RECIT FOR PR (CM 4) Flashcards
Overall strategy to logically and coherently integrate various components/
elements of a study
Research Design
Choose which design best fits your problem and why you see it as best suited to find answers to questions in the SOP
Research Design
5 Type of Research design
Descriptive Research
Correlational Research
Causal-comparative
Experimental
Prototyping
Uses rating scales, questionnaires, observations, etc
Descriptive Research
Used when little is known about the topic and research is exploratory in nature.
Descriptive Research
Determine relationship between
two variables. (E.g., an increase/ decrease in one variable corresponds to
an increase/ decrease in another.)
Correlation Research
Aims to study casual relationship
Causal-comparative
Uses questionnaires, tests, observations
Correlation Research
occurs during the study
itself.
Effect
already established before the study
Intact group
No randomness so it
provides limited conclusiveness in establishing causation.
Intact Group
Members of each intact group may be randomly assigned to either
treatment group or control group.
Ensures greater control for researcher and
less threats to validity of study
Experimental
May be prone to Hawthorne effect
Experimental
(observed change in participant behavior
because of knowing they are part of experiment)
Hawthornes
Not all variables can be experimentally
controlled and manipulated for practical and ethical reasons.
Experimental
Development approach to improve planning and execution of creative
designs
Prototyping
Steps in developing prototypes
Develop a prototype by identifying objectives, identifying risks, formulating a hypothesis, constructing it, assessing its functionality through an experiment, and utilizing the results to enhance it.
Focuses where the research will be conducted. This the location where the
researcher will gather the data.
Research Locale
the process of systematically selecting individuals, units, or groups
out of the entire population to be analyzed in the study
Sampling
what is the goal of sampling?
to make sure that samples are representative of population
3 sample size?
o Heuristics- rule of thumb
o Literature review- Look for studies similar to yours. Check sample size
to prove the validity of sample size you plan to use.
o Formulas:
rule of thumb
Heuristics
Look for studies similar to yours. Check sample size
to prove the validity of sample size you plan to use.
Literature review
National Education Association
formulas
- all participants have an equal chance of being
selected.
Simple random sampling
Best way to obtain a representative sample, Fishbowl method,
electronic raffle/ spin the wheel.
Simple random sampling
population is divided into subgroups/ stratas having
similar characteristics, from which the samples are drawn
Stratified sampling-
Ensure that all
subgroups are represented adequately in the sample, best used when
characteristics of subgroups may influence variables being measured.
Stratified sampling
- population is divided into subgroups regardless of
characteristics
Cluster sampling