SOC221 Lecture 6: 3.2 Research Designs
24 Jan 2019
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To develop understanding, we seek to discover patterns of interrelationships between variables. Second step = go see how others have measured them before. Third step = figure out any practical limits to your measurement. Fourth step = build your measures to reflect all dimensions of your theoretical concept. Measure what you want to measure evenly across research participants. Can someone produce the same results in the same research conditions. Methodology sections in reports; reporting key info in section. The causal mechanisms that play to get the right one. Are your findings applicable to the outside environment. Research design: framework for the collection and analysis of the data that will be used to answer your research questions that will be used to answer your research questions. Set up the scenario, see the outcome, and set up the scenario again with a manipulated variable to see if the outcome is changed. Weak on external validity; takes place in an artificial environment.
