Summary: Research Module 1

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• 1 Introduction to research

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• For what and why is research needed? There are 5 reasons. Name all 5.

  • To acquire new knowledge
    
  • To answer questions
  • For description, explanation, prediction
  • Reduce complexity of problems
  • To test hypotheses

• When you are doing research, you are following the basic steps. These steps excist out of 6 steps. Name all 6 and put them in the right order.

  1. Defining the problem
     
  2. Design your data collection
  3. Collect data
  4. Analyze data
  5. Present your findings
  6. Repeat

• A problem defenition consists of a problem statement or main research question. This is the central question of your research. In other words, your main question. The problem statement or main research question can be devided into 2 questions. Name these 2 questions.

  • Sub questions
    
  • Research questions

• Secondary data means data not gathered or collected by you, but collected by someone else for some other purpose. This means that in secondary research you answer your questions using secondary data. With secondary data you have 2 different datas. Name the 2 datas.

  • International secondary data
    
  • External secondary data

• In primary research you answer your questions by collecting data yourself. For this you use differend kind of data collection methods which can be categorized as 2 research methods. Name the 2 research methods.

  • Qualitative research methods
    
  • Quantitative research methods

• What does this mean:Data or information is collected in numbers and/or predetermined response options

  Quantitative research methods

• What does this mean:Data or information can be collected in different formats including text, image, audio, video.Data may be naturally occurring and observed or collected through open ended questionsSeeks to understand research participants rather than to classify their answers into predetermined categories.

  Qualitative research methods

• 2 Observations and interviews

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• Instead of asking, you observe. The key is systematic observation of certaiin behavior in their normal or natural surroundings. You can observe individuals or small groups. You have 4 different observation methods. Name all 4.

  • Direct - indirect
  • Concealed - unconcealed
  • Participant - non participant
  • structured - unstructured

• An interview is an one to one method of data collection. It involves an interviewer and an interviewee. It is like a conversation, but with a purpose. The interviewer asks questins and the interviewee shares his or her opinion and perspectives. How are interviewers and interviewees also called?

  Interviewers - researchers
  Interviewees - respondents

• Beforehand the interview, you can chose between 4 different kind of interviews, or mix all 4. Name all 4.

  • Unstructured interviews
    
  • Open interviews
  • Semi structured interviews
  • Structured interviews