Foundations of Research Methods - pages 4-29 - Research design and causality

4 important questions on Foundations of Research Methods - pages 4-29 - Research design and causality

Which criteria must you meet before you can say that you have evidence for a causal relationship?

1. Temporal precedence
2. Covariation of the cause and effect
3. No plausible alternative explanation

What is temporal precedence?

  1. another word for time order
  2. the criterion for establishing a causal relationship that holds that the cause must occur before the effect. 

What is research design?

- research design can be thought of as the structure of research
- the research design tells you how all the elements in the research project fit together.
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What can you do with the set of rules for describing a research design?

  • You can concisely explain complex design structure
  • Helps to show common design substructures across different designs that you might not recognize as easily without the notation.

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