Research design
What are the names of two main research designs we talked about?
Cross-sectional, longitudinal, case study, experiment
What should be a researcher's number 1 priority while conducting research in the social sciences?
Protection/wellbeing/safety etc. of study participants (and the researchers).
Semi-structured interviews and ethnographies are examples of what?
Qualitative data collection methods
What is the written record of an interview or focus group session called?
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From what we talked about in class, panel and cohort studies are types of ____ designs.
Longitudinal
How many main ethics principles did we talk about?
3 (concern for welfare, justice, and respect of persons)
When should field notes be written?
As soon as possible!
What is the generally accepted alpha cut-off value in the social sciences?
0.05
If a component of a true experiment is missing, it is referred to as a ____.
Quasi-experiment
What are three pieces of information that researchers should include on information and/or consent forms?
-Purpose of study
-Contact information
-Information on risks and benefits
-Information on data security
etc
What is a key methodology in Laud Humphreys' Tearoom Trade study?
Participant observation
After importing your data set, you should initially explore and _____ your dataset.
Clean
What are the three types of cases we talked about in relation to case studies?
Critical, extreme/unique, and revelatory
What does TCPS stand for?
Tri-Council Policy Statement
What is a response set?
a term used for the tendency for people to respond the same way to every item on a multi-item measure/question due to various reasons (e.g., boredom).
What kind of "missing" does a researcher want their missing data to be in their dataset?
Missing Completely At Random (MCAR)
The Harvard Study of Adult Development was an example of what kind of research design?
Longitudinal
How many modules does the TCPS 2: CORE training course have?
9
What are the names of all three approaches that Hammersley outlines for multi-strategy research?
Triangulation, facilitation, and complementarity
What is the most widely used framework for analyzing qualitative data?
Grounded theory