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2 As questões de 01 a 05, cujas respostas deverão ser redigidas EM PORTUGUÊS, referem -se ao texto abaixo. Conceptual issues of research methodology for the behavioural, life and social sciences Gideon J. Mellenbergh, Herman J. Ader, F, Davis Baird, Martijn P.F. Berger, John E. Cornell, Jacques A.P. Hagenaars Tilburg and Peter C.M. Molenaar Research methodology (RM) is an essential part of research and teaching in the behavioural, life and social sciences. RM is closely connected to, on one side, substantive fields such as medicine, psychology, education, sociology and economics, and, on the other side, statistics and computer science, and the philosophy of science yields an important conce ptual framework. However, RM must be clearly separated from all these fields. RM starts from substantive research problems and uses statistical knowledge and insights from other fields, but it goes its own way in developing and applying new methods, concepts and insights. Several main phases of empirical research can be distinguished. The first phase consists of the definition of the research problem. The relevant literature is studied and the research problem is framed to a theoretical or practical context. The second phase is the planning of the study. The research problem is operationally defined in terms of a concrete design and measurement procedure. The third phase contains the implementation of the study. The study is actually carried out and the empirical data are collected. The fourth phase consists of the analysis of the data. The raw data are processed such that they yield information on the research problem. The final phase is the reporting of the study. The research problem and the study are de scribed, and the results are interpreted. RM is engaged in all these phases. Research problems are frequently defined too loosely, and RM must help to redefine problems such that they are open to empirical study. The planning phase must result in an adequate design, which correctly and efficiently answers the research problem. The design must avoid confounding factors and pitfalls, it must make efficient use of available means and it must produce efficient parameter estimates. Moreover, RM must assist in the specification of precise and valid measurement procedures. A measurement instrument is precise when the error variance of measurements is within an acceptable range; and the instrument is valid when it measures the theoretical constructs that it purpor ts to measure. In the implementation phase, RM must be active in the search for data collection methods, which are not biased by, for example, selective non-response, unintended reactions of human subjects to the research situation or other artefactual factors. In the data analysis phase, RM must guide researchers to find the right path through the overwhelmingly large forest of data analysis methods. RM has also an important task in the final phase of reporting the study. It must draw the researcher's attention to limits of the study, and it must assist the researcher in finding a correct and understandable wording of the methodological and statistical issues. RM is a broad and autonomous field, which is not second place or auxiliary to substantive fields; nor is it an extension of statistics. RM has its own agenda of research topics. Various RM topics were discussed in Ader and Mellenbergh (1999), which was supplemented by an RM colloquium of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Amsterdam, January 12th-14th, 2000). In the present paper examples of typical RM issues are discussed. The list is far from exhaustive, but it demonstrates the broad range of RM topics. These topics are not discussed from a sta -tistical or philosophical point of view. In contrast, the discussion is from a typical RM position and it is addressed to statisticians who are involved in RM of the behavioural, life and social sciences. Disponível em: < df?accepttc=true>. Acesso em: 23 mar UFRN Exame de Proficiência 2011_1 Inglês Ciências Humanas e Sociais 1

3 Questão 1 De acordo com o texto, o processo de pesquisa pode ser dividido em várias fases. Explicite quais são elas e em que consiste cada uma delas. Questão 2 Por que, segundo o autor, a metodologia de pesquisa precisa ser separada de outros campos do saber? UFRN Exame de Proficiência 2011_1 Inglês Ciências Humanas e Sociais 2

4 Questão 3 Qual importante tarefa a metodologia de pesquisa tem na fase final do relato de um estudo e o que isso deve prever? Questão 4 Explicite quais assuntos são discutidos no artigo segundo os autores. UFRN Exame de Proficiência 2011_1 Inglês Ciências Humanas e Sociais 3

5 Questão 5 Traduza o fragmento textual abaixo no espaço reservado para isso. Seu texto deverá apresentar clareza e estar bem articulado tanto em termos estruturais quanto de sentido. Moreover, RM must assist in the specification of precise and valid measurement procedures. A measurement instrument is precise when the error variance of measurements is within an acceptable range; and the instrum ent is valid when it measures the theoretical constructs that it purports to measure. ESPAÇO DESTINADO AO TEXTO DEFINITIVO UFRN Exame de Proficiência 2011_1 Inglês Ciências Humanas e Sociais 4