MUN105Y1 Chapter 3: The Research Process Chapter 3 Notes
19 Dec 2016
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Mun105y1 y - the research process - chapter 3. May identify factors and approaches you had not considered. Can talk to professor, reference librarian, general reading about topic to clarify thinking and get guidance. Concepts: categories or descriptions of our world and experience. Make sure to determine whether the hypothesis uses the term causes" or is related to" - i. e. get the cause-and-effect relationship clear, remove confounding factors. Categorical concept / nominal concept or variable: concept that is rigidly, objectively divided into two or more exclusive categories, e. g. sex, marital status, social class, school education, wealth, spiritual belief, occupational status. Cannot describe relationship with at least one categorical concept as positive or negative. Sometimes may be best to use this in place of hypothesis. When not possible to specify relationship between concepts before making observations (e. g. when goal of research is descriptive rather than explanatory, or has no iv / dv relationship)
