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Social Research Flashcards

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Re + search =

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Repeated Search

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Why do we do research?

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to find things out.

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The aim of ____________ is to discover laws and postulate theories for scientific knowledge meant for explaining natural or social phenomena (Caillods & Jeanpierre, 2010.)

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scientific research

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is an all-embracing explanation, but it is not an exact science.

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Social Science Research (Bhattacheriee, 2012)

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Research focuses attention on issues to challenge conventionally held beliefs about the social or natural worlds.

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Social Science Research (Bhattacheriee, 2012)

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Systematic gathering of data and generation of information from the analysis of the data, and development of new theories that challenge our understanding of the social world are central parts of the practice of social sciences.

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Social Science Research (Bhattacheriee, 2012)

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Principles of Social Science Research

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  • Objectivity
  • Positivism
  • Empiricism
  • Realism
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A principle of Social Science Research states that means to produce evidence to substantiate our refute existing knowledge, or generate new knowledge that challenges our own beliefs and those of society in general.

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Objectivity

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A principle of Social Science Research states that means to explain and predict people’s behavior from a neutral ground than being part of the society.

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Positivism

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A principle of Social Science Research states that means facts speak for themselves and require no explanation through theoretical propositions.

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Empiricism

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A principle of Social Science Research states that means to uncover the structure of social relations in order to understand people’s behavior and their interactions with the society.

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Realism

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S.M.A.R.T. stands for:

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S– Specific
M– Measurable
A– Attainable
R– Realistic
T– Time-bound (Timely)
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Refers to a standardized set of techniques for building scientific knowledge, such as how to make valid observations, how to interpret results, and how to generalize those results.

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Scientific Method

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The Key Characteristics of the Scientific Method

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  • Logical
  • Confirmable
  • Repeatable
  • Scrutinizable
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This requires visualizing the abstract from actual observations, mentally connecting the dots to identify hidden concepts and patterns, and synthesizing those patterns into generalizable laws and theories that apply to other contexts beyond the domain of the initial observation. (Bhattacheriee, 2012)

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Thinking Like a Researcher

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What are the classifications of research by purpose:

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  • Basic
  • Applied
  • Evaluation
  • Action
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classifications of research by purpose:

Aimed at generating knowledge and theoretical understanding of human behavior and social phenomena.

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Basic Research

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classifications of research by purpose:

Focused on answering real-world problems to provide evidence-based solutions

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Applied Research

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classifications of research by purpose:

Involved in determining the worth, merit, or qualities of a particular object of analysis.

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Evaluation Research

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classifications of research by purpose:

Designed to address specific problems that will result to specific actions and improved practices

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Action Research

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Classification of Research by Method/ Approach:

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QUANTITATIVE & QUALITATIVE

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Classification of Research by Method/ Approach:

Explaining phenomena by collecting numerical data that are analyzed using mathematically based methods (particularly statistics)

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QUANTITATIVE

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Classification of Research by Method/ Approach:

Interested in understanding the meaning of people have constructed that is, how people make sense of their world and the experiences they have in the world.

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QUALITATIVE

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QUANTITATIVE OR QUALITATIVE

Philosophical foundation is deductive; reductionalist

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QUANTITATIVE

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QUANTITATIVE OR QUALITATIVE

Aims to test pre-set hypothesis

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QUANTITATIVE

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QUANTITATIVE OR QUALITATIVE

Design of the study is step-wise; predetermined

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QUANTITATIVE

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QUANTITATIVE OR QUALITATIVE

The position of the researcher aims to be detached and objective

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QUANTITATIVE

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QUANTITATIVE OR QUALITATIVE

In assessing quality outcomes, direct tests of validity and reliability using statistics.

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QUANTITATIVE

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QUANTITATIVE OR QUALITATIVE

Measures of the utility of results – Generalizability

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QUANTITATIVE

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QUANTITATIVE OR QUALITATIVE

Philosophical foundation is inductive; holistic

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QUALITATIVE

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QUANTITATIVE OR QUALITATIVE

Aims to explore complex human issues/ phenomenon

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QUALITATIVE

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QUANTITATIVE OR QUALITATIVE

Design of the study is iterative; flexible

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QUALITATIVE

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QUANTITATIVE OR QUALITATIVE

The position of the researcher is an integral part of the research process.

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QUALITATIVE

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QUANTITATIVE OR QUALITATIVE

Assessing quality outcomes by indirect quality assurance methods of trustworthiness

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QUALITATIVE

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QUANTITATIVE OR QUALITATIVE

Measures of the utility of results – Transferability

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QUALITATIVE

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Empirical data

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Quantitative Research

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Classification of Research by Methodology for Quantitative Research are the following:

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  • Descriptive/ Survey
  • Experimental
  • Correlational
  • Causal-Comparative
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Classification of Research by Methodology for Qualitative Research are the following:

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  • Ethnography
  • Grounded Theory
  • Phenomenology
  • Narrative
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Sets out to discover or construct theory from data, systematically obtained and analyzed using comparative analysis.

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Grounded Theory

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The discovery of emerging patterns in data or is the generation of theories from data.

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Grounded Theory

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Is a philosophy of experience.

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Phenomenology

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the ultimate source of all meaning and value is the lived experience of human beings.

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Phenomenology

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Zinker (1978) explains that the term ______________ implies a process, which emphasizes the unique own experiences of research participants.

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phenomenological

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Two approaches to research:

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Deductive & Inductive

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In this approach, the researcher begins with a theory and generates hypotheses and assumptions which leads to data collection then generalizations to support, validate, or challenge the theory.

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Deductive

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In this approach, the researcher collects information, creates a generalization, the generalization is then used to construct a theory that is then tested through assumptions or hypothesis testing.

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Inductive

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The process of research:

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  • Identifying a research problem
  • Reviewing the literature
  • Specifying the objective of the research
  • Collecting data
  • Analyzing and interpreting the data
  • Writing the research report.
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“________ is to see what everybody else has seen and to think what nobody else has thought.” – Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

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Research

49
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IMRAD stands for

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Introduction
Methodology
Results and Discussion

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subject-data

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Qualitative Research

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