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Question 1

Research process

Answer 1

• Research question
• Design study
• Collecting the data
• Interpreting data
• Reporting the data

Question 2

Purpose of research

Answer 2

• Further knowledge about a profession/therapy
• assess needs for services
• evaluate the effectiveness of interventions
• develop assessment tool
• provide info about client’s experiences
• Examine the process of therapy

Question 3

Difference between qualitative vs quantitative

- qualitative “interpretivism”

Answer 3

• Used to obtain an understanding of the world from an individuals or social groups perspective
• Often involves interviewing people to understand their perspective
• Data in the form of words

Question 4

Difference between qualitative vs quantitative

- quantitative “positivism”

Answer 4

• used to find out about relationships between variables, or quantify how common a phenomena is
• data is often collected by use of standardised measures, questionnaires or objective measurement methods
• the data gathered are quantifiable and statistical, using counts and measures

Question 5

Considerations for designing a research study

Answer 5

1. What is the research question?
2. What is the best research design to use? And how might potential bias and confounding be controlled?
3. Who will be the participants for the study? Need to understand how to obtain a sample of participants from the population of interest
4. How will data be collected? Measure to use?
5. What methods/procedures will be used, and have ethical considerations been addressed?

Question 6

What is sampling

Answer 6

• A researcher chooses a small, carefully chosen subgroup of the population, serves as a reference group for drawing conclusions about the population
• Must specify inclusion and exclusion criterion.

Question 7

sampling advantages ?

Answer 7

Advantages

• More economical
• Time efficient
• Cana be more accurate because there is greater control over the measurements and procedures used.

Question 8

ontology

Answer 8

a set of ideas, values, frameworks and beliefs

Question 9

What is epistemology

Answer 9

A theory about the nature of knowledge and how we know what we know

Question 10

Methodology

Answer 10

A specific ways to generate knowledge

Question 11

Describe how different paradigms represent different epistemology
- qual

Answer 11

Interpretivism (qual)

• Knowledge is subjective
• Meaning has action
• Relies on interpretation
• Social world is different to natural world

Question 12

Describe how different paradigms represent different epistemology
- quan

Answer 12

Positivism (Quant)

• Knowledge is objective
• Hard data
• Can be measured
• Natural and social world are the same
• Deduce hypothesis