CS235 Lecture 3: Research Methods
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Sources can originate from: spss, sas, excel, systat, nvivo. Quantitative data can be analyzed and presented using computer software. Qualitative data can be analyzed using computer software programs. Archive preexisting collection of textual data or evidence. Non-archival communication data direct and immediate observations or other people"s reports (cid:523)field or laboratory(cid:524) Field settings where communicative interactions occur naturally. Laboratory settings the researcher selects and control enviro. for. Research design inferences about the topic under study. Cross sectional data sample collected at one point in time in order to draw. Things to think about when designing your own research: ethical, reflexive, minimizing error and bias, representativeness, generalizability, power, precision, parsimony, reliability, validity. Impossible to observe all relevant events microcosm of population characteristics of the population: a subset of the population, not exclusive to quantitative research but also relevant to qualitative. Sample the segment of the population selected for investigation.
