PSYB01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5,9: Social Desirability Bias, Inflectional Phrase, Indo
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Given our research question, we will want to educate ourselves in a few key. Chapter 5- qualitative research: getting into the mind of a serial. Introduction to our research question (cid:498)what is the nature of a serial killers thought patterns? (cid:499: researchers/experts who"ve already learned about serial killers, techniques they"ve used to gather their info. Reviewing the literature: what do we already know about the topic: general background about serial killers areas. Our 1st step is to provide conceptual definitions where we clearly & specifically state what we mean by (cid:498)serial killer(cid:499) & (cid:498)thought(cid:499) patterns. Mixed methods research: a blend of quantitative and qualitative methods that capitalizes on the strengths of each to examine a research q from multiple perspectives criticisms. Amount of time and energy it takes to collect info. Possibility that the participant may lie or provide inaccurate info due to social desirability concerns & demand characteristics.
