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WHAT IS RESEARCH? Flashcards

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Research is a

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systematic way of thinking and knowing and has a distinct vocabulary

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research uses

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orderly scientific methods (multiple) to answer questions or solve problems

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thought and action process of the researcher are clearly specified so that they are

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  • logical
  • understandable
  • confirmable
  • useful
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research helps provide

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answers about daily practice -validated

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research develops and tests

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theories that form the bases for practice

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research generates relevant theory and knowledge about

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human experience and behavior

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knowledge obtained from research is critical in guiding legislators and regulatory bodies about

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best policies and procedures

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research contributes to the evolution

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of research methods as they answer better questions

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research helps us become more

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crticial consumers

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scientific researcher endeavors to

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  • understand
  • explain
  • predict
  • control phenomena
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we go about research in a more

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orderly and systematic fashion

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scientific method involves formal application of

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  • systematic

- logical procedures that guide investigation of phenomena of interest

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sources of human knowledge

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  • tradition
  • authority
  • experience
  • logical reasoning
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tradition

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knowledge passed down

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authority

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certain title or position have a source of knowledge

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experience

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your own experience

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logical reasoning

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  • inductive
  • deductive
  • transfomative
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inductive reasoning

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  • taking individual observation and collectively come up with explanation for what i am seeing
  • small pieces of information for 1 general rule
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deductive reasoning

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  • taking general principle and applying it to a specific situation
  • expect it to work
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transformative reasoning

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taking information observe and doing something to change it

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characteristirc of scientific approach

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  • order
  • empirical evidence
  • genralization
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empirical evidence

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  • something that is tangible
  • something you can observe objectively have actual data
  • physical/behavior
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generalization

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  • take whatever found and generalize it

- apply it to other groups

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assumptions of scientific approach

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  • nature of reality

- determinism

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nature of reality

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  • what you see is real

- everything is objective

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determinism

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always assuming anything they see or do has a cause and effect

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purpose of scientific research

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  • description
  • exploration
  • explanation
  • prediction and control
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description

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  • describe the world

- what is going on around you what are you observing?

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exploration

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how things are working?

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explanation

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  • why things are working?

- develop theories

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prediction and control

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after you develop theory

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a continuum

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  • basic
  • applied
  • transformative research
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basic

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increasing human knowledge

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applied

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  • middle of continuum

- both OT and occupation base practice

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transformative research

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as you gather/learn and apply, that will change the world

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limitations of the scientific method

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  • general limitations
  • moral or ethical issues
  • human complexity
  • measurement problems
  • control problems
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moral or ethical issues

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times where we can’t experiment on people because or moral or ethical issues

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human complexity

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  • what we do
  • how we do it
  • how we choose to do it is different
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measurement problems

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  • different things happening in each person’s lives

- difficult to measure

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control problems

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can’t control problems

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