SCWK2006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nonprobability Sampling, Multivariate Analysis Of Variance, Stratified Sampling

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Education
• Course: SCWK2006
• Professor: Alankaar

Document Summary

Quantitative and qualitative: measuring social phenomena, quantify things, generalize findings = quantitative, understanding experiences and meanings = qualitative, these methods can blend. Types of quantitative research: exploratory or descriptive, explanatory. The quantitative research process: select a topic, define the problem, review the literature, formulate a hypothesis, choose a research method, collect the data, analyse the data, share the results. Hypothesis: statement about variables and the relationship between them, e. g. children with disability are more at risk of sexual abuse than children without disability. Variables: an entity in research that can assume different values, e. g. gender, age. Data collection tools: survey questionnaires, scales, e. g. Sampling: process by which research select units from a population, population: group being studied, e. g lesbian and bisexual women in nsw, unit: most primary element of a research study. Sample -> findings: findings based on sample, generalisable to population.