Lecture 1 Flashcards
Premature closure
When you think you have the answer so you stop further reserach
The halo effect
When we overgeneralize from highly positive source and let it’s strong reputation rubb of onto other areas
Steps of the empirical cycle
- Select topic
- Focus question
- Design study
- Collect data
- Analyze data
- Interpret data
- Inform others
Approaches of research
Quantitative and qualitative reserach
Basic research
Fundamental kownledge, researchers have freedom and instrinsic motivation
Applied research
particular/specific research
Types of applied research
Evaluation research, action research, social assessment research
Types of quantitative data
Experiments, surveys, content analysis, existing statistics, secondary data analyses
Existing statistics
You collect existing statistics/information from others and combine those statistics into your own study.
Secondary data analyses
Using existing data! wich was collected for another study, so you do not use new data.
Types of quantitative data
Field research (examining small group of length of time), history-comparative research (examining social life in past historical era or cultures)
Types of Applied research
Evaluation reserach study (see if something works), action research study (to bring a change into the world, climate), Social assessment research (see if it will bring a change in the future)
Purpose of research
Exploratory, descriptive, explanatory
Time dimensions in research
Case study, cross-sectional research, longitudinal research
Different types of longitudinal research
Time-series study, panel study, cohort study
