Quantitative, Qualitative

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Quantitative, Qualitative Mixed Research

• Chapter 2
• Johnson Christensen

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Non-Experimental

• No manipulation of the independent variable.
  There also is no random assignment of
  participants to groups.

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Experimental Research

• The purpose of experimental research is to study
  cause and effect relationships.
• Active manipulation of an independent variable
• Random assignment (which creates "equivalent"
  groups) is used in the strongest experimental
  research designs.

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Casual Comparative

• One categorical IV and one quantitative DV.
• Example Gender (IV) and class performance (DV).
• You would look for the relationship by comparing
  the male and female average performance levels.

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correlational research

• One quantitative IV and one quantitative DV.
• Self-esteem class performance
• Age mobility
• Income intelligence
• Intelligence success in college

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Coorelational Coefficient

• The correlation coefficient is a number that
  varies between 1 and 1, and 0 stands for no
  relationship. The farther the number is from 0,
  the stronger the relationship.

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Qualitative Research Types

• Phenomenology
• Ethnography
• Case study research
• Grounded theory
• Historical research

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List Categorical Variables
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List Quantitative Variables
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