SOAN 2120 Chapter 7: Chapter 7.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 2120
• Professor: David Mathews

Document Summary

Research questions appropriate for an experiment: the issue of an appropriate technique, some research questions are better addressed using certain techniques, the match of techniques to certain questions is not fixed but depends on judgments, research questions for experimental research, the experiment allows a researcher to focus sharply on casual relations, has practical advantages over other techniques, the research questions chosen for a proper experiment depend on the strengths and limitations that fit. It is a mechanical method: the assignment is automatic, as the researcher cannot make assignments on the basis of personal preference or the features of specific cases, random describes in which every known case has an exactly equal chance of being selected, over many occurrences predictable things can happen, random assignment or random observation is unbiased because researchers desire to confirm a hypothesis, sampling and random assignment are processes of selecting cases for inclusion in a study, a researcher will both randomly sample and randomly assign.