Research 1 (Part2)

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Has the purpose of determining the future operation of the variables under investigation with the aim of controlling or redirecting such for the better

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Predictive or prognostic research

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Determines what should be done based on findings

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Directive research

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Is concerned with the interaction of the components of the variable being investigated

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Illuminative research

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Is done for the development of theories or principles. It is conducted for the intellectual pleasure of learning

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Basic or pure research

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Is the application of the results of pure research. This is testing the efficacy of theories and principles

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Applied research

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The researcher studies the variables pertinent to a specific situation

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Exploratory research

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The researcher studies the relationships of the variables

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Descriptive research

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The experimenter studies the effects of the variables on each other

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Experimental research

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The researcher attempts to identify and isolate the components of the research situation

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Analytic approach

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Begins with the total situation, focusing attention on the system first and then on its internal relationships

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Holistic approach

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All possible courses of action are specified and identified and the researcher tries to find the most advantageous

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Evaluation research

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The focus is on finding or developing a more suitable instrument or process than has been available

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Developmental research

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Is one in which inferential statistics are utilized to determine the results of the study

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Quantitative or statistical research

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This is research in which the use of quantity or statistics is practically nil

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Non-quantitative research

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Describes what was

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Historical research

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Describes what is

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Descriptive research

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Describes what will be

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Experimental research

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Some hindrances to Scientific Inquiry:

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.tradition

.authority

.inaccurate observation

.overgeneralization

.selective observation

.made-up info

.illogical reasoning

.ego-involvement in understanding

.mystification

.to err is human

.dogmatism

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The scientific method of research:

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.determining the problem

.forming a hypothesis

.doing the library search

.designing the study

.developing the instruments for collecting data

.collecting the data

.analyzing the data

.determining implications and conclusions from the findings; and

.making recommendations for further research

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Principles of the scientific method:

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.rigid control

.objectivity

.systematic org. and

.rigorous standards

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This is accepting that customs,beliefs,practices,and superstitions are true and are parts of the daily lives of men

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Tradition

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This is accepting without question, an opinion about a certain subject which is given by someone

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Authority

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This is describing wrongly what is actually observed

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Inaccurate observation

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This is establishing a pattern out of a few instances

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Overgeneralization

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This is persisting to believe an observed pattern from an overgeneralization and ignoring other pertinent patterns

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Selective observation

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This is making up info to explain away confusion

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Made-up information

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This is attributing something to another without any logical basis

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Illogical reasoning

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This is giving an explanation when one finds himself in an unfavorable situation

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Ego-involvement in understanding

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This is attributing to supernatural power, the phenomena that cannot be understood

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Mystification

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This is an attitude that admits the fallibility of man

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To err is human

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This is an addition. This is an unwritten policy of certain institutions and governments prohibiting the study of topics that are believed to run counter to the established doctrines

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Dogmatism

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Refers to the manipulation of the research variables

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Rigid control

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Are those things that vary in quantity and quality which are to be manipulated by the researcher

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Variables

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Means that there should be no bias or partiality in treating the results of the inquiry

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Objectivity

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Refers to proper and accurate tabulation of data as well as presenting them in statistical tables ready for interpretation

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Systematic organization

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Refers to the setting up of standards or principles which serve as bases for evaluating the findings of a study

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Rigorous standards

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Gives the following hindrances to scientific inquiry

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Babbie

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Has given some characteristics of research

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Crawford