3.3 Non-Experimental Designs

Question 1

What is a correlational study?

Answer 1

measures the quantitative relationship between two variables

Question 2

What is an ethnographic study?

Answer 2

deep, lengthy qualitative analysis of a culture and its characteristics

Question 3

What is a twin study?

Answer 3

analysis of heritability through measuring characteristics of twins

Question 4

What is a longitudinal study?

Answer 4

long term analysis that intermittently measures the evolution of some behavior or characteristics

Question 5

What is a case study?

Answer 5

deep analysis of a single case or example

Question 6

What is a phenomenological study?

Answer 6

self observation of a phenomenon by researcher or small group of participants

Question 7

What is a survey study?

Answer 7

use of a series of questions to allow participants to self report behaviors or tendencies

Question 8

What is an archival study?

Answer 8

analysis of historical records for insight into a phenomenon

Question 9

What is a biographical study?

Answer 9

exploration of all the circumstances of an individuals life

Question 10

What is an observational study?

Answer 10

broad category that includes any research in which experiments do not manipulate the situation or results