SOCI 2P11 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hand Washing, Sampling Frame, Systematic Sampling
12 Apr 2018
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Research design: a methodological framework that facilitates the gathering and analysis of data, research designs may aim to: uncover cause-effect relationships, understand, generalize findings, give voice, research objectives research design research methods, 1. Do we want our study to be cross-sectional or longitudinal: 3. How do we want to structure our research: 4. What are the key variables in our studying and how will we go about measuring them: 5. How will we select our sample? (how will we produce a sample that"s as generalizable as possible?: 6. What type of data do we want and how will collect it: 7. Quantitative research designs: goal: to examine relationships between variables. Ideally, researchers want to uncover cause-effect relationships between variables. Independent variable (x): perceived cause: dependent variable (y): perceived effect. Variable or not a variable/attribute? (variable is something that varies: male attribute on the variable of gender. Not a variable: social worker attribute on the variable of occupation.
