WEEK 1 Flashcards
IS AN EXPLORATORY TYPE OF RESEARCH WHICH RELIES ON UNSTRUCTURED AND NON-NUMERIC DATA
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
IS AN ORGANIZED PROCESS OF GATHERING, INTERPRETATING, AND ANALYZING OBSERVED INFORMATION OR INVESTIGATION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS
RESEARCH
IS A SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION THAT USES NUMERICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
IT OPTS TO COME UP WITH ACCURATE DATA OR FACTS
OBJECTIVE
IT USES RESEARCH TOOLS SUCH AS QUESTIONNAIRES TO COLLECT INFORMATION FROM THE RESPONDENTSUSES STRUCTURED RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS
USES STRUCTURED RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS
THE NUMBERS ARE CRUNCHED IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN THE STUDY FURTHER
PRESENTS NUMERICAL DATA
TO VERIFY THE CORRECTNESS OF THE STUDY, ONE MUST BE ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROCESS IN ANOTHER SETTING
CAN BE REPLICATED
“IF THEN” AND “IF THEN ELSE” SCENARIOS MAY BE FORMULATED TO TRACK THE FUTURE OF THE STUDY
PROJECTS FUTURE OUTCOMES
BASICALLY ANSWERS QUESTIONS SUCH AS WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN AND HOW MUCH
DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH
SEEKS TO DETERMINE IF VARIABLE INCREASES OR DECREASES AS ANOTHER VARIABLES INCREASES OR DECREASES
CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH
AIMS TO MEASURE THE CASUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VARIABLES
QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
IS BASED ON THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD. IT ATTEMPTS TO AFFECT A CERTAIN VARIABLE BT DIRETLY MANIPULATING VARIABLES
EXPERIMENTAL RESARCH