SOCB05H3 Lecture 7: Quantitative Research Design
8 Nov 2016
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Research question guides your research, generally stated in the beginning of the article, always in mind, focused and narrowed, measurable. Spurious relationship independent variable spurious variable --> dependent (cid:448)aria(cid:271)le, there is a relatio(cid:374)ship (cid:271)ut do (cid:374)ot (cid:449)hat is (cid:272)ausi(cid:374)g this relatio(cid:374)ship . Different types of research design: simple case studies. Purpose: exploratory, relevant variables for future research. Relationship between 2 variables in one case. Purpose: to observing change between2 time points/over time. Types: trend, panel, cohort, comparison studies. Purpose: to establish consistency/difference among cases on a common basis (same variables: longitudinal comparison studies. Relationship between 2 variables in two cases. Observing change between 2 time points/over time. Purpose: discover how two entities change over time: experiments. Relationship between 2 variables in one case, with two entities. Observing change between 2 groups over 2 periods (pre-test, post-test) I(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t (cid:448)aria(cid:271)le is u(cid:374)der resear(cid:272)her"s (cid:373)a(cid:374)ipulatio(cid:374) (cid:894)(cid:272)o(cid:374)trol group(cid:895) What conditions need to be met: association/correlation, temporal order, non-spuriousness, association/correlation.
