Lectures 1-3

Question 1

What are the planner’s 3 roles in research?

Answer 1

• conduct research ourselves
• design research for others
• evaluate research produced by other

Question 2

What is scientific inquiry?

Answer 2

• gather evidence & analyse data

- predictions based on understanding from theory/concepts

Question 3

What are the 3 basic purposes of research?

Answer 3

• exploration
• descriptive (describing what is observed)
• explanation (report relationships among different aspects of the phenomenon

Question 4

What are the 8 main steps of a research process?

Answer 4

• review literature
• identify the research question/hypothesis
• design the research
• acquire data
• analyse the data
• interpret and discuss the results
• report the research
• knowledge transfer

Question 5

What is the purpose of research design?

Answer 5

-broad structure that guide the collection and analysis of data

Question 6

What are they types of studies (in terms of time dimensions)?

Answer 6

• cross sectional (1 point in time)

- longitudinal (observations made at many times)

Question 7

T or F:
Inductive reasoning starts with the general principle whereas deductive reasoning starts with particular observations-research comes before the theory

Answer 7

F

Question 8

T or F
Idiographic explanation explains a single situation whereas nomothetic explanation i s for a class of situations

Answer 8

T

Question 9

Explain the range of Global Moran’s I

Answer 9

-1 to 1
near to -1 means more clustering of dissimilar values, negative spatial autocorrelation
near to 1 means positive clustering