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
