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Research Fundamentals

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The aim is complete detailed description.   Qualitative Research  
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Researcher does not need to know very far in advance before researching   Qualitative Research  
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Recommended during earlier phases of research   Qualitative Research  
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Data is in the form of words pictures or objects   Qualitative Research  
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Subjective individuals interpretation of events is important   Qualitative  
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interviews and participant observation, time consuming   Qualitative  
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researcher tends to become immersed in the subject matter   Qualitative  
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Classify, count, and construct statistics to explain why things happen   Quantitative  
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Researcher is very planned in advance   Quantitative  
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recommended for later phases of research   Quantitative  
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Carefully designed before study is conducted   Quantitative  
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researcher is the data collector   Qualitative  
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researcher uses tools, surveys, or equipment to collect data   Quantitative  
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more able to test a hypothesis   Quantitative  
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may miss contextual detail   Quantitative  
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more efficient   Quantitative  
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researcher remains separated from subject matter   Quantitative  
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Deductive   Quantitative  
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Inductive   Qualitative  
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numbers   Quantitative  
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words   Qualitative  
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tests a theory   Quantitative  
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generates theory   generates theory  
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Descriptive Quasi-experimental Experimental Descriptive   Quantitative  
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examine cause and effect   experimental and quasi-experimental  
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conducted to examine the differences in dependent variables thought to be caused by independent variables (treatments)   experimental and quasi-experimental  
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examine variables in their natural environments and do not include researcher imposed treatments.   Descriptive and correlational  
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set up to allow the greatest amount of control possible so that casualty may be examined closely   experimental  
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manipulation control randomization   experimental  
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researcher does something to some of the participants in experimental research   manipulation  
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researcher introduces one or more controls over the experiment   control  
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designs were developed to provide alternate means for examination in situations which were not conducive to experimental control   Quasi-experimental  
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A psychological response in which subjects alter their behavior because they are aware of their participation in a study   hawthorne affect  
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differentiated by having or not having characteristics and least sophisticated level of measurement   nominal  
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in order from greatest to least or best to worst   ordinal  
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Genuinely quantitative measurement such as that of temperature is measured at the interval level of measurement.   interval  
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measurement starts at 0 or below   ratio  
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why and not how   qualitative  
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used to gain insight into people's attitudes, behaviors, value systems, concerns, motivations, aspirations, culture or lifestyles   qualitative  
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used to inform business decisions, policy formation, communication and research. Focus groups, in-depth interviews, content analysis, ethnography, evaluation and semiotics   qualitative  
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used to solve problems in   action research  
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