CHAPTER 1

Question 1

Plans and the procedures for research that span the steps from broad assumptions to detailed methods of data collection, analysis, and interpretation

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Research Approaches

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Three Approaches to Research

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Quantitative
Qualitative
Mixed Method

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Exploring and understanding the meaning individuals or groups ascribe to a social or human problem

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Qualitative Research

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An approach for testing objective theories by examining the relationship among variables

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Quantitative Research

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An approach to inquiry involving collecting both quantitative and qualitative data

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Mixed Method Research

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The Philosophical Worldviews

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Postpositivist
Constructivism
Transformative
Pragmatism

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Postpositivist

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Deterministic
Reductionistic
Observation
Theory Verification

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In which the causes (probably) determine effects or outcomes

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Deterministic

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In that the intent is to reduce the ideas into small, discrete set to test

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Reductionistic

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Is itself what the end user derives value from, also can refer to information

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Observation

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Collects data that either supports or refutes the theory, and then makes necessary revisions and conducts additional tests

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Theory Verification

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Constructivism

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Understanding
Multiple Participant Meanings
Social and Historical Construction
Theory Generation

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Seek understanding of the world in which they live and work

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Understanding

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The goal of research is to rely as much as possible on the participants view of the situation being studied

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Multiple Participant Meanings

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Research to acknowledge how their interpretation flows from their personal cultural, and historical experience

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Social and Historical Construction

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Intent is to make sense of the meanings other have about the world

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Theory Generation

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Research inquiry needs to be intertwined with politics and a political change agenda to confront social oppression at whatever level it occur

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Political (Transformative)

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Specific issues need to be addressed that speak to important social issues of the day

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Power and Justice Oriented

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Assumes that the inquirer will proceed collaboratively so as to not further marginalize the participants a result of the inquiry

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Collaborative

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Research provides voice for these participants, raising their consciousness or advancing an agenda for change to improve their lives

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Change-Oriented

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Pragmatism

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Consequences of Actions
Problem Centered
Pluralistic
Real-World Practice Oriented

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Look to what and how to research based on the intended consequences-where they want to go with it.

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Consequence of Actions

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Always occurs in social historical political and other contexts

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Problem-Centered

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Opens the door to multiple methods, different worldviews, and different assumptions.

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Pluralistic

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Believed in an external world independent of the mind as well as that lodged in the mind

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Real-world practice oriented

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Types of inquiry within qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method approaches that provide specific direction for procedures in a research study.

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Research Designs

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Quantitative Research Designs

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Experimental Design Non-Experimental Design (Survey) Longitudinal Design

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Provides a quantitative or numeric description of trends, attitudes or opinions of a population by studying a sample of that population.

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Survey Research Design

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Studies using questionnaire or structured interviews for data collection-with the intent of generalizing from a sample to a population.

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Longitudinal Research Design

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Seeks to determine if a specific treatment influences an outcome.

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Experimental Research

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Qualitative Designs

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Narrative Research Phenomenology Grounded Theory Ethnographies Case Study

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The researcher studies the lives of individuals and asks one or more individuals to provide stories about their lives.

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Narrative Research

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A design of inquiry coming from anthropology and sociology.

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Ethnography

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The researcher derives a general, abstract theory of a process, action, or interaction grounded in the views of participants.

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Grounded Theory

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The researcher describes the lived experiences of individuals about a phenomenon as described by the participants.

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Phenomenological

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The researcher develops an in-depth analysis of a case, often a program, event, activity, or one or more individuals.

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Case Studies

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Mixed Method Designs

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Convergent Explanatory Sequential Exploratory Sequential Core Design

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The researcher converges or merges quantitative and qualitative data in order to provide a comprehensive analysis or the research problem.

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Convergent Mixed Method

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The researcher first conducts quantitative research, analyzes the results and then builds on the results to explain them in more detail with qualitative research.

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Explanatory Sequential

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Reverse sequence from the explanatory sequential design. First the qualitative, then the quantitative.

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Exploratory Sequential

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Can be used in more complex mixed method strategies. Can augment an experiment by collecting qualitative data after the experiment to help explain the quantitative outcomes.

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Core Design

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The third major element in the framework that involves the forms of data collection, analysis, and interpretation that researchers propose for their studies.

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Research Methods