Research Questions Flashcards
- Research questions – 4 points -2016
a. What are the criteria for selecting research questions?
Should end with a question mark “?” Clear and understandable Researchable-must be possible to answer Able to connect with established theory/research Linked- Related to each other Potential to make knowledge contribution Not too broad-Not too narrow.
- Research questions – 4 points -2016
b. Can research questions that have been selected and used during data collection be changed/modified at a later stage of the research process? If so, why? And is there a difference between qualitative and quantitative studies?
Qualitative Approach
Qualitative research is more open-ended than quantitative research, some notable studies that appear not to have been driven by specific research questions. However, very open-ended research is risky and can lead to the collection of too much data and, when it comes to writing up, to confusion about your focus. there is a great risk that your research will be unfocused and that you will be unsure about what your research is about and what you are collecting data for. The open ended nature of the qualitative research leads to a more flexibility when formulating research questions. First of all, it does not require to forumate highly specific research questions in advance, after data collection and after trying to elaborate theories from the data it is possible to tight the specification of the research questions. once the researcher can change the direction of the research.
Step 5a. Tighter specification of the research question(s), and Step 5b. Collection of further data. There is some evidence from Prasad’s account that she followed a process in which she collected further data and refi ned her research questions after several weeks of preliminary observations at the HMO. This approach corresponds with her grounded theory framework and emphasizes the interplay between interpretation and theorizing, on the one hand, and data collection,
Quantitative Approach
A research question is not the same as a hypothesis. A hypothesis is a specific type of research question. It is an informed speculation, which is set up to be tested, about the possible relationship between two or more variables. Hypotheses are not as common in quantitative research as is sometimes supposed and in qualitative research they are typically avoided, other than as speculations that arise in the course of field work.
The Hawthorne effect The Hawthorne studies (see Research in focus 2.8), undertaken at the Western Electric Company’s Hawthorne plant between 1927 and 1932, aptly illustrate how deductive research can sometimes produce unexpected findings. In the early stages of this research, which explored. Change of approach and research questions. When conducting a efficiency study changing parameters such as illumination and humidity, the researchers told the people involved on the experminet the direction of the changes. In fact, the were no changes at all at the environment conditions but the productivity increased because of the interaction of the researcher and the objects of research, It changed the approach to a deductive to inductive and from quantitative to quantitative.
- Research questions 4 points -2015
a) What is the role of research questions in a qualitative study
The importance of Research Questions
Research questions are crucial because they will;
• Guide your literature search
• Guide your decision about the kind of research design to employ
• Guide your decision about what data to collect and from whom
• Guide your analysis of your data
• Guide your writing up of your data
Qualitative research is more open-ended than quantitative research, some notable studies that appear not to have been driven by specific research questions. However, very open-ended research is risky and can lead to the collection of too much data and, when it comes to writing up, to confusion about your focus. there is a great risk that your research will be unfocused and that you will be unsure about what your research is about and what you are collecting data for. The open ended nature of the qualitative research leads to a more flexibility when formulating research questions. First of all, it does not require to forumate highly specific research questions in advance, after data collection and after trying to elaborate theories from the data it is possible to tight the specification of the research questions. once the researcher can change the direction of the research
- Research questions 4 points -2015
b) Can research questions that have been selected and used during data collection be changed/modified at a later stage of the research process? If so, why?
Qualitative Approach
Qualitative research is more open-ended than quantitative research, some notable studies that appear not to have been driven by specific research questions. However, very open-ended research is risky and can lead to the collection of too much data and, when it comes to writing up, to confusion about your focus. there is a great risk that your research will be unfocused and that you will be unsure about what your research is about and what you are collecting data for. The open ended nature of the qualitative research leads to a more flexibility when formulating research questions. First of all, it does not require to forumate highly specific research questions in advance, after data collection and after trying to elaborate theories from the data it is possible to tight the specification of the research questions. once the researcher can change the direction of the research.
Step 5a. Tighter specification of the research question(s), and Step 5b. Collection of further data. There is some evidence from Prasad’s account that she followed a process in which she collected further data and refi ned her research questions after several weeks of preliminary observations at the HMO. This approach corresponds with her grounded theory framework and emphasizes the interplay between interpretation and theorizing, on the one hand, and data collection,
Quantitative Approach
A research question is not the same as a hypothesis. A hypothesis is a specific type of research question. It is an informed speculation, which is set up to be tested, about the possible relationship between two or more variables. Hypotheses are not as common in quantitative research as is sometimes supposed and in qualitative research they are typically avoided, other than as speculations that arise in the course of field work.
The Hawthorne effect The Hawthorne studies (see Research in focus 2.8), undertaken at the Western Electric Company’s Hawthorne plant between 1927 and 1932, aptly illustrate how deductive research can sometimes produce unexpected findings. In the early stages of this research, which explored. Change of approach and research questions. When conducting a efficiency study changing parameters such as illumination and humidity, the researchers told the people involved on the experminet the direction of the changes. In fact, the were no changes at all at the environment conditions but the productivity increased because of the interaction of the researcher and the objects of research, It changed the approach to a deductive to inductive and from quantitative to quantitative.
- Research questions 2012
a. Why do we need to develop research questions? Are they of equal importance for qualitative and quantitative studies?
Research questions are crucial because they will;
• Guide your literature search
• Guide your decision about the kind of research design to employ
• Guide your decision about what data to collect and from whom
• Guide your analysis of your data
• Guide your writing up of your data
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- Research questions 2012
b. What are the criteria for selecting research questions?
The criteria for evaluating research questions;
• Be clear. They must be understandable for you and others
• Be researchable. They should be able to be developed into research design, so that data may be collected in relation to them.
• Connected with established theory and research. There must be literature that can illuminate how your research questions should be approached.
• Be linked to each other. This is crucial for development of good arguments
• Have potential for making contribution to knowledge.
• Be neither too broad nor too narrow.
