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Methodology Flashcards

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What are the steps in the scientific method?

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  1. An observation
  2. a hypothesis
  3. Generate specific, testable prediction
  4. Planned observations
  5. Evaluate and conclude on whether hypothesis is correct
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What is epistemology?

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HOW can I gain knowledge?

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What is the ONTOLOGICAL question?

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WHAT can I gain knowledge about?

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What is naturalistic, unobtrusive observation?

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Participants do not know they are being watched.

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5
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Contrived observation

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Lab - setting up a situation then observing

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6
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Participant observation

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Researcher becomes part of the community

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7
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Hawthorne affect

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Knowing you are being observed changes behaviour

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8
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Content analysis

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Type of observational research where you review copy/content

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9
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Archival research

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Research using historical records

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10
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Nomothetic

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Studying a group

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Idiographic

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Studying a single case

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12
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Hermeneutic

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Concerned with meaning not cause.

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13
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Ethonographic

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Participant observer immersed into space

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14
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Phenomenological

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Meaning from the participants perspective

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15
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Thematic analysis

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explicit and implicit themes

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16
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Grounded theory

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reiterative, theory generation

17
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Discourse analysis

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research method for understanding written words or language

18
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Simple random sampling

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Each person has an equal chance of being selected

19
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Systematic sampling

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Create a system to choose eg every 9th person in a list

20
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Stratified Random Sampling

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Capturing subgroups within a population and randomising participants within the group

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Proportionate stratified random sampling

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Selecting participants from subgroups in the same proportion as the population

22
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Factors vs levels

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Gender is a factor, levels within that factor are male and female

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