ADV 3500 Study Guide - Spring 2019, Comprehensive Final Exam Notes - Time, Test Cricket, Dependent And Independent Variables
30 Mar 2019
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Ways of knowing: knowing by tenacity. Gut feeling: knowing by method of science. Interest in a scienti c question: theoretical and scholarly in nature. Wednesday, january 9, 2019: public and easily accessible, conducted over longer time frame. Expand our universal, general knowledge, not solve problems. Predictive research is basic, can help anticipate changes in the environment and economy: applied. Conducted to solve speci c real world problems: practical, pragmatic, and aids decision making, conducted over a shorter period of time. Improve understanding of a particular problem, not a general application. Most likely used by organizations, but not always: it"s expensive and short timeline. What can research do: provide insights. When research goes wrong: bad research. Too expensive with little bene t or insight. Not objective and/or reliable: failed research. What is a subject : a research subject is any person, object, practice, or process that is observed for research purposes.
