What is research?

Question 1

Why do we need research?

Answer 1

To understand things and find answers to professional and practice questions

We need a basic understanding of why things work

Question 2

Data collection

Answer 2

Surveys (quantitative)
Interviews
Case studies
Neuroimaging

Question 3

Which professions require research?

Answer 3

Healthcare
Examples:
How many patients do I see every day?
Quantitative
What are the causes of these conditions?
Qualitative

Marketing, education, psychologists, managers, consumers, etc.

Question 4

Different paradigms

Answer 4

Positivist, interpretive, phenomenology, etc.

Question 5

Validity

Answer 5

Application of correct procedures to find answers to a question

Question 6

Reliability

Answer 6

Quality of a measurement procedure that provides repeatability and accuracy

Question 7

Unbiased and objective

Answer 7

Every step to doing research is unbiased and each conclusion drawn doesn’t involve your own interest

Question 8

Bias

Answer 8

Concealing or highlighting certain things that are relevant to me in research OR using an inappropriate procedure that will encourage confirmation bias

Question 9

Subjectivity

Answer 9

Thinking that is conditioned by your education, background, discipline, philosophy, experience, and skills

Question 10

Research process

Answer 10

Systematic
Valid and verifiable
Empirical– can be applied to real-life situations
Critical– have critical scrutiny of methods