Research

Research

1. Process

   • Logical steps
     • Pose a question
     • Collect data to answer the question
     • Present an answer to the question
   • Identifying a research problem
   • Reviewing the literature
   • Specifying a purpose for research
     • Purpose statement
   • Collecting data
   • Analysing and interpretating the data
   • Reporting and evaluating research
   • Anticipate ethical issues

2. Adds to our knowledge

   • Address issues
   • Solutions / New ideas

3. Improves practice

   • Evauation of approaches

4. Informs policy debates

   • Information to policy makers

5. Quantitative research

   • Describing a research problem
     • Variables
   • Literature review (important)
   • Purpose statement
     • Measurable
     • Observable
     • Specific
   • Collecting data
     • Numeric
     • Instruments
   • Statistical analysis
   • Objective approach
     • Standard structures
   • Research designs
     • Experimental
       • Influence
     • Correlational
       • Association
     • Survey
       • Trends

6. Qualitative research

   • Exploring a problem / central phenomenon
   • Literature review (less important)
   • Purpose statement
     • Participant's experiences
   • Collecting data
     • Participant's experiences
   • Descriptive analysis
     • Text analysis
   • Flexible and emerging structures
   • Research designs
     • Grounded theory
       • General explanation
     • Ethnographic
       • Cultural group's patterns
     • Narrative
       • Lives of individuals

7. Quantitative - Qualitative research

   • Mixed method research
   • Action research