[APA2180] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (41 pages long!)
29 Mar 2017
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Apa2180 : course 2 : general research orientations. Theory what is it: ma(cid:374)(cid:455) defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374)s most common: 3 main components of a theory: definitions, descriptions of phenomena, relational statements. Inductive: resea(cid:396)(cid:272)he(cid:396) de(cid:448)elops theo(cid:396)(cid:455, resea(cid:396)(cid:272)he(cid:396) ide(cid:374)tifies (cid:271)(cid:396)oad patte(cid:396)(cid:374)s & generalizations, resea(cid:396)(cid:272)he(cid:396) a(cid:374)al(cid:455)zes data to fo(cid:396)(cid:373) the(cid:373)es o(cid:396) (cid:272)atego(cid:396)ies, resea(cid:396)(cid:272)he(cid:396) asks ope(cid:374)-ended questions of participants or records field notes, resea(cid:396)(cid:272)he(cid:396) gathe(cid:396)s i(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)atio(cid:374) th(cid:396)ough i(cid:374)te(cid:396)(cid:448)ie(cid:449)s o(cid:396) o(cid:271)se(cid:396)(cid:448)atio(cid:374)s. The data has primacy over theory because the theme and the concepts emerge from looking at the data after it has been collected. Created concepts and themes are applied to new data and refined. Positivism: so(cid:272)ial s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tists should use the same methods of inquiry that are used in the natural sciences. Epistemology & ontology: epistemology - theory of knowledge, positivism. Interpretivism: o(cid:374)tolog(cid:455) - theory of reality, objectivist, constructionist. Positivist approach: la(cid:374)guage of va(cid:396)ia(cid:271)les a(cid:374)d h(cid:455)potheses, iv, dv, co(cid:374)t(cid:396)ol (cid:448)a(cid:396)ia(cid:271)les, tests a h(cid:455)pothesis o(cid:396) hypotheses, p(cid:396)e(cid:272)ise measu(cid:396)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d testi(cid:374)g, ge(cid:374)e(cid:396)alizatio(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d causal e(cid:454)pla(cid:374)atio(cid:374)s, li(cid:374)ea(cid:396) resea(cid:396)(cid:272)h path, usuall(cid:455) dedu(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e.
