Research Designs Flashcards
A framework for the analysis and collection of data is known as?
Research design
What research design involves a quantitative, approach to determine cause and effect and usually involves generalizability
Nomothetic explanations
What are the 3 criteria nomothetic have to satisfy
Correlation- a relation between 2 variables, generalizable that this happened because of another thing
Time order- this happened after this was done, it happened became of this
Non spurious- can be trusted, genuine information
What are ideographic explanations
Involves a richer description of a person,
more qualitative, empathetic understanding
applies to only the group of people who are being studied
A characteristic that change in a research design
Variables
Differentiate independent from dependent variable, with an example
Independent are manipulated to see their effect on dependent variable
How peer pressure influences/ causes underage drinking
So depending on the type of people, family, friends, neighbors changes to determine which would cause a teenager to drink
What type of experimental design is common in natural science but rare in social sciences
Experimental design
Disadvantages of experimental designs
Lots of variables cannot be experimentally determined
There are ethical concerns that constrain how they can be used
Some phenomena take a longer period of time to be studied
Do not aim to understand the feelings and perception of research subjects
Define:
experimental group
Control group
Random asssignment
Pre-test measurement
Post- test measurement
Differentiate the 2 kinds of experiments
Field experiment- conducted in real life
Laboratory experiments- artificial experiments
Advantage of lab experiments over field experiment
Controlled research environment
Enhance internal validity
Easier to replicate
Weak external validity
Why do lab experiments externally weak validity
Explain a randomized designing in a classical experimental design
Why is a Control group and randomization required in an expoerimental design
Because social experience is subject to many reasons and issues by controlling external variables and randomization, gather is increase in internal validity
What is validity
The integrity of the conclusion generated from the result of the research
