EDUC 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dependent And Independent Variables, Jean Piaget, Participant Observation
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Picture 1: career day for a third grade classroom. Illustrations of careers that third graders are familiar with. A lot of pictures and word correspondence posters. Easy for third readers to identify if they don"t know how to read. Research conducted objectively, as free of bias as possible. Explain different variables or factors (specific concepts) Uses numbers and statistics to answer questions. Researcher"s perspective and process of understanding often included. Broad questions are asked in to understand a single concept (a phenomena) from multiple individual perspectives. Data are primarily words (often collected from interview transcripts) Data are richly described and analyzed for both recurring and unique/unexpected themes. Draw on the strengths of both quantitative and qualitative research to understand specific variables and broad phenomena. Data report includes both qualitative and quantitative data. Provides information about a population or situation. May describe a point in time, or observations across time. Correlations are associations between variables occurring together.
