RES

• Qualitative data collection involves what people think and why they think that way
• Data collection in specific areas through interviews, observations, and documentations
• Concerned with human behavior
• Flexible participants
• Hypotheses are formed during or after data observation
• Quantitative data collection involves measuring and calculating data
• Research design organizes research in different ways
• Phenomenological research analyzes lived experiences to find the meaning of each individual instead of larger groups
• Ethnographic research focuses on social/behavioral science in cultural groups or minorities
• Historical research uses data from the past to confirm or reject hypotheses
• Primary sources include records and documents
• Secondary sources provide second-hand information
• Case study involves an in-depth examination of a group
• Can be qualitative or quantitative depending on the approach
• Focuses on "what happened"
• Research problem and its background include:
• Brief description of each element
• Rarely used
• Preview of all previews
• Outline of introduction
• Introduction includes:
• Rationale of the problem - why the research is done
• Setting of the problem - geographic elements, environment
• Basic literature - clarity on terms in the study, explanation of terms used
• Seriousness of the problem - identifying intensity/magnitude of the problem
• General objective - general statement, major tasks/what to achieve, purpose of the research
• Purpose of the problem - implications of the resulting findings
• Statement of the problem:
• Single, not compound sentence
• Clearly expresses the objective of the study
• Includes central phenomenon; what the researcher wants to study, a certain aspect of the study
• Uses qualitative words
• Research questions:
• Non-researchable questions are closed-ended (yes or no)
• Researchable questions are open-ended
• Scope of the study:
• Focuses on the study
• Defines variables and attributes
• Determines the extent and limits of coverage
• Variables: