RESEARCH METHODS:Non-experimental
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- Created on: 30-01-14 09:11
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- RESEARCH METHODS:Non-experimental
- QUALITATIVE DATA
- SURVEYS
- PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THEIR OWN TIME. THESE ARE A TYPE OF QUESTIONNAIRE WHICH GIVES THE PARTICIPANT A SET OF QUESTIONS THEY CHOOSE ANSWERS FROM EACH QUESTION.
- CHEAPER TO CARRY OUT COMPARED TO THOSE OF EXPERIMENTAL METHODS.
- LEADING QUESTIONS CAN CREATE A BIAS DATA
- INTERVIEWS
- THERE ARE STRUCTURED AND UNSTRUCTURES INTERVIEWS.
- STRUCTURESD INTERVIEWS CONTAIN A SET OF QUESTIONS THAT THE INTEVIEWER NEEDS TO ASK THE INTERVIEWEE.
- UNSTRUCTURED UINTERVIEWS ARE WHEN THE INTERVIEWER IS BASICALLY HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THE INDIVIDUAL WITH NO SET QUESTIONS.
- STRENGHTS
- IT CAN BE SHORT OR IN-DEPT
- STRUCTURED IS EASY TIO ANLAYZE AND COMPARE DATA.
- DOES NOT COST MUCH MONEY TO CONDUCT.
- THERE ARE STRUCTURED AND UNSTRUCTURES INTERVIEWS.
- OBSERVATIONS
- A TYPE OF DATA COLLECTION THAT AIMS TO DESCRIBE BEHAVIOUR WITHOUT ESTABLISHING CAUSE AND EFFECT
- ABALE TO GAIN RAW DATA
- Impossible: Can we observe thoughts?
- Impractical: Do you want to wait to observe a robbery?
- Unethical: How does observation differ from spying?
- Systematically record data to avoid memory biases and errors
- CASE STUDIES
- THESE ARE PAST WORK THAT PSYCHOLOGIST ARE ABLE TO ANALYZE AND DRAW DATA FROM THE CASE STUDY SOURCE.
- THEY ARE ALREADY THERE
- THEY ARE ALSO SHEEPM TO CONDUCT
- Using a small, nonrandom sample means you can't generalize the results to other individuals
- Lack of control group means you can't make cause effect statements because things might have turned out the way they did even without the treatment.
- SURVEYS
- QUALITATIVE DATA
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