PSYB01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Focus Group, Inflectional Phrase, Deeper Understanding
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No manipulation of variables interviews: observation, surveys, case studies, archival data. Interested in the associations btn variables, rather than the direction of causality: how do a and b covary. Qualitative research focuses on descriptive questions (cid:498)what, when, where, who, how often (cid:499) What types of beh do ppl typically display in office settings. When do uni students experience the most stress. How often do parents discipline their children in the presence of strangers no differences in 8th grade or 10th grade. & visa versa: test hypotheses about the correlates of a beh. Relationships btn variables is the stress experienced by uni students related to their discipline of study. Case studies use an aggregate of all 3 assessments. You can go wherever the participant tells you. Participant is in the driver seat (compared to an. You just want to learn from the participant. What they think of a specific event interviews/focus groups: open-ended questions.
