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Mind Map by Eleanor Matthewman, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Eleanor Matthewman
almost 11 years ago
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Research Methods
- Quantitave research methods
- Those which focus on
numbers and frrequencies
rather than those on meaning
and experience
- eg experiments,
questionnaires
and psychometric
tests
- Those which focus on
numbers and frrequencies
rather than those on meaning
and experience
- Qualitative research methods
- ways of collecting data which
are concerned with describing
meaning, rather than with
drawing statistical inferences
- eg case studies and interviews
- ways of collecting data which
are concerned with describing
meaning, rather than with
drawing statistical inferences
- Variables
- Independant
variable- the variable
that the researcher
manipulates
- Dependant
variable- the
varialbe with is
measured
- IV affects the DV
- Operationalisations
means making the
variables measurable
- Confounding variables
are those which are not
the IV but may affect the
DV
- Independant
variable- the variable
that the researcher
manipulates
- Hypothesis
- Non directional says that
there will be a differece
between results but not
what that difference will
be
- Directional tells you
that there will be a
difference between
two results and
predicts the
difference
- Null predicts that there will be no difference
- DO NOT: include an explanation or use imprecise terms
- Non directional says that
there will be a differece
between results but not
what that difference will
be
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