Survey Research - The logic of survey research - What is a survey?

3 important questions on Survey Research - The logic of survey research - What is a survey?

For what can you use the answers of a survey?

To test multiple hypotheses and to infer temporar order from questions about past behavior, experiences or characteristics.

Why is survey research often called correlational?

Because survey research has control variables instead of experimental controls.

What do you do with the variables in survey research?

You logically determine the temporal order of variables and examine the associations or correlations among variables, but to rule out alternative explanations you use control variables and examine the statistical relations among them.

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