AHSS*1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hawthorne Effect, Informed Consent, Participant Observation
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State as clearly as possible what you hope to investigate. Operational definition: explanation abstract concept that is specific enough to allow a researcher to access the concept. Abstract definition: lack consensus-we will not view these the same way: different experiences with love, anxiety, intelligence. Literature: relevant scholarly studies and information that pertain to subject you are researching. Refines the problem under study, clarifies possible techniques to be used in collecting data, and eliminates or reduces avoidable mistakes. References=extensive footnotes and bibliography images=tables, figures and diagrams peer reviewed=yes. Hypothesis: speculative statement about relationship between 2 or more factors known as variables. ex. the higher one"s educational level. The more money one will earn: education is the cause, while money is the effect of it. Education is the independent variable, and money is the dependent variable. (the independent variable effects the dependent variable): therefore, education causes higher income. Or, the independent variable is effecting the dependent variable.
