Action Research in Action: From University to School Classrooms

Table 2

Rank orders by means, and standard deviations of the responses to the competency items for all respondents (𝑁=176).

Rank	Question	Mean	SD
1	Q8: I can identify and pose research questions	3.15	0.680
2	Q15: I can describe the study and its findings in an oral or written report	2.98	0.760
3	Q9: I can review and synthesize existing research	2.93	0.771
4	Q13: I can organize and analyze the data I collected	2.91	0.830
5	Q14: I can interpret the findings from the data I collect	2.91	0.801
6	Q12: I can select existing data collection tools, when available	2.81	0.812
7	Q10: I can plan a research study	2.73	0.719
8	Q11: I can design appropriate data collection tools	2.70	0.728