PSYC21H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Experience Sampling Method, Stratified Sampling, Participant Observation
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Chapter 2 research methods: tools for discovery. Getting started: formulating hypotheses, asking questions research starts w/ ideas can derive from theory, previous research, observations of behaviour, or even from old wives" tales. Between good idea and good study are # of steps: Translate general idea into clear research hypotheses or questions. Find question or questions that can be answered w/ empirical data. Find out about past work on topic (search engine: psycinfo) Operationalization (defining concept that is observable and measureable) of ideas or constructs (idea or concept, especially a complex one such as aggression or love) to be studied by translating into empirical assessable forms. Familiar w/ tasks and procedures other investigators used. Make decision about research designs, methods, samples, and analyses. Determines whether two things are related to each other in a regular and systematic way and finding out how strongly they"re related correlation doesn"t mean causation. Can"t always design suitable experiment to study our question.
