Research Designs

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Research Design

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Correlation
________ is not causation.
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Ethnography
________: participant observation of a culture or distinct social group.
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Strength
________: the closer the number is to +1 or- 1, the more strongly related the variables.
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Experimental design
________: investigates cause and effect relationships.
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Longitudinal design
________: gathers data from one group of individuals at several points of time.
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Correlation coefficient
________: a number from- 1 to +1 that indicates the strength and direction of the relationship between variables.
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Case study
________: brings together wide range of information on single individual or group, including interviews, observations, or test scores.
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Direction
________: the sign +-/of the correlation coefficient indicates the ________ of the relationship.
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Dependent variable
________: the variable being measured.
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Positive correlation
________: the variables move in the same direction.
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Negative correlation
________: the variables move in opposite directions.
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Case study
brings together wide range of information on single individual or group, including interviews, observations, or test scores
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Ethnography
participant observation of a culture or distinct social group
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Correlational research
researchers gather information and look at the relationship between 2 more naturally occurring characteristics, behaviors, or ideas (ie variables)
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Correlation coefficient
a number from -1 to +1 that indicates the strength and direction of the relationship between variables
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Strength
the closer the number is to +1 or -1, the more strongly related the variables
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Positive correlation
the variables move in the same direction
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Negative correlation
the variables move in opposite directions
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Experimental design
investigates cause and effect relationships
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Independent variable
the variable the investigator expects to cause changes in another variable
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Dependent variable
the variable being measured
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Longitudinal design
gathers data from one group of individuals at several points of time