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KNES 2200 Chapter 2
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- 1Steps in the research processa. identify research problem
b. review the literature
c. distill the research question
d. form a hypothesis
e. determine whay research approach you will use
f. go through basic research
g. identify population of sample
h. come up with research plan
i. determine data collection plan
j. choose how you will analyze your data - 2selecting the question?-central focus of research effort
- provides direction for entire process - 3reasons to choose the research question?controversy, concerns, problems/issues, curiosity, replication, hunch
- 43 types of research questions1. descriptive
2. difference
3. relationship - 5descriptive question-to describe a phenomena or characteristics of a certain group
- decrivbes what is
- qualitative - 6difference questions-to create comparisons between or within groups
- describes it there a difference
- quantitative in nature - 7relationship questions-investigate relationships between two or more variables
- determine to extent to which the variables are related to each other
- quantitative in nature - 8distilling- narrowing the question to a specific problem amenable for investigation
- leads to "statement of the problem" which is clear and concise - 9why should a question be studied? 3 waysinterest, significance, manageability
- 10interestmost important part
- 11significancetheoretical and practical value
- 12manageabilityexpertise, time, resources
- 13purpose statement?- a specific statement that clearly identifies the problem being studied indicating the variables/phenomenon and often the participants/setting
- 14delimitation-characteristics specified by the researcher that set the boundaries for the research
- 15limitations?- potential weaknesses of the study
- cannot be controlled by researcher - 16assumptions- facts or conditions presumed to be true
- primarily from literature
- could be made about anything in the study - 17variablescharacteristic, trait, or attribute of a person or thing that can be classified or measured
- 18types of variables. 3 typesindependent, dependent, extraneous
- 19independent variable- treatment or experimental variable
- it is manipulated or purposively selected in order to determine is effect on some sort of phenomenon
- not change during research - 20dependent variablethe variable expected to change as a result of treatment
- 21extraneous variable- error producing variable that should be controlled or negatively affect the results
- 22How to control extraneous variables?- random selection
- excluding that variable
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