Chapter 5

Question 1

Idiographic research

Answer 1

You will attempt to explain or describe your phenomenon exhaustively

Question 2

Nomothetic research

Answer 2

Aim to provide a more general, sweeping explanation, or description of your topic

Question 3

Causality

Answer 3

Refers to the idea that one event behavior or belief will result in the occurrence of another subsequent event belief or believe in other words it is about cause and effect

Question 4

Basic research

Answer 4

May turn out to have Some useful application

Question 5

Applied research

Answer 5

May contribute to basic understanding

Question 6

Explanatory research

Answer 6

Is usually conducted when a researcher has just begun investigation and wishes to understand his or hers topic more generally

It’s also research that aims to explain why particular phenomena work in the way that they do

Question 7

Descriptive research

Answer 7

It’s research the aims to the describe or define the topic at hand

Question 8

Qualitative studies

Answer 8

Goal is generally to understand the multitude of causes that account for the specific instance the researcher is investigating

Quantitative research may point qualitative research toward general casual relationships that are worth investigating in more depth

Question 9

Quantitative studies

Answer 9

Goal May be to understand the more general causes of some phenomenon rather than the idiosyncrasies of one particular instance

Qualitative research may point quantitative research toward hypothesis that are worth investigating

Question 10

Ecological fallacy

Answer 10

Occurs when claims about one lower level unit of analysis are made based on data from some higher-level unit of analysis

Question 11

Hypothesis

Answer 11

A statement sometimes but not always casual describing a researchers expectations regarding what he or she anticipates finding

Question 12

Triangulation

Answer 12

Using a combination of multiple and different research strategies