Factors Affecting Research Method Choice
Factors Affecting Research Method Choice...
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- Created by: Jessica Hewett
- Created on: 16-05-13 16:57
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- Factors Affecting Research Method Choice...
- Practical
- Time and money (resources)
- The choice of cheap and quick Vs. In-depth and Expensive.
- Personal Strengths
- If better at certain methods, you're more likely to use them.
- Acessability
- Can you access the resources you need?
- Nature of the subject
- Certain subjects may require certain methods to be used
- Time and money (resources)
- Ethics
- Consent
- Can be an issue for children and going covert
- Deception
- Right to lie to avoid the Hawthorne effect
- Harm
- will is cause harm or distress, or the risk of it?
- Legalities
- Will it uncover illegal activity
- Freedom of expression
- Restricted in closed questionnaires and surveys
- Consent
- Theoretical
- Positivits
- Scientific, reliability and representative data more important, focus on quantitative data.
- Interpretivists
- Not scientific, validity more important and qualitative and in-depth data
- Positivits
- Practical
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