PSYB04H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sampling Frame, Master Sergeant, Sample Size Determination
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Quantitative approach of measurements > surveys, polls, questionnaires: can asks about, attitudes, needs, desires, interests, behaviors, demographics, questions must operationalize the variables. Look for appropriate response options: comprehensive response options, mutually exclusive response options (no overlap) Open-ended (unstructured: are they specific enough, are there too many of them, could the question have been asked in a different format. Is it balanced: are the response options labelled. Question wording problems: double barreled, please indicate how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about the childcare program. I feel welcomed by staff and other youth at the center: correct: I feel welcomed by staff at the center. I feel welcomed by other youth at the center. Observational research: avoid some the limitations of self-response, watching people and systematically recording their behavior, special requirements for assessing validity and reliability, and addressing ethical issues.
