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Theories begin with a fact pattern which is?
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Factual relationship that occurs repeatedly
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Research Objectives...
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Represent the resons you give for undertaking your own research project.
Ex. I am studying (fast food), because I want to find out (who/what/when/where/wether/how) _____ is, in order to understand ______. |
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Research question can be...
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theoretical or applied
Describe communication behavoir Relate communication behavoir to other varibles They typically ask who/what/when/where/how |
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Types of Research Questions: Definition
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Attempts to define something.
No definitive answer If unclear about your definition, research will suffer. ex. Communication scholars trying to define communication. There is no definite answer. |
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Types of Research Questions: Fact
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question regarding what has or will happen.
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When is a research hypothesis used?
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When the researcher knows enough about the topic under study to make a prediction.
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Hypothesis is a statement
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that is predivctive of realtionship between two variables.
H followed by the numeric subscript to refer to the number of hypothesis in the particular study. |
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Null Hypothesis
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The predictive statement of no (null) realtionship between 2 variables
Testing whether your hypothesis is not true. H followed by the subscript 0 |
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Associational relationship
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where one variable is found, the other also will be found.
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Causal Relationship
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One causes a change in the direction of the other one
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Conceptual Definition
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How you define the concept or variable that you are going to study.
Clearly defining concept is important in research |
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Operational Definition
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How you plan to measure and observe the concept or variable of interest.
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Directional and nondirectional hypotheses.
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Directional - specify the direction you are going to look at the concept
ex. People from the south talk slower then people from the north Nondirectional - not specifying a direction to observe the concept ex. People from north and south speak at different rates. |
