Positivism And Quantitative Research Methods

Question 0

Quantitative data refers to..

Answer 0

Numerical/statistical data which can be measured

Question 1

Definition of Hypothetico-Deductive method

Answer 1

• Hypothetico refers to a hypothesis
• Deductive refers to the fact that the hypothesis is drawn from a broader framework of observation (e.g. Theory). It refers to the process of working something out from the general to the particular

Question 2

Case study

Answer 2

A highly detailed study of one or two social situations or groups

Question 3

Cluster sampling

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The researcher selects a series of different places and then chooses a sample at random from the cluster of people within these areas

Question 4

Cross-sectional survey

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A survey conducted at one time with no attempt to follow up the people surveyed over a longer time

Question 5

Experimenter effect

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Unreliability of data arising as a result of people responding to what they perceive to be the expectations of the researchers

Question 6

Stratified sampling

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Where the population under study is divided according to known criteria such as sex and age, in order to make the sample more representative

Question 7

Systematic sampling

Answer 7

Where every nth name on a list is chosen