Chapter 2 Flashcards
Purpose of research
test a hypothesis
What are the characteristics of a theory
clear, consistent, parsimony, have scientific impact
Explanation that has the least number of facts or principals
parsimony
Research process
- research idea
- Background research
- hypothesis
- design study
- conduct research
- analyse data
- draw conclusions
8 reporting results - refining
a feeling of suddenly finding something great
serendipity
finding previous research on the subject matter to inform future research
background research
A testable guess that we aim to prove false
hypothesis
Narrow scope of research to broad generalizations
induction
Broad generalizations to specifics
deduction
Research that reports in the form of descriptions
qualitative
Research that reports in the form of statistics
quantitive
Manipulation of one variable with the goal of finding a causal relationship
experimental research
Not manipulating anything, no causal explanations and descriptive findings
descriptive research
Accuracy in measuring what we want to
validity
Conducting research in a controlled setting
good internal validity
conducting research in the real world
good external validity
Having poor external validity and lots of control
in lab experiment
having poor internal validity and many extraneous variables
out of lab experiment/field experiment
Developmental research, comparing many ages at the same time
cross sectional research
following the same people over a long period of time
longitudinal study
The premise that a hypothesis should be wrong
falsifiability
Definition that describes what will be measured
operational definition
The process of doing an experiment again
replication
brief stories or descriptions about personal experiences, other people or events are offered as facts to support or refute a claim
anecdotal evidence
