research meth Flashcards

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Research meth what are the purpose of research

ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE

INCREASE UNDERSTANDING

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Advance knowledge

Knowledge is one of the most important things in life, as humans, as it is what allows for mankind to move forward, evolve, innovate, survive and so

Increase understanding
Much like to advance knowledge, to increase one’s understanding of something in the world around them allows for ease of living as there will be no struggle between doing something, and understanding why or how it is done.

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Purpose of research

INFORM PRACTICE

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individual’s practices they are themselves more sure are then able to ensure others of their practice’s legitimacy or purpose.

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Purpose of research

EDUCATE OTHERS

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Educate Others
While it is all good that one person has knowledge of some areas, to ensure that all of the human race benefits and is able to move forward in life all of the members of the race must have this same knowledge, and so educating others is rather important and therefore a viable purpose of research.

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What are the types of sampling

SAMPLE GROP

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Sample group A group of individuals used to represent the general population as a whole as an estimate.

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What are the types of sampling

SAMPLE ZOE

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Sample size is the number of observations used for calculating estimates of a given population

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What are the types of sampling

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Methods .

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WHAT ARE THE ETHICAL BEHAVIOURS

BIAS

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BIAS

Choose a sampling method that reflects the age, gender and culture of the population with as much accuracy as possible.
- Record data that supports both the hypothesis and its contrary or otherwise, should it be found

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WHAT ARE THE ETHICAL BEHAVIOURS

RESPECT

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Respect

  • Plan questions that are carefully worded to ensure they do not cause neither distress nor offend anyone personally, politically, religiously, and so on.
  • Ensure all participation is voluntary and consent is informed, also ensuring that all possible risks are known and are taken with the individuals’ knowledge
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WHAT ARE THE ETHICAL BEHAVIOURS

INTERGRITY

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Integrity
- Ensure all information within the final results and findings can be supported by research and are therefore not suspected to be falsified information

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WHAT ARE THE ETHICAL BEHAVIOURS

PRIVACY

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Privacy

  • Ask for permission before conducting any research involving any individual or their property.
  • Ensure all data and opinions are not revealed to others during the research process.
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WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF DATA

QUANTITIVE

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quantitative Data is data that is collected usually explains a person’s feelings and beliefs it is not statistical or numeric it can be interpreted it can be interpreted into tables and graphs usually obtained from interviews

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WHAT ARE TYPES OF DATA

QUALITIVE

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Qualitative Data Is numerical and statistical data that can be used to count or measure this numerical can be visually represented in tables + graphs it is objective and reliable and less bias

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WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF DATA

SECONDARY

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Secondary research Data that have been gathered and recorded by someone else examples magazines , websites , videos

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WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF DATA

PRIMARY

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Primary data Data that collected first hand by researcher, The information is obtained directly by observing behaviour or asking people questions , surveys

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ADVANTAGES OF DATA

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Advantages
Individuals have an advantage as a source of data as they are able to give up to date information and are able to provide perspectives and insights

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WHAT ARE THE DISADVANTAGES OF DATA

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Individuals, contrary to the above, are disadvantaged as a source of data as, if solely seeking from the individual, the data is unmeasurable and so it may be invalid or false. Additionally, individuals are limited and not all data can be conveyed accurately.

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WHAT ARE THE STEPS IN CONDUCTING RESEARCH

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PLANING

INTERPETING

CONDUCTING

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WHAT ARE SOME RESEARCH METHODS

CASE STUDIES

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Case studies
A deep analysis of a situation.
- Case studies allow a lot of detail to be collected that would not normally be easily obtained by other research designs.

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WHAT ARE SOME RESEARCH METHODS

LIT REVIEW

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Literature reviews

A logical and methodical way of organising the already existing body or knowledge about a topic.

  • Quickly see the relevant information gathered from a source
  • Explains thoughts on literature and how they relate to the research question
  • Time consuming
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WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF RESEARCH METHODS

OBERSEVATION

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Observations

A process of watching and recording the behaviours of participants; the researcher may be a participant or non-participant in the research activity.

  • Direct access to social phenomena under consideration
  • Diverse, flexible and applicable
  • Interpretation of observations is not always reliable
  • Some subjects are unwilling for observations.
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EXAMPLES OF RESEARCH METHODS

INTERVIEW

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Structured Interviews

A conversation between two or more people in which the interview has been planned with a set of predetermined questions developed by the researcher.
- Can reach a large sample.

  • Less valid due to distortion of restricted answers and closed questions.
  • Can’t guarantee honesty of participants.
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WHAT ARE RESEARCH METHODS

Questionaries

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Questionnaires set if printed or written questions with a choice of answer , devised for purpose face especially consultation