Intro. to Research
Research Process
Observation
Research Vocab.
Potpourri
100
It employs measurements and statistical/numerical analyses to explain a phenomenon.
What is quantitative research
100
It should be the first step in any research study.
What is choosing or discovering a problem or issue?
100
It requires the researcher to actively engage in the setting under investigation/being observed.
What is a participant observation?
100
It refers to a set of questions to be asked in a semi-structured interview.
What is an interview schedule?
100
Data collection for this research typically is very extensive and is in the form of words rather than numbers. A researcher choosing this method is interesting in observing, describing, understanding or interpreting experiences from the perspective of those experiencing an event.
What is qualitative research?
200
It is used to explore diverse phenomena and focuses primarily on the human experience as told by the participant under investigation.
What is qualitative research?
200
It's the point in the process where a master plan is developed that identifies the research methods and procedures for the development of the study, collection of data, and analysis of the data.
What is the research design?
200
Sitting back watching the participants in the setting and not engaging them or making oneself known.
What is non-participant observation?
200
It is another name for a survey.
What is a structured interview?
200
It is a style most scholarly writing in the Sport Management field is done?
What is APA?
300
This type of research can be described as indentifying cause-and-effect relationships among variables where the research problem has already been narrowly defined.
What is causal research?
300
It is the information found during the "explore for answers" phase of the research process. Here, the researcher may find the answer to their question/inquiry already exists.
What is secondary data?
300
In this case, subjects to be observed are aware they're being watched by the researcher and are also aware of any observational devices in the setting.
What is obtrusive observation?
300
They are analogous to reliability and validity in quantitative research. Qualitative researchers use this term to refer to the rigor of their research.
What are trustworthiness and credibility?
300
They are the four most common data collection techniques used in qualitative research.
What are case studies, interviews, focus groups and observations?
400
It's a paradigm said to be rooted in deductive logic and draws out quantitative information. Researcher objectivity is highly emphasized.
What is positivism?
400
It is the information created or collected by the researcher.
What is primary data?
400
It uses guidelines or checklists to record exhibited behavior of interest. It's typically used when the researcher has prior knowledge of the behavior of interest such as observing the managerial roles and activities of selected NCAA athletic directors
What is a structured observation?
400
It is usually at this point of doing semi-structured interviews where the researcher is not receiving new information from the subjects, thus, can stop conducting interviews.
What is saturation?
400
It's a printed collection of research studies that have been peer-reviewed. Sports Illustrated wouldn't be among this group.
What is a scholarly journal?
500
It's the approach to research the NBA would be using if the Commissioner wanted to conduct a study to determine variables affecting spectators' decisions to attend NBA games. He will use the results to improve fan attendance.
What is applied research?
500
It is a document the researcher puts together that addresses steps 1 - 5 ONLY in the research process.
What is a research proposal?
500
Knowledge or information obtained from direct observation or experimentation.
What is empirical data?
500
It refers to the results and implications of a study being applied to groups other than the one under investigation.
What is generalizability?
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