Introduction to the Research Culture Flashcards
Everyday ways of knowing
personal Experience
Intuition
Authority
Appeals to Tradition, Custom, and Faith
Magic, Superstition, Mysticism
Research/scientific Inquiry
Proprietary and Scholarly
Positivistic
Deductive
Singular and Objective
Independent
Naturalistic traditions
Inductive
Multiple and intersubjective
Interdependent
Inductive Research
Naturalistic
Patterns
Bottom-up research
Deductive Research
Theory to data approach,
Top Down research
Lab experiments that use numbers
Disadvantages of Deductive (Quantitative) Research
Might not be studying the correct things
Might not be realistic
Advantages of Deductive (Quantitative) Research
More control over what is studied
Structured process
Statistics
Disadvantages of Inductive (Qualitative) Research
Might not study planned topic
Advantages of Inductive (Qualitative) Research
Go with the flow
Many results
data integrity
analyzes behavior
What counts as Data?
-field notes
-transcripts
-experiment/survey results
What do you do with the Data?
-code it for data reduction
-statistics
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