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What are 3 methods of knowing. Explain.
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Experience- You touch a hot stove and learn it is hot
Authority- Learn from a trusted source Reasoning- Logical thought to draw conclusions |
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What is quantitative research?
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describes variables of interest, relations among those variables.
To measure-to have numbers |
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What is qualitative research?
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Topics stated in a more general language
To describe the experiences of a topic |
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What are dependent variables?
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The experimenter measures what happens to the dependent variable.
To change the outcome of independent variable |
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What are independent variables?
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What the experimenter manipulates.
What is under control of the researcher |
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What is a hypothesis?
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Predictions of the researchers expected findings
Non directional states the relationship exists Directional states an expected direction |
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What is survey research?
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Collect data in order to test hypothesis typically through survey, interview or observation
Example: Do teachers participate in school based decision making |
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What is causal comparative?
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Attempts to determine the cause or reason for existing differences.
The grouping variable is the potential cause The dependent variable is the effect |
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What is naturalistic study?
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Ethrography or naturalistic research is the study of cultural patterns and perspectives of participants in natural setting
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What is parsimony?
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Parsimony is the use of the simplest or most frugal route of explaination available
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What is operational definition?
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Describes important terms so all readers understand the meaning the researcher intends.
Examples are definitions of an iq test for intellegence score or the score on the final exam for research methods. |
