Chapter 2

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Research methods -

is a science - relies on scientific methods to create hypothesis

conclusions are drawn from the DATA that is produced - tests are ran to determine whether data is truly significant regardless or whether it appears to be on face value

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Research Questions

general and specific

hypothesis are generated that are generally specific and directional - it is essentially the best guest about how the results of the study will turn out

hypothesis's are theoretical answers

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design concepts

specifies the structure

variables - basic building blocks. these are essentially changes that occur in everyone but are QUANTIFIED -

two types of variables - independent and dependent

independent variables are manipulated by researcher, believed to cause of the dependent variable

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Research settings

field - naturally occurring

lab - artificial environments

phenomenon studied in a lab only exist because the researcher created it in that setting