OKAY Flashcards
Quantitative Research (bullets)
Expressed in numbers and graphs
Used to test theories and assumptions
Used to establish facts about a topic
Qualitative Research (bullets)
Expressed in words
Used to understand concepts and experiences
Used to gather insights on topics that are not well understood
Quantitative methods
Experiments
Observations
Surveys
Qualitative methods
Literature review
Observations
Focus groups
Interviews
Qualitative research is used to?
Understand something
Quantitative research is used to?
To confirm theories
What is Descriptive Method (Descriptive research)?
Describes the phenomena being studied.
It addresses the “what” question.
Descriptive method described what?
It describes what appears to be happening and what the important variables seem to be.
What is Correlational Research?
Correlational research determines the relations among two or more variables.
Correlational research can be bivariate into?
independent variable
dependent variable
Correlational research emphasizes what?
It emphasizes the strength of the relationship, from nor correlation to perfectly correlated.
What happens in Experimental method?
the researcher manipulates one or more independent or grouping variables and then observes the impact of that manipulation on one or more dependent or outcome variables
Experimental method includes?
true experiments
quasi-experiments
What is true experiments?
individuals are randomly assigned to groups, such as method of instruction
What is quasi experiments?
individuals cannot randomly assigned as they are in a condition or group
