Other research methods

Question 1

Name 4 other research methods.

Answer 1

Systematic review
Meta-analysis
Case study
Content analysis

Question 2

What is a review?

Answer 2

A consideration of a number of studies that has investigated the same topic in order to reach a general conclusion about a particular hypothesis.

Question 3

What is a meta-analysis?

Answer 3

A researcher looks at the findings from a number of different studies and produces a statistic to represent the overall effect.

Question 4

What is effect size?

Answer 4

A measure of the strength of the relationship between two variables.

Question 5

What is a limitation of meta-analyses?

Answer 5

Varying research design in different studies makes them less comparable.

Question 6

What is a case study?

Answer 6

A research investigation that involves a detailed study of a single individual, institution or event.

Question 7

What is a less obvious limitation of a case study?

Answer 7

Studies only take place after a specific event has happened, so we can’t be sure that the apparent changes observed were not present originally.

Question 8

What is content analysis?

Answer 8

Type of indirect observation where behaviour is determined through written or verbal material such as interviews or books.