or ordinal or interval or ratio]

  4. The dependent variable in my study is _____________________________________

    5. I would describe it as follows (circle the term in each set that applies)

    [quantitative or categorical] [nominal or ordinal or interval or ratio]

  5. My study does not have independent/dependent variables. The variable(s) in my study is (are)
    ______________________________________________________________

    6. _____________________________________________________________________

  6. For each variable above that yields numerical data, I will treat it as follows (check one in each column):
    7.  Independent DependentOther
    Raw score__________ __________ __________
    Age/grade equivalents__________ __________ __________
    Percentile__________ __________ __________
    Standard score__________ __________ __________
  1. I do not have any variables that yield numerical data in my study _____________

 

 

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