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Research Methods: Final Review Chapter

Tautology: this is when the same thing is stated two times but in varying words.

The Importance of Theory: Theory guides the research and guides the researcher's processes and methodology in research.

Theory: theory is rational and contemplative and generalization or abstract thinking and describes different contexts of how nature or people operate or work.

Transmissible: this means it can be spread or applied to others.

Unit of analysis: the unit of analysis is that which is undergoing analysis in a study whether it be individuals, groups, social interactions...

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Face validity is validity that is on the 'face-of-it' or which is immediately seen. Content validity involves checking the operationalization against the content that is relevant for the construct.
Validity (internal vs. External): Internal validity refers to how the study was conducted. External validity is the degree to which the results from the study are generalizable. Internal validity

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Sources: Scholar sources are those located in peer-reviewed academic and professional journal publications or government publications.

Scholarly text v. non-scholarly text: This is the text contained within scholarly sources or alternatively text in sources that are not peer-reviewed academic or professional publications.

Steps in a Classical Randomized Experiment: the steps in a classical randomized experiment include: random assigning of individuals to treatment or control groups; (2) administering of the pre-test to both groups; (3) making sure that both groups have the same experience in the same conditions and that the experimental group is on the receiving end of the treatment; (4) administering the post-test to both groups; and (5) conduction of assessment on the amount of change on the dependent variable's value from pre- to post-test for each group and this is accomplished separately.
Steps in Content Analysis: There are ten steps in content analysis including: (1) copying and reading the transcript and making notes where pertinent information is located: (2) reviewing notes and making a list of the various information types located; (3) reading the list and categorizing each item and providing a description for what information has been identified; (4) identification of whether the categories are potentially linked and then listing the primary categories and the minor categories; (5) comparison and contrast of the primary and minor categories; (7) If more than one transcript exists then one should repeat the first five steps again for each additional transcript and collect the themes or categories and do a detailed examination; (8) After categorizing the transcript data into primary and minor categories or themes conduct a review to make sure that the information is categorized correctly; (9) Conduct a review of all categories and decide if any of the other categories can be joined or is sub-categorization is needed; and (10) Go back to the original transcript to make sure all the information needing categorization has been included.

Tautology: this is when the same thing is stated two times but in varying words.
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