RM- what is a research method/science?

Research method

A way to gather info to understand how people think/feel/behave.
helps to test ideas and find what is true based off evidence

Experiments

show how 1 thing affects another by changing a factor and measuring result

Observations

watching and recording peoples behaviour

Questionnaires

asking people questions

Interviews

talking to people face to face

Case studies

study 1 person/group in depth

Science

follows: objectivity empirical evidence replicability falsifiability theory construction hypothesis testing

Objectivity

free from personal bias

Empirical evidence

knowledge based on direct observation/experiments

Replicability

studies should be repeatable

Falsifiability

theories must be testable and can be proven wrong

Theory construction

building theories based on evidence

Hypothesis testing

research begins with a testable prediction