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| Descriptive Survey Research |
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| Quantitative research and begins with a reserach question and a set of subquestions. |
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| Items incldued in survey or questionnaire |
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1.Cover letter
a. pupose
b. confidentiality statement
c. statement of voluntary nature of study
d. contact information
2. Demographics
a. derived from literature review
b. specific purposes
c. can go at beginning or end of survey
3.Body of Survey
a. directions of each section
b. clear and concise
c. gathers data on one central idea
d. avoid using double negatives
e. have response sets that DONOT overlap
4. Select the sample
5. Piloting the survey
6. Administering the Survey |
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one shot survey design
Follow sample over time
annual panel survey
follow up survey
longitudinal survey study
trend survey ( selects different samples)
a. trend survey
b. cohort survey |
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| Other types of Descriptive research |
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self reports
observational measures
descriptive comparative (describes differences between two groups but does not explain why) |
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| the intervention or what is done to the group |
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| The outcome or what was changed in the group |
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| Variables that could influence the participant in the study which would ultimately influence the dependent variable |
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| Steps in conducting Experimental Research |
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- Select a topic
- review the literature and define a question
- develop a reserach hypothesis
- select and assign participants to groups
- select measurement instruments
- define and administer experimental treatments
- collect and analyze data
- make a decision about the hypothesis
- formulate conclusions
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| a variable is defined in terms of how that variable will be measured, manipulated or both |
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states the direction of the expected outcome
nondirectional or null |
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| Control for Extraneous Variables |
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Control groups
Random Assignment of individuals
Matching
Comparing Homogeneous Subgroups
Pretesting participants
Holding extraneous variables constant
factorial designs
statistical control (ANCOVA) (analysis of covariance) |
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| Threats to Internal Validity |
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Definition
History
Maturation
testing
instrumentation
statistical regression
differential selection of subjects
mortality |
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| Threats to External Validity |
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Definition
Pretest treatment interaction
multiple treatment interaction
selection treatment
specificity of variables
treatment diffusion
experimenter effects
reactive arrangement |
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| being part of a study affects the behavior of a person |
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| a treatment works simply because it is new and different than the old method |
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| Causal Comparative Research is a noexperimental research |
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| measures differnces in behaviors that can not be manipulated or experimented with |
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| Analysis of covariance or multiple regression |
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| Used when random assignment cannot be used to make sure that participants are similar |
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| Causal Comparative Research vs Correlational Research -- How are they different |
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Causal Comparative research is used to compare difference in variables that involve dichotomies and catergories. Correlational examines variables that are continuous.
Abuse, single sex versus coed schools --Causal Comparative
2 groups on one variable--Causal Comparative
Many variables --Correlational Reserach
Scatterplot--Correlational (min of 30 people) |
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