Process of Conducting Research
Identifying a Research Problem
Variables
Statistics will kill you (or at least kill your grade)
100
Process of steps used to collect and analyze information to increase our understanding of a topic or issue.
What is research?
100
Educational issues, controversies, or concerns that guide the need for conducting a study.
What are research problems?
100
An attribute or characteristic that is dependent on or influenced by the independent variable
What is the dependent variable?
100
distribution of scores that tends to pile up toward one end of the scale and taper off slowly at the other end
What is skewed distribution?
200
Pose a question; collect data answer the question; present an answer to the question
What are the three steps of research?
200
Measure variables Assess the impact of these variables on an outcome Test theories or broad explanations Apply results to a large number of people
What are factors in quantitative research?
200
An attribute or characteristic that influences or affects an outcome or dependent variable
What is the independent variable?
200
a distribution of scores that pile up at the middle or spread out to the sides
What is kurtosis distribution?
300
Identifying a research problem Reviewing the literature Specifying a purpose for research Collecting data Analyzing and interpreting the data Reporting and evaluating research
What are the six steps in the process of research?
300
contains the topic, the research problem, justification of the importance of the problem, deficiencies in our existing knowledge about this issue, and what audiences will benefit from research on this issue
What is the statement of the problem?
300
Measured variable, control variable, treatment variable, moderating variable
What are the four types of independent variables?
300
response options to questions that measure (or observe) variables in nominal, ordinal, or interval/ratio units
What is scales of measurement?
400
Locating summaries, books, journals, and indexed publications on a topic; selectively choosing which literature to include in your research; and then summarizing the literature into a written report
What is reviewing the literature?
500
Experimental Designs Correlational Designs Survey Designs Grounded Theory Designs Ethnographic Designs Narrative Research Designs Mixed Methods Designs Action Research Designs
What are research designs associated with Quantitative and Qualitative Research
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