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Goals of Research

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what are the main goals of research? to describe to predict to explain to apply behavioral and cognitive phenomena
descriptive research aims to communicate variables as they exist in the world
observational studies a naturalistic observation
case study a case involving two or more people. usually meant to study people with rare conditions. has a lot of room for details. tedious to produce in large quantities
survey can be administered through questionnaire email, over the internet, interviews, over the phone, or in a research lab setting.
what is an advantage of a questionnaire? they ask respondents to provide the same information
what is an advantage of an interview? the researchers can ask follow-up questions depending on the respondent's answer
what is an advantage of a survey? easier to collect more data than with case studies and most observational research
predictive research aims to make forecasts about future events
what are the two methods of predictive research? correlational method and quasi-experiments
correlational method measures the extent to which variables (two or more) relate to one another
quasi-experiments compares naturally occurring groups of people. people tend to fall into one of several categories
can you assume causality with the correlational study? no
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what are the main goals of research? to describe to predict to explain to apply behavioral and cognitive phenomena
descriptive research aims to communicate variables as they exist in the world
observational studies a naturalistic observation
case study a case involving two or more people. usually meant to study people with rare conditions. has a lot of room for details. tedious to produce in large quantities
survey can be administered through questionnaire email, over the internet, interviews, over the phone, or in a research lab setting.
what is an advantage of a questionnaire? they ask respondents to provide the same information
what is an advantage of an interview? the researchers can ask follow-up questions depending on the respondent's answer
what is an advantage of a survey? easier to collect more data than with case studies and most observational research
predictive research aims to make forecasts about future events
what are the two methods of predictive research? correlational method and quasi-experiments
correlational method measures the extent to which variables (two or more) relate to one another
quasi-experiments compares naturally occurring groups of people. people tend to fall into one of several categories (socio-economic groups)
can you assume causality with the correlational study? no
when may quasi-experiments be useful. of you have counterintuitive results. it causes researchers to want to investigate the relationship further
explanatory research (experimental research) allows researchers to draw cause-and-effect conclusions between phenomena of interest. the researcher uses control to establish cause-and-effect conclusions.
independent variable the behavior that is controlled
dependent variable the outcome
applied research makes use of the findings from methods and applies them in a specific context
how can we draw cause-and-effect conclusions from the independent variable's effect on the dependent variable? by using rand random assignment of participants
what is the purpose of random assignment? to minimize the influence of other variables other than the independent variable. this way, any effects we find can be linked to the independent variable
framing effect the manner in which information is presented and its influence on how people respond to that information
what two things are needed to draw cause-and-effect conclusions? the manipulation of one variable the use of random assignment
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