Chapter 3 Flashcards
Procedures used by researchers to collect and investigate data.
Research methods
A biomedical research procedure used to evaluate the effectiveness of particular medications and therapeutic interventions. Random refers to the equal chance of participants being in the experimental or control group (the group to which nothing is done and is used for comparison); trial refers to the experimental nature of the method.
Randomized control trials (RCTs)
Research that focuses on the collection of statistical data
Quantitative research
Research that focuses on the meanings and interpretations of the participants.
Qualitative research
Research methods that attempt to study people in the same way that physical scientists study the natural world- by focusing on quantifiable and directly observable events. Such research methods focus on the collection of statistical data.
Positivist research methodologies
An approach to medicine that maintains that all clinical practice should be based on evidence from randomized control trials (RCTs) to ensure treatment effectiveness and efficacy.
Evidence-based medicine (EBM)
Refers to the selection of units of analysis to ensure that the processes involved are adequately studied, and where statistical representativeness is not required.
Purposive sampling
A term used by qualitative researchers to describe trustworthy research that carefully scrutinizes and describes the meanings and interpretations given by participants.
Rigour
Usually associated with qualitative methods, it refers to any social theory that is derived from (or grounded in) empirical research of social phenomena.
Grounded theory
A more activist approach to research whereby researchers work with local communities, social groups, or individuals to empower the group or its representatives. Often involves participants in formulating the research questions.
Participatory action research (PAR)
A theoretical framework that posits racialization as a key structuring mechanism in society. Focuses on how socially constructed racial and ethnic categories are used to order groups in a way that disenfranchises and oppresses people. Goal is to not only understand inequalities but to develop strategies to eliminate them.
Critical race theory (CRT)
An ethnography that focuses on the experience of the researcher.
Autoethnography
A research method that is based on direct observation of a particular social group’s social life and culture- of what people actually do.
Ethnography
