Mod 1 Flashcards
Systematic investigation
Research
To inform action gather evidence for theories
Main purpose
Researchers must know to work with others
Collaborative
Researchers must be always curious
Investigate
Must have keen attention to details
Perspective
Researchers must always approach the studies without bias
Objective
Researchers must be able to remain cal despite the errors
Level headed
Strategic plan how to go about answering the research question
Research design
Rationale for the research design and is broader in terms of concept on which it touches
Methodology
Looking for something new often conducted in new areas of inquiring where it intense to scope out the magnitude of particular phenomenon
Exploratory
Provides explanation of an observed phenomena by answering the why and how questions
Explanatory
Also known as theoretical research, aims to test existing or generate new theories to evidence knowledge or understanding
Basic research
Aims to use acquired knowledge in order to contribute directly to the understanding our resolution of particular issues
Applied research
Theory testing-specific - general
Deductive
Theory building the general to specific
Inductive
Information from experience and direct data collection
Empirical
Introspections experience and people’s analysis of events
Non empirical
Often referred to as inductive research aims to understand or make sense of the world based on experiences and perceptions of individuals
Qualitative research
Often referred to as deductive research aims to understand the world by using numbers
Quantitative
Both an approach and method of understanding the behavioral, emotive in social meanings of lived experiences of an individuals
Phenomenology
Focuses on studying shared practices and belief systems of a group of people in their natural context over a prolonged period
Ethnography
Allow in depth investigation of complex issues within a specific context based on a very small geographical area or a very limited number of individuals as the subject of the study
Case study
Studies naturally occurring discourse and extract shared meaning from such discourse
Discourse analysis
Primary concern with presenting the stories and experiencing voice by study participants has the accurately and comprehensively as possible
Analysis thematic theory
