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Research Methods 📝 Flashcards

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Reliability

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If a different researcher conducted the study, would they get the same results?

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Representativeness

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Does the research accurately have findings from everyone in the target population

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Validity

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Do you get a full picture of the researched group experiences

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Target population

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Everyone the research applies to

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Sample

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Everyone from the target population that takes part in the study

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Opportunity sampling

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Researcher taking advantage of naturally occurring behaviour

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Snowball sampling

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Having a gatekeeper to make a hard to research group accessible to them

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Stratified sampling

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Getting an accurately proportional representation of the target population in the sample

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Types of data

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Observation
Questionnaire
Interview
Focus groups
Secondary data
Official statistics

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Quantitative and qualitative data

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Quantitative = numerical data

Qualitative = detail and feelings

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Factors to assess for methods of data

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Practicality
Ethical
Reliability
Validity
Example
Representativeness
Theoretical

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Observation frame

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List of behaviours that can be ticked off when seen

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Official statistics

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Data from the government

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Ethical issues

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Legality
Anonymity
Informed consent
Protection from harm

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Positivism

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Conduct low detail but easily comparable data, quantitative

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Interpretivism

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Seek deep understanding in research

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Hawthorne effect

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Demand characteristics

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Overt and covert observations

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Overt- they know they’re being observed

Covert- they don’t know

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Participant observation

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Researcher becomes part of the observed group

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Non participant observation

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Researcher maintains a professional distance from researched group

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Closed and open questionnaires

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Closed don’t leave room for detail
Open allows detail

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UK census

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Legally required questionnaire given to the nation every 10 years

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Rapport

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Participant trusts the interviewer and is prepared to go into detail with them

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Structured/ unstructured interviews

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Structured- plan questions, no room for derailing, closed questions

Unstructured- allows detail, open questions

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Focus groups

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Researcher creates a conversation 5-15 people and observes/ records their points

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