HTR 741 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Operationalization, Jargon

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Hospitality and Tourism Management
• Course: HTR 741
• Professor: Richard Wade

Document Summary

Experiments surveys structured interviews collaborative interviews experiential. Direction of theory (theory: abstract of ideas, explanation of why things happen) Deductive- develop theory (is this theory true or not), test it by collecting data. Ontology view of social reality (what is reality) Large number of surveys written in the same way. Epistemology - belief how we can learn about reality. Individual interviews spending time with people trying to learn about interviews. Causation what causes something to happen: temporal order (rain wet) one causes the other. Cause comes before effect: correlation going same direction: positive, different direction: negative, eliminate alternatives (non related, going same way is positive, correlation is not equal causation (14 ) Privacy: anonymity/confidentiality: anonymity: does not collect any identifying info, confidentiality: collects identifying info and promise not to share it. Academic integrity (apa: policy 60 (plagiarism, cheating) Gives you frameworks, ideas, concepts, context, background into your topic.