WK8: QUANITATIVE

Effect sizes

________: the different between the means for the experimental and control group groups in control group standard deviation units.

Meta analysis

________: statistical approach to summarising the results of many studies on the same problem.

Literature review

________: Systematic identification, location, and analysis of documents containing information related to the research problem or question.

Deductive hypothesis

________: derived from theory and aimed at providing evidence to support, expand or contradict aspects of that theory (quantitative studies)

Inductive hypothesis

________: generalisation made from several observations (qualitative studies)

Four main sources of topics

Theory, Personal experience, Replication, Literature

Researchable topics

have theoretical or practical significance

Non researchable topics

address philosophical or ethical issues

Literature review

Systematic identification, location, and analysis of documents containing information related to the research problem or question

Meta-analysis

statistical approach to summarising the results of many studies on the same problem

Effect sizes

the different between the means for the experimental and control group groups in control group standard deviation units

Inductive hypothesis

generalisation made from several observations (qualitative studies)

Deductive hypothesis

derived from theory and aimed at providing evidence to support, expand or contradict aspects of that theory (quantitative studies)