COMM 308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Belmont Report, Empiricism
28 Nov 2016
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It is a good idea without reading relevant scholarly research so they do not influence your ideas. Induction means reasoning from theory to observation that will test the theory. Operationalizing a construct means to define it in such a way that it can be measured. Two-tailed hypothesis state the direction of the relationship between variables. Empiricism argues for knowledge based on experience for observation. World view has no influence on how researchers frame their research questions. A statement about the relationship we expect to find between two or more variables. Anonymity means that the data you (as the researcher) collect from people cannot identify them. The nuremberg 1948 code emphasizes that research subject must consent to the research and that the research benefits of the research must outweigh the risks. Three key principles of the belmont report are respect for persons, beneficence and justice. Web survey software guarantees anonymity to web survey respondents.
