Non experimental design

Question 1

when is a non-experimental design used

Answer 1

when a phenomena or variable cannot be studied using an experimental design

Question 2

survey

Answer 2

Descriptive, exploratory, comparative

Question 3

what does a survey collect?

Answer 3

characteristics of a population, situation, phenomena, frequency of an occurrence, differences between variables (comparison)

Question 4

relationship/difference types

Answer 4

correlation and developmental

Question 5

correlation

Answer 5

evaluates relationship between variables. Direct relationship can be determined but not causation

Question 6

developmental types

Answer 6

cross sectional, cohort, case control

Question 7

cross sectional

Answer 7

data examined at one point in time from a group of subjects

Question 8

cohort (longitudinal)

Answer 8

data collected from the same group over a period of time

Question 9

case control, retrospective, ex post facto

Answer 9

independent variable has occurred in the past

Question 10

methodological research

Answer 10

develop and evaluate data collection methods or instruments, focus is on how data are collected

Question 11

secondary analysis

Answer 11

data that was originally collected and analyzed for one study is re-analyzed for a second study

Question 12

mixed methods

Answer 12

qualitative and quantitative data are collected