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Research: measurements, operationalizing, ethics Flashcards

Material from chapter 3 and 4, and lecture 5 and 6

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hypothesis

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argues relationship between concepts

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Parsimonious

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As simple as possible

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Inductive/exploratory research

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Theory building, simple, generalizable, testable

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Deductive approach

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Theory testing, establish causal mechanisms

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Typology

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classifying by general type, similarities

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Continuum

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progression or sequence of values

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Unidimensional concept

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measures a single thing

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Multidimensional concept

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many aspects measured and involved

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Value in research of:

Conceptual definition

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Best to establish one that is widely accepted

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Causality

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statement that shows how variables are related

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Correlation

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statement that shows that variables are related

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Determinism

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idea that everything has a cause, should try to explain cause and effect

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Hypothesis

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Specifies expected relationship between variables

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Falsifiable hypothesis

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Possible to collect data to prove

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Temporal order

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Timing of events, challenging to collect in research

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Confounding variable

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Related to both variables, creates spurious relationship

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Null hypothesis

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Default, assumes no relationship between the variables

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Bivariate relationship

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One independent variable, one dependent variable

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Causal models

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Visual representation of a causal chain

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Intervening variable

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Between IV and DV (positive or negative)

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Conditional variable

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sometimes strengthens relationship between IV and DV within subgroups, but could weaken for others

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Reinforcing variable

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Strengthen and expands relationship between IV and DV

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Unit of analysis

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What level are you measuring?

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Measurement

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How to assess quantitatively

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latent constructs

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abstract and intangible

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Ecological fallacy

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inferences about one level of analysis from another

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indicator

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specific way to demonstrate a variable

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Nominal

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categorical, cannot be ranked

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Ordinal

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hierarchical, cannot specify distances

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Interval

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ordered, fixed, known

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Ratio

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ordered, fixed, known, non arbitrary zero

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categorical data

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nominal

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continuous data

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interval/ratio

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interpersonal incomparability

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concepts mean something different between different people

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REB

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research ethics board

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IRB

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institutional review board

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intentional ethical violations

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plagiarism, data manipulation/fabrication

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unintentional ethics violation

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sloppy, ignorant, not detailed

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Canadian ethics

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SSHRC enforces standards, funds basic research

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experimental research design

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may use deception, have to consider more elements involved

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Where to consider ethics

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research topic, research design, data collection, dissemination

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Data collection needs _ to be ethical

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privacy, informed consent, right to withdraw

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single blind review

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Authors blind to reviewers, reviewers not

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double-blind review

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author and reviewers anonymous to each other

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triple blind review

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reviewers and authors blind to each other, editor blind to authors

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credibility crisis

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concerns over publication bias, recent problem in academia

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Borderline results

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on just one side of being statistically significant

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pre-registration

(publication bias)

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describe analysis and data collection method before research is carried out

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replication

(publication bias)

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submit ALL code and data to journals

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registered report

(publication bias)

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paper peer reviewed before data is collected

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OSF

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open source platform for research to be independent of peer review process

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exhaustive

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every possible outcome is covered

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Theory

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explanation about the political world, argues relationship between variables, simplified relationship of the world

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unit of analysis

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primary focus of research; who or what makes up the cases

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