CYC 601 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Internal Validity, Construct Validity, Dependent And Independent Variables
19 Oct 2017
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Research design: a framework for the collection and analysis of data. It is the general direction of research as a whole. It must meet certain criteria in order to produce useful results: research ethics must be considered when choosing a design. The type of research design chosen depends on the kind of explanation sought. They may be developed through particular research subjects and extrapolated to larger population outside the study. Idiographic explanations involve a rich description of a person or group and seek to explain the particular. An idiographic explanation is not meant to apply to persons or groups who were not part of the study. Causality underpins different types of research designs in social research, both quantitative and qualitative. It is often expressed in the language of variables: variables are characteristics or attributes of data that vary or change (e. g. , gender, age, interest in a subject, belief)
