quantitative/qualitative Flashcards
what results do you get in quantitative research?
gets data, numbers
types of qualitative research
observation
interview
cases study
Def:Aim
goal of the study
Def: Results
numerical or descriptive data that comes from reaserch
Def:findings
how the reaserchers interpret the results
Def:population
the group studied
Def:sample
is the number of the population or the part of the group
Def:representative sample
example to generalize the population
Def:population validity
that there is a good sample
sampling tecniques
technique to chose sample for reaserch
Def:lab
everything is controlled field
Def:true experiment
indipendent variable are manipulated by reaserchers, patients are assigned by chance.
Def: quasi experiment
cant be randomly asignd to indipendent variable
Def:natural experiment
tested in natural conditions 911
Def: inferential
can be applied to another setting
theoretical
new theories
what can affect quantitative research?
the samples affect the study
a quantitative study is reliable if…
if it truly represents the problem and has stable results around all tests
triangulation
check if the interpretation is correct, to see if its objetive or subjective
triang data
collected from difrent sources
trig method
different methods to get data
trig reasercher
to get more than one reasercher
trig theory
difrent theories to understand data
self selected
participant chooses to go to the study
