SOCI 313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Longitudinal Study, Nomothetic, Cohort Study
24 Sep 2015
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What is research design: framework for collection and analysis of data, direction, can be vague, must meet certain criteria to produce useful results, consideration of ethics, syphilis experiment. Choice of design: design choice depends on the explanation sought, nomothetic explanations (generalizable) involve attributions of cause/effect, expressed by general laws and principles, ideographic explanation (unique) involve a specific description of a person/group, not supposed to be extrapolated. Evaluating methods: reliability, validity, results maintain the same each time a technique is used on the same subject, there is integrity to the conclusions, measurement (construct) validity. Are findings applicable to situations outside the research. Taking observations at one point in time (no before/after. Benefit: examines the effect of variables that cannot be observation manipulated. Extreme (unique): illustrates unusual cases, aid in o. In-depth study of a single case hypothesis does/does not hold understanding more common ones. studied.
