lecture 2.8.18 Flashcards
Systematic vs. Lit review
Sys: high level overview, team, lots of details, method section, detailed, in depth
Lit: summarizes evidence, may only be one person
Meta-analysis
use of statistical methods to summarize results of multiple studies. quantitative
you may find
systematic review, meta-analysis or a systematic review WITH a meta-analysis
Why use observational method?
observe phenomena in their natural setting
high external validity, ecological validity
can assess behavior otherwise not accessible
however: does not tell you the cause of behavior, impossible to tell if observational is normal
participant observation
participant active, member, extended, fieldwokr
non participant obs
participants have less knowledge about obs, limited interaction
structured vs unstructured
unst: early, descriptive, qualitative, notebook and pen, everything of interest
struct: quantitative, more like survey, permits more generalizations