Research Methods

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Decks in this class (23)

Chapter 1.1 Methods of knowing and acquiring knowledge
Methods of acquiring knowledge,
The method of tenacity,
The method of inituition
8  cards
Chapter 1.2 Scientific Method
Scientific method,
Step 1 of scientific method,
Induction or inductive reasoning
11  cards
Chapter 1.3 The Research Process
Quantitative research,
Qualitative research,
The first step of research process
12  cards
Chapter 2.1 Identifying a Topic Area
Personal interests and curiosities,
Reports of others observations,
Practical problems or questions
3  cards
Chapter 2.2 Searching the Existing Research Literature
Primary source,
Secondary source,
The purpose of the literature search
7  cards
Chapter 2.3 Finding an idea for a research study from a published research article
Suggestions,
Combine or contrast existing results,
Components of a research article
7  cards
Chapter 2.4 Using research idea to form a hypothesis and create a research study
Characteristics of a good hypothesis,
It must be testable,
It must be refutable
4  cards
Chapter 3.1 Constructs and Operational Definition
Theory,
Construct,
Operational definition
9  cards
Chapter 3.2 Validity and Reliability
Researchers have developed two ge...,
Validity of a measurement,
Face validity
16  cards
Chapter 3.3 Scales of Measurement
Classifying the individuals,
The nominal scale,
The ordinal scale
5  cards
Chapter 3.4 Modalities of Measurement
Self report,
Psychological measures,
Behavioral measures
3  cards
Chapter 3.5 Other Aspects of Measurement
Range effect,
Artifacts,
Experimenter bias
13  cards
Chapter 4.1 Introduction, Ethics
Research ethics,
2 basic categories
2  cards
Chapter 4.2 Ethical Issues and Human participants
Nuremberg code,
Belmont report,
Principle of respect for persons
15  cards
Chapter 4.4 Ethical Issues
Fraud,
Replication,
Plagiarism
3  cards
Chapter 5.1 Introduction to Sampling
Population,
Sample,
Target population
13  cards
Chapter 5.2 Probability Sampling Methods
Simple random sampling,
Simple random sampling sampling w...,
Simple random sampling sampling w...
9  cards
Chapter 5.3 Nonprobability Sampling Methods
Convenience sampling,
Quota sampling,
Convenience sample can work with
3  cards
Chapter 6.1 Research Strategies
Research strategy,
Descriptive research strategy,
Correlational research strategy
10  cards
Chapter 6.2 External and Internal Validity
External validity,
Threat to external validity,
Three different kinds of generali...
5  cards
Chapter 6.3 Threats to External Validity
Selection bias,
Collage students,
Volunteer bias
11  cards
Chapter 6.4 Threats to Internal Validity
Extraneous variables,
Confounding variables,
Environmental variables general t...
5  cards
Chapter 6.5 More about Internal and External Validity
Artifacts,
First artifact is experimenter bias,
Second artifact is demand charact...
5  cards

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