INLS 151- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 27 pages long!)
12 Oct 2017
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Decision making: the classical model: rational choice theory or optimizing. Expected value: how does o(cid:374)e (cid:272)al(cid:272)ulate this said (cid:862)highest e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)ted value(cid:863), say you have two options, option one has a 50% probability of you ending up with an outcome of. : option two has an 80% probability of you ending up with an outcome of. Research and articles: steps in the research process, these come from neuman basics 2nd edition, from a theory comes, select a topic/identify topic focus, focus question/hypothesis or research questions. [explore previous research in the area: design study to address the research questions or test the hypothesis, collect data, analyze data. Interpret data and findings for reader; draw some conclusions; find a meaning in data. Inform others: parallel sections of journal articles to steps in the research process: Introduction: purpose of the study, literature review, methods/research design, data collection, findings/results, discussion/conclusion.
