SRAP1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Analytic Induction, Complex Analysis, Random Assignment

• School: UNSW, UNSW Sydney
• Department: Social Research and Policy
• Course: SRAP1001
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Informs all aspects of research, and is informed by research questions, and approach/beliefs in the nature of knowledge. Two elements critical: social theory & empirical data. Hourglass research structure (general observations/theory specific questions and goals specific research and methods broader conclusion of research general theories and observations) Data from more than one source at a single point in time may be qualitative or quantitative; cannot make causal claim. Longitudinal design (cid:862)correlational research study that involves repeated observations of the same variables over long periods of time often many decades. Intensive analysis of one case critical, extreme, representative etc, raises questions of external validity (how do we know conclusions are applicable elsewhere?: comparative design (cid:862)aims to make comparisons across different countries or cultures. A major problem in comparative research is that the data sets in different countries may not use the same categories, or define categories differently (for example by using different definitions of poverty).