Week 1 Flashcards
What is quantitative research? (2)
Objective statistical data that can be easily quantified
-research focused on stat data of study results
What is qualitative research? (2)
Subjective detailed, belief-orientated data
-focuses on researching the person’s beliefs and opinions rather than statistical data
What is empiricism?
The idea that data has to be experienced i.e. Seeing the data
What is a theory?
A specific set of assumptions and principles about a broad phenomenon
What are hypotheses?
systematically test theory in various conditions to determine its utility
What are the stages of the data-theory cycle? (6)
- Questions
- Formulate hypothesis
- Develop testable predictions
- Gather data to test predictions
* refine,alter,expand or reject hypothesis
* Develop general theories
What is replicability?
The ease of repeating s study with similar results
What is Occam’s razor?
Can the date fit into a simpler explanation
What is falsifiability?
The idea that s theory is Good because it has the capacity to be proven wrong
What is parsimony?
A principle that suggests That you should prefer the simplest possible explanation for a phenomenon
What is induction?
A general conclusion, principle or explanation derbies by reason from particular instances or observations
What is deduction?
The idea that you start with a theory or hypothesis and test it to then be able to evaluate it
What is epistemology?
The study of knowledge and the nature of it
What is positivism?
An epistemological process whereby they approach A phemoenoin an objective quantitative manner quantitative res
What is interpretivism?
The epistemological process whereby they approach experiments through subjectivity and qualitative research
