GEOG 2260 Lecture Notes - Ibm Officevision
11 Apr 2013
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Involving going to library and finding articles on a topic. Based on fact alone, without theory or judgement. Read or used by experts or profs. Done only in universities by those with phd s. Drawing sample of people and conducting a survey. Asking people about their circumstances and opinions. Asking questions about society and following scientific rules to create new knowledge. Explore the range of issues in a particular idea. Predict for the future (to avoid reoccurrence) Exploration: to investigate little understood phenomena, to identify discover important variables, to generate questions for further research. Explanation: to explain why forces created phenomenon, to identify why . Understand: to comprehend processes, interactions, phenomena and/or people. Prediction: to predict future outcomes, to test outcomes under different conditions. Evaluation: to assess the merits of something (often policy, means that we have some benchmarks or criteria to assess against. There is one right way to do research.
