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process of collecting,
analyzing, and
interpreting information
in order to increase our
understanding of a
phenomenon about which
we are interested or
Defining concerned (Leedy & Ormrod,
Research 2013).
works with a system unbiased; all angles
or method presented
Pose a question
Add to existing knowledge.
Improve practice.
Inform policies
The design emerges as the study All aspects of the study are
unfolds carefully designed before data is
collected.
Research is the data gathering Researchers uses tools
instrument (questionnaires and equipment) to
collect data.
Data is in the form of words Data is in the form of numbers and
(interviews), pictures (videos), or statistics.
object (artifacts)
Qualitative data is more rich, time Quantitative data is more efficient,
consuming, and less to be able to test hypothesis, but may
generalized. miss contextual data.
Dependent Variables
▷Dependent variables are not
controlled or manipulated in any
way, but instead are simply
measured or registered.
▷ These vary in relation to the
independent variables, and while
results can be predicted, the data is
always measured.
▷ There can be any number of
Variables dependent
▷variables, but usually there is one
to isolate reason for variation
Independent Variables